The “peace activists” on that Turkish ship clearly got what they deserved, i.e. gunfire, as shown in this IDF video from Jerusalem blogger Richard Landes. But Roger L. Simon also has a point in his PJTV interview with Landes: Why wasn’t the IDF better prepared for violent resistance when they boarded the Mavi Marmara to search its bound-for-Gaza cargo? Meanwhile, I agree with Landes that it’s time for Israel to recognize that Turkey is not its friend and to join the West in condemning Turkish complicity in the Armenian genocide. Long overdue.
UPDATE: Sensible words from Israel’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman MK Tzachi HaNegbi (Kadima): “After Operation Cast Lead, the government decided to impose a maritime blockade on Gaza [in accordance with international law governing parties in a state of armed conflict – ed.], and that all cargo headed for Gaza would be checked first in the Ashdod port…
“This issue is a matter of total consensus in Israel, and the reason is the sense of injustice that we all feel, the cynicism and hypocrisy that typify the attack on the State of Israel, and the sense we all have that the IDF’s operation yesterday was logical and ethical.
“We left Gaza five years ago, yet for years we have been attacked from Gaza, and our soldier Gilad Shalit is still being held in a dark dungeon in Gaza. We therefore feel that we have the right to act in the way we did.”
Via Arutz Sheva (Israel International News).
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