Hamas celebrating Mavi Marmara deaths

This is not much of an exaggeration.

Hamas "Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," Ghazi Hamad, spoke at an event today to mark the third anniversary of Israel's raid on a Gaza flotilla. He seemed to be very happy that nine IHH members were killed.

Hamad said that as a result of the incident, Turkish relations with Hamas are the best they have ever been. he also said that the raid resulted in "a quantum leap for the expulsion and isolation of the Israeli occupation and Israel is more isolated than ever."

Kemal Ataturk, a former adviser to Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan who attended the ceremony, declared that "Turkey will not accept the Israeli apology, and there will be no normalization; we do not reconcile with the occupation, before lifting the siege on Gaza." He also lied when he said "The Turkish ship was a humanitarian initiative carrying aid, with the aim of ending the inhumane blockade of Gaza" - in fact, the Mavi Marmara had no aid.

An Islamic Jihad spokesman at the ceremony said that the dead Turks achieved far more than they had hoped for - for they have achieved martyrdom.

The Gaza speakers sure sound like they belong to a death cult.