{"id":14161,"date":"2010-06-07T22:48:55","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T04:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=14161"},"modified":"2010-06-07T22:48:55","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T04:48:55","slug":"jamal-elshayyal-kidnapped-by-israel-forsaken-by-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=14161","title":{"rendered":"Jamal Elshayyal: Kidnapped by Israel, forsaken by Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/activists.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14162\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?attachment_id=14162\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/activists.jpg?fit=475%2C317\" data-orig-size=\"475,317\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"activists\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/activists.jpg?fit=300%2C200\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/activists.jpg?fit=475%2C317\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/activists.jpg?resize=475%2C317\" alt=\"\" title=\"activists\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/activists.jpg?w=475 475w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/activists.jpg?resize=150%2C100 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/activists.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Jamal Elshayyal<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Al Jazeera producer Jamal Elshayyal recalls the Israeli assault on the Gaza aid convoy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly I must apologise for taking so long to update my blog. The events of the past few days have been hectic to say the least, and I am still trying to come to grips with many of the things that have happened.<\/p>\n<p>It was this time last week that I was on the top deck of the Mavi Marmara, and first spotted Israeli warships at a distance, as they approached the humanitarian flotilla.  Little did I know how deadly and bloody the events that soon unfolded would be.<\/p>\n<p>What I will write in this entry is fact, every letter of it, none of it is opinion, none of it is analysis, I will leave that to you, the reader.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.aljazeera.net\/middle-east\/2010\/06\/06\/kidnapped-israel-forsaken-britain\">Read more<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jamal Elshayyal Al Jazeera producer Jamal Elshayyal recalls the Israeli assault on the Gaza aid convoy. Firstly I must apologise for taking so long to update my blog. 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