I. The comments are not mine. II. Iran is not an Arab state as much as Turkey is not. III. The main point made out by the author here is that the Hamas has rejected such intervention on the part of Iran. That's significant.
Sukla P.S.: Here is an update. http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=178395 <http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=178395>Iranian flotilla leaving for GazaBy JPOST.COM STAFF AND ASSOCIATED PRESS<[email protected]> 06/14/2010 16:23 Half will be sent through Istanbul; Iranian MPs will fly to Gaza. Two Iranian cargoes of humanitarian aid for Gaza will leave next week and one of them will be shipped through Istanbul, the official Iranian news agency, IRNA reported Monday. The announcement quoted Mohammad Ali Nouraee, an aid official, who said one cargo will be sent to Turkey, and then shipped to Gaza from Istanbul while the other will leave from the port of Khorramshahr. Nouraee said that the ships would sail without protective security because the Iranians “do not want to fight", however he emphasized that "we are willing to become martyred in this way.” According to IRNA, a senior official of the the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, Deputy Commander Hossein Salami, has said that escorting the two cargo ships "was not on the guards agenda." In addition three Iranian parliamentarians are planning to visit Gaza through Egypt, Iranian news agencies reported Monday. Lawmaker Mahmoud Ahmadi Bighash was quoted as saying that he and two other members of the Majlis, the Iranian parliament, would travel to Gaza by way of Egypt later this week. Bighash said that some 200 out of the 290 Iranian MPs had wanted to make the visit but the three-man team will go instead. He said that the Egyptians had expressed willingness to allow the Iranians to enter Gaza through the Rafah crossing. Iranian MP Mahmoud Ahmadi-Biqash said on Sunday that the Egyptian government has agreed to issue visas to 70 Iranian parliamentarians who have registered to travel to the Gaza Strip. The Iranian efforts to aid Gaza are inspired by the recent Gaza-bound flotilla, during which an Israeli effort to take control of the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara resulted in the death of nine Turkish activists. On 15 June 2010 11:14, stansfield smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I don't think you are being fair. On the one hand we complain how the > Arab states do not show sufficient solidarity with the Palestinians. But on > the other hand, we complain about about Iran's solidarity. Does that make > sense? > > If each and every Arab and Muslim state followed Iran's example and > offered to send a flotilla to break the illegal blockade, and offered to > protect the ships, the Palestinians would not be in the position they are > in. > > Iran should be congratulated for its offer, not criticized for > it. Direct the criticism, if you want to criticize, at all the Arab > countries' governments who sit on their hands and do nothing. They should > follow Iran's example. > > --- On Mon, 6/14/10, Sukla Sen <[email protected]<sukla.sen%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > From: Sukla Sen <[email protected] <sukla.sen%40gmail.com>> > Subject: [GreenLeft_discussion] Gaza Blockade by Israel: Iran and Hamas: A > Comment > To: "peace-mumbai" > <[email protected]<peace-mumbai%40googlegroups.com>>, > "IHRO" <[email protected] <ihro%40yahoogroups.com>>, "issueonline" < > [email protected]<issuesonline_worldwide%40yahoogroups.com>>, > "Free Binayak Sen" > <[email protected]<free-binayaksen%40googlegroups.com>>, > "greenyouth" <[email protected] <greenyouth%40googlegroups.com>>, > "greenleft_discussion" > <[email protected]<GreenLeft_discussion%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Date: Monday, June 14, 2010, 9:20 PM > > > http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2010/06/07/thanks-iran-but-no-thanks/ > > <http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2010/06/07/thanks-iran-but-no-thanks/ > >Thanks, > Iran! But NO Thanks! (Even Hamas wonders about the political convenience of > the IRG escorts for Aid to Gaza) > > by HAITHAM SABBAH <http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/author/haitham-2/> on > JUNE > > 7, 2010 > > As you might have heard now, Iran has > volunteered< > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/06/gaza-blockade-iran-aid-convoy> > > to > send aid ships to Gaza. As stated in Tehran, "The Iranian Red Crescent has > decided< > http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5giuBx4p4O64F0McNQgLqi8HJUKuQ > > > > to > send two aid ships to Gaza this week and has called for volunteers to act > as > relief workers and accompany the vessels, the state IRNA news agency > reported." > > On top of this, "Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards are ready to escort aid > flotillas to Gaza< > http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jMRvO-fjy8lVpAcOQCe-ZapYbo_A > > > > if > the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei orders this, a Khamenei > aide said on Sunday. > > "The Revolutionary Guards' naval forces are fully prepared to escort > freedom > and peace flotillas carrying humanitarian aid from all over the world to > the > oppressed people of Gaza," Ali Shirazi, Khamenei's naval representative, > told the Mehr news agency. > > "If the respected leader of the revolution (Khamenei) gives an order in > this > regard to the Revolutionary Guards' naval forces, it will take a practical > step using its capability and equipment to escort flotillas to Gaza," he > said. > > As Iran always did in the case of Palestinian conflict, they try to make > use > of the plight of Palestinians for their benefit. The "liberation of > Palestine" was always part of the "Iranian Islamic Revolution" propaganda. > But when you look in realities on the ground, they have never done anything > good for Palestine or Palestinians except talk and raising Palestinian > flags > in their in-home demonstrations every now and then. Apart from that, they > supported Hamas and still do so with little or no money to keep them alive > in front of the other Palestinian parties. Whether this is good or not is > debatable, but in general, non-Hamas supporters see no good in this > relationship, but on the contrary it was always a reason for those who > don’t > support Hamas to stay away from it so that they will not be considered as > Iran supporters. > > Now let's be clear here. We are not against Iran’s legitimate rights. Like > all nations on earth, we respect and accept any government that is the > voice > of its people, that is, a democratically elected government, but this is > not > the case. On the other hand, we are absolutely not against any help offered > to Palestinians, but we should always ask ourselves a question about > anything that has to do with our struggle: at what cost? > > Iran is at the centre of international pressure on account of its nuclear > program issue, so the Gaza Freedom Flotilla issue and all the positive > reaction the Palestinians are getting as a result of Israeli stupidity is > going to be a goldmine for the Iran propaganda machine at a time when they > need it. But who will buy it? Apparently, even Hamas has realised that > underneath the surface, it would only exacerbate tensions if they accepted > the offer. According to > *Stratfor*< > http://www.stratfor.com/memberships/164300/analysis/20100607_brief_hamas_rejects_iranian_aid_escorts > > > > sources: > > June 7, 2010 > Hamas rejected the request of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to escort > vessels to break the siege imposed on Gaza, saying they do not want further > tensions in the region, *Al Sharq Al Awsat* > reported< > http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=1&issueno=11514&article=572788 > >June > > 7. Hamas lawmaker Jamal al Khzri said the organization does not want any > military intervention that could lead to further tension in the region or > involve civil authorities to come to Gaza via military activities. > > And this is how it appeared on *Al Sharq Al Awsat* > website< > http://www.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=1&issueno=11514&article=572788> > : > > < > http://sabbah.biz/mt/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/hamas-reject-iran-aid-gaza.jpg > > > > > Translation: > > *The Iranian Revolutionary Guards offer to escort "Gaza ships" and Hamas > rejects* > > While the Iranian Revolutionary Guards offered to escort "Gaza ships", the > Hamas Movement has rejected any military interference regarding the subject > of ships that are trying to break the siege on Gaza. Hamas lawmaker Jamal > al > Khodari told "Al Sharq Al Awsat" that Hamas does not want any military > intervention. [...] > > Let's look at it, who wants this siege on Gaza to end? Everyone but the > Zionists! But if Iran enters this global wave of support to end the siege, > who will have a stronger reason to make the siege all that more of a > stranglehold and attempt to justify it? Of course, Israel! They always > claimed that Iran is supplying Hamas with rockets (which no one has ever > seen directly or indirectly), but what better reason can we give to Israel > to oppose ending the siege? It would play straight into their propaganda. > > Palestine was never of interest to Iran. The conflict has been going on for > decades now, how many times did Iran shoot a single bullet towards the > Israeli occupation (literally or hypothetically)? Never! All they want is > attention for themselves and to provoke so they think they look like > heroes. > > Unfortunately, it's lack of the Arab states’ positive action that gives > Iran > a space to play this game. But being late is better than never arriving. We > Arabs all hope that our leaders take one positive action for Palestine, > just > once at least, maybe! But it should be a real, worthy and sustainable > positive action, just for a change, not sounds and echoes. > > We all should keep in our minds that the global movement isn't about Iran! > It's about Palestine. Iran escalation is not needed as long as we have the > world behind us. We certainly know that the world is not behind Iranian > propaganda to send their Republican Guards to break the siege. In fact deep > inside each one of us knows that Iran will never do it. But we also should > be clear. > > It should be clear that we absolutely do not support war on Iran or > interference with their internal affairs, and official Iranians should > understand that pro-peace and global support to Iran in this case does not > mean that activists will support their cheap and selfish propaganda. > Anti-war activists are not ignorant to buy this free media bubble. We > support FREE Iranians, the Iranian people as a whole, not any specific > Iranian government or the "Islamic Revolutionists" (although they have > their > own supporters around the world). We are anti-war and will always be > because > we love and support Iranians, not the "Iranian Islamic Revolution." In fact > official Iranians should understand that this game might cost them a lot of > support, globally. > > So, thank you Iran, but we don't need your humanitarian aid. > > -- > Peace Is Doable > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------------------ > > Green Left Weekly depends on your support! > > Subscribe to Green Left Weekly! > http://www.greenleft.org.au/subscribe.htm > > Make a donation to help Green Left Weekly continue! > http://www.greenleft.org.au/fogl.htm > > Yahoo! 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