Gaza Aid Flotilla Attacks EMERGENCY PROTEST

Dear all:

Yesterday, Israel attacked the Gaza aid flotilla bringing humanitarian supplies to besieged Gaza. The ships were carrying European diplomats, Middle Eastern Diplomats, and nobel laureates in addition to humanitarian aid. 14 people aboard the first ship were killed when Israeli special forces launched an all-out attack on the aid convoy involving navy vessels, army helicopters and paratroopers. Those who were not killed have been detained by Israeli authorities in Haifa, Israel.

Buffalo will be holding a protest in solidarity of those killed. Here is the information:

All Out to Defend Gaza
Denounce Israeli Attack and Massacre on Civilian Freedom Flotilla Bringing Humanitarian Aid to Gaza!
Demand U.S. Stop All Funding for Israel NOW!
The U.S.-Israeli Siege of Gaza is a Crime Against Humanity — End it Now!

Demonstrate Tuesday June 1, 4:30pm
Senator Schumer's Office
130 S. Elmwood

The Israeli military committed the crime of attacking a flotilla of civilian boats in international waters on May 31 and massacred civilians on board. The Freedom Flotilla of 7 ships, with about 700 people from around the world on board, was bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza. The raid took place in international waters, with more than a dozen Israeli battleships surrounding the unarmed civilian ships. Israeli military commandos boarded and opened fire, killing 19 civilians and wounding dozens more. Israel is still refusing to fully report the numbers and identities.

This is a U.S.-backed Israeli crime that Obama remains silent about. The White House has said only that “The United States deeply regrets the loss of life and injuries sustained, and is currently working to understand the circumstances surrounding this tragedy.” The circumstances are the crime of the U.S.-Israeli siege of Gaza and the crime of collective punishment. The problem is U.S.-Israeli use of military solutions to political and humanitarian issues — just as the U.S. is doing internally with immigration.

We say NO! Join Buffalonians in denouncing the Israeli attack
and U.S. funding and protection for it.
Demonstrate June 1, 4:30pm Schumer's Office, 130 S. Elmwood



FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE ISRAELI ATTACKS ON THE GAZA AID FLOTILLA, SEE BELOW:

http://www.facebook.com/l/87639;www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37423584/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

http://www.facebook.com/l/87639;www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVd-pAQ5X7M&feature=player_embedded

http://www.facebook.com/l/87639;www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-navy-commandos-gaza-flotilla-activists-tried-to-lynch-us-1.293089

http://www.facebook.com/l/87639;www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/netanyahu-i-regret-gaza-flotilla-deaths-but-israeli-troops-had-right-to-self-defense-1.293187

http://www.facebook.com/l/87639;www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37423584/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

For video from various outlets:
http://www.facebook.com/l/87639;www.therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=74&jumival=563

Live coverage on Al Jazeera English: http://www.facebook.com/l/87639;www.livestation.com/channels/3-al_jazeera_english