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Video: Israelis Cheer the Massacre at Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv
June 1, 2010
by Michael Leon
by Michael Leon
Update: Israel deports human rights activists, Batch of Freedom Flotilla passengers reach Jordan as Israel drops plan to prosecute activists.
This comes via Steve Clemons of the Washington Note.
This is a video of Israeli citizens celebrating the Israeli attack on the Turkish ship in front of the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv. There is no sense of remorse at all for those who died — no matter what the reasons.
Israelis cheers the Mediterranean massacre below, a common sentiment in Israel as the state moves sharply to the right, amid militaristic and expansionist policies in an increasingly chauvinistic and repressive culture.
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