Egypt opens Gaza border after Israel ship clash
GAZA – Egypt will open its border with the Gaza Strip to let Palestinians cross, officials said on Tuesday, following a storm of international criticism of Israel's bloody enforcement at sea of its blockade on the enclave.The decision, urged by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas against whom the embargo has ...
Gaza Activists Claim "Brutal" Israeli Raid
(CBS/AP) Activists returning to Europe after Israeli forces raided their aid flotilla said Tuesday that the commandos had beaten passengers and used electric shocks during the assault. Six Greeks and several others, including a Turkish woman and her 1-year-old baby, were released Tuesday, but Israel has barred access to hundreds ...
Obama's Timidity and Deaths at Sea
A chief lesson to learn from President Barack Obama’s recent unwillingness to stand up to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud Lobby is that such timidity can get people killed.Casualty figures are still arriving in the wake of Israel’s Sunday night-Monday morning commando attack on an unarmed flotilla ...
Official: US Will Stand with Israel
I’m told there won’t be any daylight between the US and Israel in the aftermath of the incident on the flotilla yesterday, which resulted in the deaths of 10 activists. Regardless of the details of the flotilla incident, sources say President Obama is focused on what he sees as the ...
U.N. calls for impartial probe of Israeli raid
UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council early Tuesday condemned "those acts which resulted in" the deaths of at least nine civilians aboard an aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip, and called for a "prompt, impartial, credible and transparent" investigation into why and how the Israeli military acted to ...
Gaza Freedom flotilla carried world-renowned names and veteran activists
The largest flotilla launched to challenge the Gaza blockade also carried the most passengers, well over 600 people, believed to include 27 from the UK. Internationally renowned names were on board, among them activists, authors, film-makers, politicians and journalists from Europe, the Middle East, the US and Canada.Among the most ...
Nine dead as Israel storms aid ship
JERUSALEM — Israeli marines stormed a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza on Monday and at least nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed, triggering a diplomatic crisis and an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council.European nations, as well as the United Nations and Turkey, voiced shock and outrage at the ...
Bloody Israeli raid on flotilla sparks crisis
JERUSALEM – Israeli commandos rappelled down to an aid flotilla sailing to thwart a Gaza blockade on Monday, clashing with pro-Palestinian activists on the lead ship in a botched raid that left at least nine passengers dead.Bloodied passengers sprawled on the deck and troops dived into the sea to save ...
Israeli police say 16 Gaza activists sent to jail
JERUSALEM — Israeli police say 16 pro-Palestinian activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla have been sent to jail after a deadly confrontation at sea. Dozens of other activists are to be deported.Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says the activists were taken ashore and were jailed in the southern desert town of Beersheba ...
EU Calls For Investigation Into Israel Military Action
BRUSSELS -- The European Union called for an inquiry into deaths aboard Gaza aid ships seized by Israel's navy on Monday and urged Israel to allow the free flow of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip."High Representative Catherine Ashton expresses her deep regret at the news of loss of life ...
Israel: 10 killed in Gaza protest
More than 10 people onboard a flotilla carrying aid for the Palestinian territory of Gaza were killed when security forces boarded the boats Monday, the Israeli military said. Four soldiers were wounded, the military added. Soldiers boarded six ships, the military said, after the flotilla refused to heed warnings to ...
Israel denies flotilla attack but reports say two dead
HAIFA, Israel (AP) -- The Israeli military is denying reports that its warships attacked a flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists toward blockaded Gaza. Two TV networks report the attack, along with two dead and dozens wounded. While denying the reports, Israel reiterated its intention to enforce the Gaza blockade. ...
At least 10 killed as Israel storms aid convoy: Israeli TV
At least 10 passengers were killed as Israeli forces stormed a boat carrying pro-Palestinian activisists bound for Gaza, the private Israeli television station "10" reported Monday.
Reports: Israeli ships attack aid flotilla, 2 dead
HAIFA, Israel — Israeli warships attacked at least one of the six ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists and aid for blockaded Gaza, killing at least two and wounding an unknown number of people on board, an Arabic satellite service and a Turkish TV network reported early Monday.The Israeli military refused to ...
Reports: Israeli ships attack aid flotilla
HAIFA, Israel — Two TV networks are reporting that Israeli warships have attacked the six ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists and aid for blockaded Gaza, killing at least two and wounding an unknown number of people on board.The Israeli military refused to comment on the report.The al-Jazeera satellite channel reported by ...
Israeli ships stalk pro-Palestinian aid flotilla
HAIFA, Israel (AP) -- Israeli warships are stalking a flotilla carrying hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists heading for the Gaza Strip and a possible naval showdown on the high seas. Among the activists aboard the ships are a Nobel laureate and a Holocaust survivor. The flotilla, which includes three cargo ships ...
Gaza aid convoy ignores Israel order to turn back
JERUSALEM, May 31 (Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian activists aboard a six-ship convoy sailing for the Gaza Strip have ignored orders by the Israeli navy to turn back, an Israeli official said on Monday.The official, who declined to be named, said Israeli naval vessels told the activists by radio that their only ...
Israeli vessels radio Gaza flotilla
Sources in Gaza said a number of vessels that are part of the aid flotilla headed for the Strip have lost contact with one another, adding that Israeli Navy vessels have begun to call on the boats to identify themselves.The IDF said naval forces radioed the ships, but were ignored. ...
Israel Navy Surprises Flotilla; Passengers Don Life Vests
The Israeli Navy late Sunday night surprised the flotilla bound for Hamas-controlled Gaza, and the activists reported that three Israeli ships are on the flotilla’s radar screens. Passengers have donned life vests.One of the crew said that one “Navy warship” contacted the six boats in the flotilla and asked them ...
Pro-Palestinian aid flotilla sets sail for Gaza
HAIFA, Israel — Hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists, including a Nobel laureate and a Holocaust survivor, set sail Sunday for the Gaza Strip, edging closer to an expected naval showdown with Israeli gunships determined to stop them.Huwaida Arraf, one of the organizers, said the six-ship flotilla began the journey from international ...
Participants say Gaza flotilla approached by Israeli ships
A convoy of boats carrying food and aid to Gaza, attempting to defy an Israeli blockade, has been approached by three Israeli ships, according to the Twitter page of Free Gaza, one organization participating in the flotilla. At least one of the six boats in the flotilla have also been ...
Convoy of ships resumes journey toward Gaza
Defying an Israeli blockade, a convoy of ships carrying food and aid resumed its journey toward Gaza Sunday afternoon after mechanical problems caused a delay.Osama Qashoo of the Free Gaza organization, members of which are on one of the boats, said the flotilla was on the last leg of its ...
Balad MK Haneen Zoabi, speaking from aboard the Gaza flotilla said Sunday, "the message of the flotilla is international, those taking part represent free human beings," reported Israeli news website YNET. Zoabi also said, "the goal of the flotilla isn't just to break the blockade on Gaza, but rather to ...
UN aid group: Israel deliberately hampering West Bank, Gaza relief efforts
A United Nations humanitarian relief agency is accusing Israel of deliberately disrupting the international community's aid efforts for the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. According to a special report released by the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Israel is not permitting construction of ...
Gaza flotilla delayed after mystery faults hit two boats
A Gaza-bound flotilla's confrontation with the Israeli navy was delayed yesterday after mystery faults developed simultaneously in two of its boats. The Greek Cypriot government also prevented up to another 30 pro-Palestinian activists – including European parliamentarians – from joining the crafts.The flotilla, now down to five instead of the ...
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Here's How We Built a Movie Theater for the People – and Why the MPAA Says It's #1 in the World
This past week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the main federation of Hollywood's six major studios, posted on their web site a list of what they believe ...
March 23rd, 2013
This evening is going be a big moment in turning our country around on the issue of gun violence. That's why I desperately want you ...
March 21st, 2013
I am hosting a nationwide series of house parties this Saturday night where tens of thousands of people will gather together in living rooms to ...
March 15th, 2013
The response to my Newtown letter this week has been overwhelming. It is so very clear to everyone that the majority of Americans have had ...
March 13th, 2013
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The year was 1955. Emmett Till was a young African American boy from Chicago visiting relatives in Mississippi. One day Emmett was seen "flirting" with ...
February 26th, 2013
My Final Word on Buzzfeed and Emad Burnat's Detention at LAX
Thanks to everyone for bearing with me as I spend so much time on what happened to Emad Burnat. It's important to me because he's ...
February 26th, 2013
Michael Moore Responds to Buzzfeed Story on '5 Broken Cameras' Co-Director Emad Burnat
On Tuesday, February 19th, Emad Burnat, the Palestianian co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary '5 Broken Cameras,' was detained with his wife and son at Los ...
September 11th, 2010
If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America
OpenMike 9/11/10 Michael Moore's daily blog I am opposed to the building of the "mosque" two blocks from Ground Zero. I want it built on ...
December 14th, 2010
Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange
Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to the judge a document from me stating that ...
May 12th, 2011
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November 22nd, 2011
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This past weekend I participated in a four-hour meeting of Occupy Wall Street activists whose job it is to come up with the vision and ...
September 22nd, 2011
A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS
I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia. I will ask ...
December 16th, 2010
Dear Swedish Government: Hi there -- or as you all say, Hallå! You know, all of us here in the U.S. love your country. Your ...
November 2nd, 2010
This letter contains (almost) no criticisms of how the Democrats have brought this day of reckoning upon themselves. That -- and where to go from ...
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