Canadian Islamic and Marxist/Anarchist groups' Ship of Fools to resupply Gaza Luxury Mall?

A group of Canadian Islamic and Marxist/anarchist groups recently announced their intention to attempt to raise $300,000 to take a Ship of Fools to Gaza, ostensibly to alleviate the "humanitarian crisis" there.

Does this mean they will be carrying essential items like blu-ray players and cappuccino makers to resupply this luxury mall that opened in Gaza last weekend?

Here is the Gaza Mall's website.


The Ship of Fools is accepting applications for berths. Qualifications: passengers must be more interested in ideological propaganda than truth. Ability to lie to television reporters considered an asset.

From political and media commentator Tom Gross:

“When leading news outlets mention the so-called humanitarian flotillas from Turkey, why do they omit the fact that life expectancy and literacy rates are higher, and infant mortality rates are lower in Gaza than corresponding rates in Turkey? Have they considered that perhaps the humanitarian flotillas ought to be going in the other direction, towards Turkey?”

Kevin Neish wants to raise $300,000 for the Ship of Fools

Canada's "man of many tales", Kevin Neish, wants to raise $300,000 to equip a Canadian ship to go to Gaza to "deliver aid."

Israel allows aid in to Gaza through its own crossing with Gaza and aid also is allowed in through Egypt.

Therefore the effort is another attempt, by the man who grew up with Fidel Castro's picture on his mantle, to cripple the blockade designed to prevent Iranian arms smuggling.

Aid to Gaza not delivered through recognized governmental or non-governmental organizations would likely come under the aegis of Hamas and so what is being proposed is de facto material support for that group. The Canadian government has designated Hamas as a terrorist organization, so this effort may be in violation of Canadian law.

The dim bulbs at rabble.ca want to send a Ship of Fools to Gaza

Whenever something sounds too stupid to be true, there's as good a chance as not that the "brain trust" at rabble.ca will be supporting it.

Renaissance painter Hieronymus Bosch, most famous for his grim, ghastly renditions of the horrors that befall man in the spiritual world, painted "The Ship of Fools."

Rabble.ca is going to attempt to emulate Bosch's nightmare in real life. The radical leftist website whose publisher is Kim Elliott, the spouse of NDP Member of Parliament Libby Davies is the "media sponsor" behind the effort to get a Canadian ship to go to Gaza.

The other organizations behind the pleasure cruise designed to undermine Israel's efforts to protect itself from Iranian arms smuggling are:

Canadian Arab Federation, Canadian Shia Muslims Organization (CASMO), CodePink - Toronto, Educators for Peace and Justice, Independent Jewish Voices, International Jewish anti-Zionist Network, Islamic Society of York Region, Muslim Unity, People for Peace - London, Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, Toronto Coalition to Stop the War, Toronto Forum on Cuba, Women In Solidarity With Palestine

Not as big a list as it sounds since many of these groups have a multitude of cross-memberships.

Sending a ship on a trans-oceanic voyage actually costs money. The gang of misfits behind this effort might have trouble launching it without someone like Syd Ryan committing a large amount of funds taken from the union dues that Ontario Federation of Labour members pay for purposes other than attempts at crippling the one democracy in the middle east.

I can think of a few people I'd nominate for a berth on that boat: Libby Davies, Naomi Klein, Elle Flanders, and who knows? Perhaps Kevin Neish will enjoy a reprise visit to the detention center in Ashdod. He may have another fish tale for the CBC afterwards that can get him some more of the attention he craves.

They have a facebook group too.

In Canada, Hamas has been designated as a terrorist group and it is illegal to provide material support to terror, so it may be worthwhile for Federal law enforcement to determine if these people are committing a criminal conspiracy. Perhaps they can be sued under the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act that allows such action to be taken against supporters of terrorist groups like Hamas.



Blazing Cat Fur has more on this

UPDATE: JULY 15 - The National Post provides this update

7 PM at Public Appearance at Vancouver Public Library by a Public Liar

Kevin Neish, the middle-aged British Columbia -based "activist" who lied to Carol MacNeil during his interview with her on CBC TV is giving a little talk at the Vancouver Public Library this evening.

I don't live near Vancouver, but if I did, I would ask him about his lies. It would be funny to watch him squirm.







It's still a picture of Lenin, but if you're going on physical appearance, the only way you could tell the difference is that Lenin looks younger and has a great deal more of a twinkle of intelligence behind his eyes than Kevin.