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Israel and Palestine and Flotillas.. oh my! June 1, 2010

Unless you’ve been hiding under a blog proof blanket in the last 24hrs you would know that Israeli Armed forces boarded a cruise ship described as the “Freedom Flotilla”. In the course of this boarding action a reported 19 civilians were shot and killed with many more wounded.

Initially the outrage was pure and outrage-tastic with many a headline of “unarmed peace activists slaughtered by elite Israeli commandos”. As more information comes to light it seems that the “peace activists” were armed with metal poles, bottles and slingshots and viciously attacked the Israeli troops as they boarded. The footage coming out of the “peace activists” attacking the soldiers is sickening and very un-peace like…. HOWEVER… if reports of the ship being boarded in international waters are accurate then the Israeli boarding of the ship was illegal and could be roundly described as a gigantic cock-up of the highest magnitude by the Israeli leadership.

What do I think will happen as a result of this gigantic Israeli blunder? Probably nothing. We’ll see a lot of headlines about it in the short term, but just like unrelenting expansion of Israel into Palestine and the conspicuous inaction of the international community this issue will be loudly condemned… but that’s it.