Keeping 'human rights activists' out of Israel

Chad Groening

An Israeli-based American citizen has filed a civil lawsuit in an attempt to prevent 14 ships from participating in an international flotilla aimed at providing aid to terrorists in Gaza.

Last year, Israeli Defense Force (IDF) commandos had no choice but to take out terrorists who were part of a so-called "humanitarian flotilla" to Gaza. The Israelis found weapons on board the flotilla that were used against IDF troops.

Now, Pajamas Media has released reports of another planned flotilla that involves 14 ships, including an American-registered vessel named The Audacity of Hope, which is also the title of President Obama's book.

Dr. Alan Bauer, who was injured in a 2002 Jerusalem terrorist bombing, has filed a lawsuit to discourage the fleet from coming.

"Last year when the flotilla came, everything went back; they let everyone go, and they let the boats out. So other than the people who were killed at sea, they didn't lose anything," Bauer reports. "So we want to raise the stakes a little bit and make them know that if they come here, they run the risk of losing their equipment and supplies."

And he is challenging the validity of the so-called "human rights activists" leading the flotilla.

"They go on and on about how Israel is harming the Palestinians [and how] they're doing terrible things. They don't mention a thing about the thousands of rockets [and] mortars that have been fired for years now on the civilian population," the terror victim points out. "If they were truly human rights activists, they would be as concerned about what Hamas does as [they are about] what they claim Israel is doing."

Bauer's suit is grounded in the Neutrality Act of 1794, which mandates that no naval exhibition can be made against a friendly nation by a ship whose voyage is paid for by funds raised on U.S. soil.


(2011-6-23/OneNewsNow)