After the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla on May 31, we would do well to remember the crimes of this rogue state for the last 60 years, including their 2009 slaughter of the Palestians in Gaza. The following photos were taken by various photographers and published in the Maan News Agency, after their 2009 rampage. These Palestinians were waiting in Gaza for the Freedom Flotilla with 10,000 tons of medicine and health care equipment, food, educational materials, building materials and other humanitarian supplies when Israel attacked the ships on May 31. Israel's blockade of Gaza is meant to do one thing only: to drive all Palestinians from their land on which the Israelis dream of expanding their own Jewish State. The world simply cannot allow this to happen. If governments in other nations refuse to stop this genocide, we the people must force them to bring this great crime to an end, make reparations and receive justice, by whatever means necessary.

Tonight we wait for another relief ship, the Rachel Corrie from Ireland, scheduled to arrive in Gaza tomorrow. The Israelis have defiantly told the world they will not allow her to sail into Gaza. Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan reportedly stated after the Mavi Mamara was attacked on May 31 that Turkey would send more relief ships into Gaza, the next time, escorted by the Turkish military. Many heads of state have condemned Israel's attack on the flotilla but their words are empty. We must do what we can to support leaders like Erdogan, Nasrallah, Ahmadinejad, Chavez and a few others who have the morality and courage to take direct action for our Palestinian sisters and brothers. We must turn our rage into action by contacting these leaders to let them know that the people of the world stand with them and demand justice for the Palestinian people.

- Axis of Logic Editorial Board

A view of Gaza's $2.5 million dollar football stadium after it was targeted in an Israeli air strike. (Hatem Omar, Maan Images)

A Palestinian medic carries a young girl who was injured during an Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip. (Maan Images)

Palestinian look over a crater caused by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. (Mohamed Al-Zanon, Maan Images)

Palestinian laborers repair a smuggling tunnel that was damaged in Israeli air strikes along the border between Gaza and Egypt. Since Israel imposed its blockade of Gaza over 18 months ago, the hundreds of tunnels between the Gaza Strip and Egypt have been the main supply lines for basic goods, such as clothing, food, and medicine. (Hatem Omar, Maan Images)

Palestinians pass a hollowed high-rise building in central Gaza City. Heavy shelling from the Israeli army has damaged hundreds of buildings in Gaza's largest city. (Wissam Nassar, Maan Images)

A Palestinian family huddles around a campfire in a makeshift tent constructed near their home, which was demolished during Israel's offensive. (Wissam Nassar, Maan Images)

A Palestinian boy stands before a house in the Zaitoun neighborhood of Gaza City that was destroyed during Israel's 22-day offensive in the Gaza Strip. (Mohamed Al-Zanon, Maan Images)

A Palestinian man sits beside the body of child killed by Israeli tank fire in Gaza City on Wednesday afternoon. (Mohamed Al-Zanon, Maan Images)

A row of demolished high-rise buildings stands in central Gaza City, which has been under heavy bombardment by the Israeli air force since December 28. (Mohamed Al-Zanon, Maan Images)

Palestinians receive food aid at a United Nations center in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. (Hatem Omar, Maan Images)

Palestinians sit among the ruins of destroyed buildings in the southern city of Rafah. (Hatem Omar, Maan Images)

Palestinian boys sit outside their United Nations-run school in Gaza City after the first day of classes following Israel's assault. (Mohamed Al-Zanon, Maan Images)

Palestinians return to what is left of their homes in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. (Maan Images)

Palestinians attend a protest in the West Bank city of Nablus calling for an end to Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip. (Rami Swidan, Maan Images)

A Palestinian man walks through the rubble of destroyed buildings in the center of Gaza City. (Wissam Nassar, Maan Images)

A Palestinian child sits near the ruins of her home, which was destroyed in Israel's 22-day assault on the Gaza Strip. (Wissam Nassar, Maan Images)

A Palestinian boy walks among the ruins of a building demolished by Israeli air and ground attacks in the center of Gaza City, the area's largest city with a population of over 400,000. (Mohamed Al-Zanon, Maan Images).

A man looks over the ruins of buildings destroyed in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip. (Hatem Omar, Maan Images)

A view of the As-Saraya prison and an adjacent Palestinian Authority security compound in Gaza City that were destroyed during Israel's offensive. (Wissam Nassar, Maan Images)

A Palestinian man inspects the interior of the Jazeera Hotel, which was destroyed during Israeli attacks on Gaza City. (Wissam Nassar, Maan Images)

Palestinian fishermen return to work at the port of Gaza City. Five Palestinians have been wounded from Israeli navy fire since a truce was declared between Israel and Hamas last week. (Mohamed Al-Zanon, Maan Images)

Palestinian children attend their first day of class in over a month inside a tent erected beside the ruins of their destroyed school in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. (Wissam Nassar, Maan Images)

A Palestinian elementary school student salvages books from the ruins of the Khalil Al-Nubani school, which was destroyed by Israeli artillery attacks in Gaza City. (Wissam Nassar, Maan Images)

A Palestinian student at a school in Gaza City holds up a drawing depicting her experiences during Israel's 22-day assault. (Mohamed Al-Zanon, Maan Images)

Palestinian Muslim worshipers gather for Friday prayers outside of the Al-Taqwa mosque in Gaza City, which was destroyed during Israel's attacks. (Wissam Nassar, Maan Images)

Source: Ma'an News Agency

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