I hope this silly old NDP nutjob likes his new home

[Obvious Li]

[size=150]Ex-MP sits in Israeli custody while fellow protesters released

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GLORIA GALLOWAY



OTTAWA — The Globe and Mail



A former Canadian parliamentarian who was arrested by Israel for trying to breach a blockade of the Gaza Strip was not released when fellow protesters from other countries were set free, and his supporters blame a lack of political pressure from Ottawa.



Jim Manly, a former New Democrat MP who is a week shy of his 80th birthday, was taken into custody on Saturday when the Israeli military boarded the Estelle, the ship carrying opponents of the maritime blockade who say the measure has created intense hardship for the 1.7 million people living in Gaza. Also on board were members of several European parliaments.



i'm sure sitting in an israeli jail for a few days/weeks will smarten the old fuck up....and Harper should keep "hands off" and let him look after himself

[Obvious Li]

i love this guys response..it's a funny read



If former MP Jim Manley needs saving, it must be from his own foolishness



Kelly McParland



The family of Jim Manley, a former NDP member of Parliament, is asking — no, demanding — that the Canadian government rescue their father, though what he needs to be rescued from is unclear.



Mr. Manley, 79, joined a group of other people on a boat to Gaza, which is run by the terrorist group Hamas. A recent report by the human rights group Human Rights Watch says Hamas runs the territory through a mix of fear, torture and repression, including arbitrary arrests, secret detentions and staged trials.



His family say they were helpless to keep him from going, but now insist it's Ottawa's responsibility to somehow force the Israeli government to release him. His son Paul acknowledges his father is being treated fine and is in good health, yet is mystified that not a single MP has spoken out in his defense.



Even though there appears to be nothing wrong with their father, and all indications are he's being treated fine, the family has issued a semi-hysterical release portraying the situation as an international outrage:



   

So let's recap: A 79-year-old decides on his own accord to join a group that aims to benefit the interests of a terrorist organization accused of brutalizing its own people. He does this by sitting on a boat, which is stopped and taken to a port in the region's only democratic country, where all indications are that he is treated well. His family, which didn't talk him out of the trip and has no indication that Manley is receiving anything but civilized treatment, demands his immediate release and offers its sympathy to the terrorist-run enclave rather than the democratic state, suggesting Israel might abuse Manley, brainwash him, force him to sign false statements or otherwise brutalize him. There is no evidence to support any of this outside an apparent ill-informed bias against Israel and in favour of its enemies.



And they wonder why no one — not even from the NDP — wants to offer support? Perhaps because they realize that foolish people in a free country have the right to do foolish things, and it's not Ottawa's job to save them from their own foolishness.



National Post

[Gary Oak]

If you gave the Palestinians they dream of genocide of the Jews and the land of Israel it would be a hellhole withing a week and they would soon be desperately trying to flee to the west as refugees. I do not see an issue with Israel building a wall to keep out people who want their genocide , destruction and believe that those who kill Jews by suicide bombs,random targetting of civilians is heroic.