http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/jun/05/flotilla-raid-henning-mankell-diary
Das ist schon starker Tobak was er da beschreibt:
We gather, up on the bridge. The soldiers are impatient and want us down on deck. Someone who is going too slowly immediately gets a stun device fired into his arm. He falls. Another man who is not moving fast enough is shot with a rubber bullet . I think: I am seeing this happen right beside me. It is an absolute reality. People who have done nothing being driven like animals, being punished for their slowness.
We are put in a group down on the deck. Where we will then stay for 11 hours, until the ship docks in Israel. Every so often we are filmed. When I jot down a few notes, a soldier comes over at once and asks what I am writing. That's the only time I lose my temper, and tell him it's none of his business. I can only see his eyes; don't know what he is thinking. But he turns and goes.
Eleven hours, unable to move, packed together in the heat. If we want to go for a pee, we have to ask permission. The food they give us is biscuits, rusks and apples. We're not allowed to make coffee, even though we could do it where we are sitting. We take a collective decision: not to ask if we can cook food.
Then they would film us. It would be presented as showing how generously the soldiers had treated us . We stick to the biscuits and rusks. It is degradation beyond compare. (Meanwhile, the soldiers who are off-duty have dragged mattresses out of the cabins and are sleeping at the back of the deck.)
So in those 11 hours, I have time to take stock. We have been attacked while in international waters. That means the Israelis have behaved like pirates, no better than those who operate off the coast of Somalia. The moment they start to steer this ship towards Israel, we have also been kidnapped. The whole action is illegal. We try to talk among ourselves, work out what might happen, and not least how the Israelis could opt for a course of action that means painting themselves into a corner.
The myth of the brave and utterly infallible Israeli soldier is shattered. Now we can add: they are common thieves. For I was not the only one to be robbed of my money, credit card, clothes, MP3 player, laptop; the same happened to many others on the same ship as me, which was attacked early one morning by masked Israeli soldiers, who were thus in fact nothing other than lying pirates.
Dem ist nichts hinzuzufügen. Das schlimme ist, die Propagandamaschine in Israel läuft so good that a man Goebbels would be proud of these guys.
German translation:
We gather the top of the bridge. The soldiers are impatient and want us below deck. Someone who is slow to get up immediately with a stun gun device shot in the arm. He falls. Another man who is not moving fast enough, is shot with a rubber bullet. I think: All this happens before your eyes. It is an absolute reality. People who have done nothing to be treated like cattle, punished for their tardiness.
We are locked below deck as a group. Where will we stay for 11 hours until the ship docks in Israel. We are constantly being filmed. As I write something that is a soldier comes by and asks immediately what I write. That's the only time I lose my temper, and I tell him that concerns him nothing. I can only see his eyes, not knowing what he thinks. But he turns around and leaves.
crammed eleven hours, unable to move, it is very hot. If we want to go pee, we need to ask for permission. The foods they give us, biscuits, crackers and apples. We can not make coffee, although we could.
We take a collective decision: We will not ask if we can cook.
Then they film us. We made with the intention to show how generous they treated us. We comply with the cookies and biscuits. It is a humiliation beyond compare.
(have the meantime, the off-duty soldiers on their mattresses on the back of the cover down to sleep)
In those 11 hours I had time to take stock. We were attacked while we were in international waters. This means that the Israelis behave like pirates, not better than those that operate off the coast of Somalia. As soon as they steer the ship to Israel, we have also been kidnapped yet. The whole operation is illegal. We try to find out what each other is going to happen next, and speculate on what picture of the operation will present the Israeli public.
The myth of the courageous and correct acting Israeli soldier is gone. Now we can add: they are common thieves. Because I was not the only one where his money was stolen, credit cards, clothing, MP3 players, laptops, the same happened to many others in the same boat, attacked Early morning by masked Israeli soldiers who were in fact nothing more than pirates .
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