Lebanese ships 'linked to Khezbollah' says Israel's 'person' at the UN

"Beauty & the Flotilla beasts..."

Haaretz/ here

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Gabriela Shalev sent a .... warning that Lebanese aid ships scheduled to set sail toward Gaza on Sunday could "affect the peace and security of the region..... Israel reserves its right under international law to use all necessary means to prevent these ships from violating the existing naval blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip, .......It appears that a small number of ships plan to depart from Lebanon and sail to the Gaza Strip which is under the control of the Hamas terrorist regime," she wrote, adding that "while those who organize this action claim that they wish to break the blockade on Gaza and to bring humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza, the true nature of the actions remains dubious....The organizers of these boats have made repeated assertions to the media that they wish to be Shahids (martyrs)," Shalev added.... There exists a possible link between the organizers of the ships in question and the terrorist group Hezbollah."

Earlier Friday the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah said that it would not take part in Gaza-bound aid missions so as not to give a pretext for Israel to attack Lebanon. "We in Hezbollah highly value the humanitarian moves to break the siege on Gaza, but since the beginning we have stayed away from such acts not because we are greedy but because we do not want to give the Israeli enemy an excuse to carry out an aggression against Lebanon," a statement by the group said.

The statement came after some local media said Hezbollah was urged not to give Israel a pretext to attack by supporting aid ships leaving from Lebanon for Gaza.....

Samar al-Hajj, who is organizing the Miriam voyage to Gaza, thanked Israel "for its threats which only strengthened these women's willpower to make the trip. I tell the Israelis we are not afraid and we are going on with our plans."