Who's afraid of a real inquiry?

[CANAAN51USA - Alfred De Grazia]

Who's afraid of a real inquiry?

Uri Avnery wrote these questions on June 12, 2010. Just the other day
he was attacked by Zionist thugs as he and his family left a large
demonstration against the government. Al de Grazia would nominate URI
to be the First Governor of Canaan. He should be read faithfully by
all Canaaneers. His only drawback is that he is still a two-state man,
where he is a top leader among the world of concerned people, outside
of the wretched politicians who are governing the area. We must
convince Uri to change his position. Uri must support Canaan!
My answer to his last question at the bottom here " What is the
political and military leadership tring to hide?" is the key to the
answer to all 80 questions. They are trying to get rid of the
Palestinians in every conceivable way using all kinds of tricks,
rogueries and intimidations, no matter how brutal, illegal and
treacherous, short of genocide, they are hiding their irrational hope
that the Palestinians would take their own genocide into their own
hands. But nothing can get close to the Shoah, not even in a hundred
years.
The Israeli top dogs will never never allow a Palestine that is a
friendly equal prosperous neighbor. All the while America is
besmirched and disgraced in the world. You must stop, in all good
conscience, Uri – you have done the best you could to lead the two
peoples to the stipulated two-friendly-state goal. Now stop and become
a great leader of the State of Canaan USA 51.

" Who is Afraid of a real Inquiry?
If a real Commission of Inquiry had been set up (instead of the
pathetic excuse for a commission), here are some of the questions it
should have addressed:

1. What is the real aim of the Gaza Strip blockade?
2. If the aim is to prevent the flow of arms into the Strip, why are
only 100 products allowed in (as compared to the more than 12 thousand
products in an average Israeli supermarket)?
3. Why is it forbidden to bring in chocolate, toys, writing material,
many kinds of fruits and vegetables (and why cinnamon but not
coriander)?
4. What is the connection between the decision to forbid the import of
construction materials for the replacement or repair of the thousands
of buildings destroyed or damaged during the Cast Lead operation and
the argument that they may serve Hamas for building bunkers – when
more than enough materials for this purpose are brought into the Strip
through the tunnels?
5. Is the real aim of the blockade to turn the lives of the 1.5
million human beings in the Strip into hell, in the hope of inducing
them to overthrow the Hamas regime?
6. Since this has not happened, but – on the contrary – Hamas has
become stronger during the three years of the blockade, did the
government ever entertain second thoughts on this matter?
7. Has the blockade been imposed in the hope of freeing the captured
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit?
8. If so, has the blockade contributed anything to the realization of
this aim, or has it been counter-productive?
9. Why does the Israeli government refuse to exchange Shalit for
hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, when Hamas agrees to such a deal?
10. Is it true that the US government has imposed a veto on the
exchange of prisoners, on the grounds that it would strengthen Hamas?
11. Has there been any discussion in our government about fulfilling
its undertaking in the Oslo agreement - to enable and encourage the
development of the Gaza port - in a way that would prevent the passage
of arms?
12. Why does the Israeli government declare again and again that the
territorial waters of the Gaza strip are part of Israel's own
territorial waters, and that ships entering them "infringe on Israeli
sovereignty", contrary to the fact that the Gaza Strip was never
annexed to Israel and that Israel officially announced in 2006 that it
had "separated" itself from it?
13. Why has the Attorney General's office declared that the peace
activists captured on the high seas, who had no intention whatsoever
of entering Israel, had "tried to enter Israel illegally", and brought
them before a judge for the extension of their arrest under the law
that concerns "illegal entry into Israel"?
14. Who is responsible for these contradictory legal claims, when the
Israeli government argues one minute that Israel has "separated itself
from the Gaza Strip" and that the "occupation there has come to an
end" – and the next minute claims sovereignty over the coastal waters
of the Strip?

Question concerning the decision to attack the flotilla:

15. When did the preparation for this flotilla become known to the
Israeli intelligence services? (Evidence on this may be heard in
camera.)
16. When was this brought to the attention of the Prime Minister, the
Minister of Defense, the Cabinet, the Committee of Seven (in charge of
security matters) and the IDF Chief of Staff? (ditto)
17. What were the deliberations of these officials and institutions?
(ditto)
18. What intelligence was submitted to each of them? (ditto)
19. When, by whom and how was the decision taken to stop the flotilla
by force?
20. Is it true that the secretary of the cabinet, Tzvi Hauser, warned
of the severe consequences of such action and advised letting the
flotilla sail to Gaza?
21. Were there others who also advised doing so?
22. Was the Foreign Ministry a full partner in all the discussions?
23. If so, did the Foreign Ministry warn of the impact of such an
action on our relations with Turkey and other countries?
24. In light of the fact that, prior to the incident, the Turkish
government informed the Israeli Foreign Ministry that the flotilla was
organized by a private organization which is not under the control of
the government and does not violate any Turkish law – did the Foreign
Ministry consider approaching the organization in order to try to
reach an agreement to avoid violence?
25. Was due consideration given to the alternative of stopping the
flotilla in territorial waters, inspecting the cargo for arms and
letting it sail on?
26. Was the impact of the action on international public opinion
considered?
27. Was the impact of the action on our relations with the US
considered?
28. Was it taken into consideration that the action may actually
strengthen Hamas?
29. Was it taken into consideration that the action may make the
continuation of the blockade more difficult?
Question concerning the planning of the action:
30. What intelligence was at the disposal of the planners? (Evidence
may be heard in camera.)
31. Was it considered that the composition of the group of activists
in this flotilla was different from that in earlier protest ships,
because of the addition of the Turkish component?
32. Was it taken into consideration that contrary to the European
peace activists, who believe in passive resistance, the Turkish
activists may adopt a policy of active resistance to soldiers invading
a Turkish ship?
33. Were alternative courses of action considered, such as blocking
the progress of the flotilla with navy boats?
34. If so, what were the alternatives considered, and why were they
rejected?
35. Who was responsible for the actual planning of the operation – the
IDF Chief of Staff or the Commander of the Navy?
36. If it was the Navy Commander who decided on the method employed,
was the decision approved by the Chief of Staff, the Minister of
Defense and the Prime Minister?
37. How were the responsibilities for planning divided between these?
38. Why was the action undertaken outside of the territorial waters of
Israel and the Gaza Strip?
39. Why was it executed in darkness?
40. Did anyone in the navy object to the idea of soldiers descending
from helicopters onto the deck of the ship "Mavi Marmara"?
41. During the deliberations, did anyone bring up the similarity
between the planned operation and the British action against the ship
"Exodus 1947", which ended in a political disaster for the British?

Questions concerning the action itself:

42. Why was the flotilla cut off from any contact with the world
throughout the operation, if there was nothing to hide?
43. Did anyone protest that the soldiers were actually being sent into
a trap?
44. Was it taken into consideration that the plan adopted would place
the soldiers for several critical minutes in a dangerously inferior
position?
45. When exactly did the soldiers start to shoot live ammunition?
46. Which of the soldiers was the first to fire?
47. Was the shooting – all or part of it – justified?
48 Is it true that the soldiers started firing even before descending
onto the deck, as asserted by the passengers?
49. Is it true that the fire continued even after the captain of the
ship and the activists announced several times over loudspeakers that
the ship had surrendered, and after they had actually hoisted white
flags?
50. Is it true that five of the nine people killed were shot in the
back, indicating that they were trying to get away from the soldiers
and thus could not be endangering their lives?
51. Why was the killed man Ibrahim Bilgen, 61 years old and father of
six and a candidate for mayor in his home town, described as a
terrorist?
52. Why was the killed man Cetin Topcoglu, 54 years old, trainer of
the Turkish national taekwondo (Korean martial arts) team, whose wife
was also on the ship, described as a terrorist?
53. Why was the killed man Cevdet Kiliclar, a 38 year old journalist,
described as a terrorist?
54. Why was the killed man Ali Haydar Bengi, father of four, graduate
of the al-Azhar school for literature in Cairo, described as a
terrorist?
55. Why were the killed men Necdet Yaldirim, 32 years old, father of a
daughter; Fahri Yaldiz, 43 years old, father of four; Cengiz Songur,
47 years old, father of seven; and Cengiz Akyuz, 41 years old, father
of three, described as terrorists?
56. Is it a lie that the activists took a pistol from a soldier and
shot him with it, as described by the IDF, or is it true that the
activists did in fact throw the pistol into the sea without using it?
57. Is it true, as stated by Jamal Elshayyal, a British subject, that
the soldiers prevented treatment for the Turkish wounded for three
hours, during which time several of them died?
58.. Is it true, as stated by this journalist, that he was handcuffed
behind his back and forced to kneel for three hours in the blazing
sun, that he was not allowed to go and urinate and told to "piss in
his pants", that he remained handcuffed for 24 hours without water,
that his British passport was taken from him and not returned; that
his laptop computer, three cellular telephones and 1500 dollars in
cash were taken from him and not returned?
59. Did the IDF cut off the passengers from the world for 48 hours and
confiscate all the cameras, films and cell phones of the journalists
on board in order to suppress any information that did not conform to
the IDF story?
60. Is it a standing procedure to keep the Prime Minister (or his
acting deputy, Moshe Yaalon in this case) in the picture during an
operation, was this procedure implemented, and was it implemented in
previous cases, such as the Entebbe operation or the boarding of the
ship "Karin A"?
Questions concerning the behavior of the IDF Spokesman:
61. IS it true that the IDF Spokesman spread a series of fabrications
during the first few hours, in order to justify the action in the eyes
of both the Israeli and the international public?
62. Are the few minutes of film which have been shown hundreds of
times on Israeli TV, from the first day on until now, a carefully
edited clip, so that it is not seen what happened just before and just
after?
63. What is the truth of the assertion that the soldiers who were
taken by the activists into the interior of the ship were about to be
"lynched", when the photos clearly show that they were surrounded for
a considerable time by dozens of activists without being harmed, and
that a doctor or medic from among the activists even treated them?
64. What evidence is there for the assertion that the Turkish NGO
called IHH has connections with al-Qaeda?
65. On what grounds was it stated again and again that it was a
"terrorist organization", though no evidence for this claim was
offered?
66. Why was it asserted that the association was acting under the
orders of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, when in fact it
is close to an opposition party?
67. If it was in fact a terrorist organization known to the Israeli
intelligence services, why was this not taken into account during the
planning of the operation?
68. Why did the Israeli government not announce this before the attack
on the flotilla?
69. Why were the words of one of the activists, who declared on his
return that he wanted to be a "shahid", translated by official
propaganda in a manifestly dishonest manner, as if he had said that he
wanted "to kill and be killed" ("shahid" means a person who sacrifices
his life in order to testify to his belief in God, much like a
Christian martyr)?
70. What is the source of the lie that the Turks called out "Go back
to Auschwitz"?
71. Why were the Israeli doctors not called to inform the public at
once about the character of the wounds of the injured soldiers, after
it was announced that at least one of them was shot?
72. Who invented the story that there were arms on the ship, and that
they had been thrown into the sea?
73. Who invented the story that the activists had brought with them
deadly weapons – when the exhibition organized by the IDF Spokesman
himself showed nothing but tools found on any ship, including
binoculars, a blood infusion instrument, knives and axes, as well as
decorative Arab daggers and kitchen knives that are to be found on
every ship, even one not equipped for 1000 passengers?
74. Do all these items – coupled with the endless repetition of the
word "terrorists" and the blocking of any contrary information – not
constitute brainwashing?

Questions concerning the inquiry:

75. Why does the Israeli government refuse to take part in an
international board of inquiry, composed of neutral personalities
acceptable to them?
76. Why have the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense announced
that they are ready to testify - but not to answer questions?
77. Where does the argument come from that soldiers must not be called
to testify – when in all previous investigations senior officers,
junior officers and enlisted men were indeed subjected to questioning?
78. Why does the government refuse to appoint a State Commission of
Inquiry under the Israeli law that was enacted by the Knesset in 1966
for this very purpose, especially in view of the fact that such
commissions were appointed after the Yom Kippur war, after the Sabra
and Shatila massacre, after the podium of the al-Aqsa Mosque was set
on fire by an insane Australian, as well as to investigate corruption
in sport and the murder of the Zionist leader Chaim Arlosoroff (some
fifty years after it occurred!)?
79. Does the government have something to fear from such a commission,
whose members are appointed by the President of the Supreme Court, and
which is empowered to summon witnesses and cross-examine them, demand
the production of documents and determine the personal responsibility
for mistakes and crimes?
80. Why was it decided in the end to appoint a pathetic committee,
devoid of any legal powers, which will lack all credibility both in
Israel and abroad?

And, finally, the question of questions:

81. What is our political and military leadership trying to hide?



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