Israel Stops Gaza-bound Libyan boat

They said they were going to do it. They told them not to come. These weren't the usual Moonbat Free Gaza idiots . This was a boat from Socialist People's Libyan Arab Great Jamahiriya (we know it as Libya), from Muammar al-Gaddafi to Hamas.

A Libyan boat which aimed at breaking the blockade on the Gaza Strip was prevented from reaching its destination, turning around on Monday after being stopped by the IDF Navy.

Independent Palestinian lawmaker Jamal Khoudari said the ship was carrying food, medicine, blankets and powdered milk, and after docking in Egypt, was set to sail from a Libyan Port to Gaza on Monday.

"This ship is coming to Gaza to help the Palestinian people who are under siege," Khoudari told The Jerusalem Post by phone from Gaza. "This ship is safe and will help us since it is carrying food and medicine. There is no reason to stop it."

And rockets, missiles, guns, explosives. At least it wasn't carrying hearing aids and balloons.

Israeli Navy Aliya Class Ship

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Ehud Barak met Thursday night to discuss the ship and according to officials, decided not to allow it to arrive in Gaza. The Israeli Navy has been put on high alert and ships have been given orders to stop the boat as it enters Israeli waters.

"We will treat this boat different than the earlier ones that were allowed into Gaza," one official said. "Libya is a hostile state to Israel and what guarantees do we have that the boat is not carrying weapons and explosives for Hamas?"

They didn't have any guarantees on what the cargo was. And knowing Gaddafi you can bet the farm that the cargo wasn't kosher.

Since September Israel has allowed into the Gaza Strip three boats chartered by the US-based Free Gaza movement that set sail from Cyprus.

When all you are carrying are balloons, hearing aids and Moonbat idiots, you know it is safe to let them through. It is not as if they were carrying useful items like food, medicine, etc...

Meanwhile, Barak decided to keep the crossings into the Gaza Strip closed on Monday after the Kassam landed in Sderot, sending one person into shock. Another rocket landed in an open field, causing no harm.

MK Zevulun Orlev's visit to Sderot's hesder yeshiva on Sunday was interrupted by a Kassam rocket that fell only a few hundred meters from where he was standing.

"I came to the yeshiva to check the progress of fortifying the institute, where 500 students are under daily threat," Orlev said. "The rabbi of the yeshiva and I were sitting in his office, which is not protected, when the alarm was activated. We started running to the nearest concrete shelter, and while we were running we heard the distant explosion of a Kassam. The second we took shelter, another Kassam exploded. This time it sounded close, probably 200 meters from us." Though Orlev, a leader of the now-defunct National Religious Party, was shaken, he did not think residents of the area should leave Sderot and the surrounding towns and Kibbutzim.

"I don't think they're the ones who need to leave, but that this government should be replaced. It's clear that the IDF will have to operate inside the Gaza Strip sooner or later, and I believe that the longer we wait, the more victims this operation will cost us," he said.

He added that the truce with Hamas was "a fool's peace," and false.

"Eventually, Israel will have to face Hamas, which in the meantime is gaining strength and arms," he said.

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There was a truce with Hamas? When? In a truce both sides have to stop firing, not just one. That didn't happen with Hamas did it?

The time is coming when Israel will really lose their patience with Hamas. No people have infinite patience to endure daily bombardment and not strike back. I fear that when Israel finally does strike back, the loss of life in Gaza will be high. But that is the price that they have to pay for supporting Hamas and those who launch rockets into Israel.