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Moonbat McKinney's boat turned back by Israeli Navy
Israel Matzav —
Moonbat McKinney's boat turned back by Israeli Navy [image] The yacht carrying former US Congresscritter and Green Party Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney tried to outmaneuver an Israeli navy gunboat off Gaza Tuesday morning. The yacht rammed into the Israeli gunboat, which then turned it around and sent it back to Cyprus . Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said the boat ignored an Israeli radio order to turn back early Tuesday. He said the boat tried to outmaneuver the navy ship and crashed into it, lightly damaging both vessels. The navy then escorted the boat to the territorial waters of Cyprus. Protest boat organizer Derek Graham said ...
Cynthia McKinney: Boat Attacked By Israeli Police
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... carrying 3.5 tons of medical aid with 16 people aboard, was rammed and shot at while in international waters about 70-80 miles off Gaza by Israeli naval vessel.
Palmor denied there had been any shooting although the two ships made "physical contact." He said no one had been hurt and that the Israeli ship escorted the aid boat back to Cypriot territorial waters.
One of the boat's passengers was former congresswoman and Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney.
The 66-foot yacht Dignity, flying the flag of Gibraltar, left ...
Cynthia McKinney: Boat Attacked By Israeli Police
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... carrying 3.5 tons of medical aid with 16 people aboard, was rammed and shot at while in international waters about 70-80 miles off Gaza by Israeli naval vessel.
Palmor denied there had been any shooting although the two ships made "physical contact." He said no one had been hurt and that the Israeli ship escorted the aid boat back to Cypriot territorial waters.
One of the boat's passengers was former congresswoman and Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney.
The 66-foot yacht Dignity, flying the flag of Gibraltar, left ...
Why Israel Won’t Allow Journalists Into Gaza
Firedoglake —
Overnight, the Jerusalem Post carried a story titled Navy Sends Activist Boat Back to Cyprus which said:
The Navy has turned back a boat trying to carry pro-Palestinian protesters to the Gaza Strip, officials said Tuesday
Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal ...
CNN Lends Credence to Protestors Embellishment
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
CNN, as is their typical style, has ignored facts and reality when reporting an incident involving an encounter with a Gaza relief boat, and an Israeli patrol boat.
Karl Penhaul, a CNN correspondent aboard the pleasure yacht known as Dignity, was pretty much allowed carte blanch in recalling the incident, which was as much publicity stunt for the group and former Congressnut Cynthia McKinney, while the report simultaneously shrugged off the Israeli point of view.
The presentation clearly wants you to believe that the Israeli boat was hostile and went well out of their way to attack the ‘peaceful' minded vessel. In reality though, it was nothing more than a ...
