The White House expressed “deep regret” over the loss of life that occurred during the Israeli Navy operation against a boatload of Hamas supporters. Not over the Jews who were severely wounded in the confrontation, mind you.
Obama’s concern over dead terrorist-supporters was expressed on the US Memorial Day, when Americans celebrate their own heroes, including those who killed terrorists and their civilian supporters.
Obama’s reaction was apparently severe enough to warrant the cancellation of his much-touted meeting with Netanyahu.
The UNSC assembled for an emergency session. The routine deaths of thousands of civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq drew no similar concern from the world powers.
Now the problem is, the incident may become to Netanyahu in this term what the Hebron market-shooting was during his first term. At that time, an Israeli soldier opened fire on Arab civilians, with scores of TV cameras conveniently ready nearby. Immediately thereafter, Netanyahu abandoned his staunch refusal to cede the ancient Jewish capital to the Muslims, and transferred Hebron to the PA’s jurisdiction.
The Gaza flotilla incident may turn out to be similar. Sending a few dozen Marines to take over a ship carrying 750 peaceniks—whose violent intent could not have escaped Israeli intelligence services— ensured a gunfight. After the peaceniks attacked the very first Marine who boarded their ship, the Navy did not change its tactics immediately, but continued to send inadequately armed Jews into the fight. It all smacks of a provocation by Israel’s leftist establishment, designed to ensnare Netanyahu. Admiral Eli Marom, who scarcely avoided discharge not long ago, would find it hard to resist the establishment’s pressure to stage such an incident.
These so-called peace activists were told not to go to Gaza because of the blockade, but were given instructions of an alternative way!
They refused to listen and therefore the IDF were well within their rights to board the flotilla of ships. Only one caused a problem by meeting the IDF soldiers with armed resistance!
So much for PEACE activists, they severely beat up and stabbed the soldiers, who in the end had to defend themselves.
Can`t understand why the world is blaming Israel yet again, they have every right to defend themselves and their people from the Hamas thugs and all those who would do them harm.