Tony Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Is that a cat among the pigeons? Ideas for ‘reverse flotillas’ gain steam Although most of the recent talk regarding flotillas has revolved around ships sailing toward Gaza, at least two plans have emerged for “reverse flotillas” – from Israel toward Turkey – to highlight what organizers have labeled the Turks’ “shameless hypocrisy” in their criticisms of the Jewish state. The most ambitious of the two plans has been devised by members of Israel’s National Student Union, who this week announced their intention to set sail toward Turkey, in an effort to bring humanitarian aid to the “oppressed people of Turkish Kurdistan” and to members of the “Turkish Armenian minority.” Student Union chairman Boaz Torporovsky, who has been leading the reverse flotilla charge, told The Jerusalem Post on Monday, “Hundreds of people have volunteered for the flotilla, and many more are contacting us all the time for ways they can help. “Our plan is to deliver much-needed humanitarian assistance to the Kurds of Turkey, who by the way outnumber Israelis and Palestinians combined,” he said. http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177789 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab1 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Is that a cat among the pigeons? http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177789 What a good idea! I think the Israelis should such flotillas to all corners of the world wherever there is oppression of innocent people, including the Palestinians in Jordan, Syria, and various other Palestinian refugee colonies, maybe even aid to Afghanistan and Iraq when they've finished there. The Turks should in turn welcome the aid and with open arms and ask for some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAMALOCHA! Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Turkey should state they want only aid made in israel from israeli land not from the illegally occupied palestinian land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy121 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 this is a real shame.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantasia X Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Maybe the Turkish Special Forces will assault the aid flotilla and murder and wound a couple of dozen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikmouse Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Maybe the Turkish Special Forces will assault the aid flotilla and murder and wound a couple of dozen? And maybe they shouldnt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callippo Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 a very ambitious undertaking, as I would have thought that there's no way any boat can reach any part of Kurdistan - it's landlocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hard2miss Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I think its a good Idea, even if its a stunt. What kind of aid will they be taking ? The second phase of the National Student Union members’ flotilla plan would be the more ambitious journey to Turkey, though Torporovsky admitted they were hard-pressed when it came to funding it. How are the Kurds fixed for fresh air ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiLd_TiGeR Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Why not if it is for a humanitarian cause ,it is more than welcome but I doubt these are the intentions of the Israelis .These kind of aids to supressed people should also be going to GAZA from Israeli ports it is more needed over there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiLd_TiGeR Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 a very ambitious undertaking, as I would have thought that there's no way any boat can reach any part of Kurdistan - it's landlocked. You can always reach kurdistan by land or air.There shouldnt be any problems, unlike GAZA where land, air and sea is controlled by Israelis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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