> I hadn't seen this until now, but apparently it was not:
>
> "Israel claims that we refused to deliver a letter and package from POW
> Gilad Shalit’s father. This is a blatant lie. We were first contacted by
> lawyers representing Shalit’s family Wednesday evening, just hours before we
> were set to depart from Greece. Irish Senator Mark Daly (Kerry), one of 35
> parliamentarians joining our flotilla, agreed to carry any letter and to
> attempt to deliver it to Shalit or, if that request was denied, deliver it
> to officials in the Hamas government. As of this writing, the lawyers have
> not responded to Sen. Daly, electing instead to attempt to smear us in the
> Israeli press. We have always called for the release of all political
> prisoners in this conflict, including the 11,000 Palestinian political
> prisoners languishing in Israeli jails, among them hundreds of child
> prisoners."
>
> http://palsolidarity.org/2010/05/12531
>
Unbelievable. I'll also be forwarding that to FAIR. I wonder how many other media outlets reported the Shalits' claim without even bothering to check with the flotilla organizers.
SA