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Pirates in the Mediterranean : Comments

By Neve Gordon, published 2/6/2010

Israel: hijacking an unarmed humanitarian aid ship in international waters is by definition piracy.

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This boarding of MV Rachel Corrie is bad.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/05/2919241.htm

But there's worse:

At this juncture Shiri Maimon sings her rendition of "Hatikva" (the Israeli National Anthem):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ian_NCV4aCM&feature=player_embedded

This is again a bitter criticism of Israel, that Western outpost of the Middle East that never ceases to puzzle or horrify.

For balance, I present a representative from Israel's worst enemy and custodian of the Islamic Bomb, Pakistan, sung in Urdu and (sort of) English (and within the bounds of relevance and genderless good taste):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZmubKmFPKY&feature=player_embedded

Pete
( my callsign http://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2010/05/nuclear-weapons-for-australia-ongoing.html :)
Posted by plantagenet, Saturday, 5 June 2010 10:28:40 PM
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