That subject has never been mentioned in the mainstream media but Cynthia McKinney's recent attempt to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza via small ship was designed to shed light on this subject, although most people are still quite unaware.


On June 30th 2009, Israeli Naval gunships surrounded the Spirit of Humanity, a boat used by the Free Gaza Movement, in international waters 60 miles off the coast of Israel, and arrested twenty-one activists, from 11 countries, including former Gerogia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who had boarded the Spirit of Humanity in Lamaca, Cyprus, with medical aid, toys, and building supplies, hoping to carry them to Gaza's besieged Palestinian population.

They had hoped not only to deliver aid, but also to challenge the illegal blockade imposed by the Israeli government on Gaza.

Upon her release and return, Cynthia McKinney spoke to WBAIX, from New York's JFK Airport, where she reported that the Israeli Navy had towed the "Spirit of Humanity," not directly to Port Ashdod, but, on a circuitous route, bypassing Gaza. This, she said, suggested that the Israeli Navy is engaged in activity that they do not want observed in the coastal waters off Gaza, known to be the site of billions of dollars worth of natural gas reserves.

Barack Obama, in his speech proposing U.S. reconciliation with the Moslem world, in Cairo, Egypt, on 06.03.2009, said nothing of the estimated $4 billion worth of natural gas off the Coast of Gaza, or the oil and natural gas in Iraq, Iran, or Sudan, or, the pipeline projects to move Central Asian oil and natural gas through through Afghanistan, and other parts of Central Asia.

Israel has two oil and natural gas drilling platforms north of Gaza, which some believe they are using to slant drill into Gaza's natural gas reserves.

Here are links to more reporting and analysis:

David K. Schermerhorn

Free Gaza Team

Michel Chossudovsky

Mark Turner

Gal Luft

This video spells it out quite clearly:


While there is rousing debate among the mainstream public in support of Israel and little support, although it's growing, for the people of Gaza, the fact that there lies well over 1 trillion dollars worth of natural resources under what should be Gaza control has largely been ignored by either side.

This needs to be the critical factor in ALL debate about the future of the people of Gaza, so please inform all of your friends about this subject.