1.The Gaza Freedom Flotilla is an
international aid project whose
objective is to end the three-year-long
Israeli blockade that has created a vast
humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Palestine. It is
made up of 750 individuals from more than 40
countries traveling on 7 ships and carrying
10,000 tons of relief supplies.

2.On the night of May 31, a coordinated
naval and air attack by Israeli military
forces killed at least 10 international
aid activists and wounded as many as 50
others.

3.The main attack was on the lead
ship, the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish
ship carrying 600 people.

4.The attack was an act of piracy that
took place in international waters in
the eastern Mediterranean Sea, 40
miles off the coast of Gaza, in clear violation of
international law.

5.In a classic propaganda ploy, the Israeli
government is outrageously attempting
to portray its commandos who carried
out the murderous attack on the Gaza Freedom
Flotilla as “victims” who were “attacked” rather
than perpetrators of the attack. This ludicrous
version of what happened is being dutifully
reported by the corporate media in the U.S. and
Israel.

6.Israel’s latest massacre and blatant
act of piracy has created a wave of
international outrage and protest
which is spreading around the world,
including in the U.S. where many
demonstrations are planned in the following
days.

7.The U.S. government continues to
send billions of dollars annually to
fund Israel’s occupation, settlements
and murderous acts against the Palestinian
people and their international supporters. The
Obama administration recently promised to
send Israel $30 billion in military aid over the
next 10 years.

8.The U.S. government has given its
full backing to the criminal
blockade of Gaza, which it could
break unilaterally if it chose to do so.

9.The convoy was carrying, along with
other forms of aid, construction
materials. More than 6,400 homes
in Gaza which were destroyed or severely
damaged by Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza
17 months ago have yet to be rebuilt.

10.Due to the Israeli blockade and
occupation, 71% of the Gaza
Palestinians depend on food aid.
ANSWERcoalition.org

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