I previously posted about the latest rash of scandalous photos coming out of Afghanistan showing U.S. military atrocities under Obama’s command, and wondering if the media would pick up on it the way they did when it was Bush’s army… Well, here’s a twist I wasn’t expecting: yes, one of the U.S. media, Rolling Stone, [...]
Jeffrey Goldberg, a correspondent for the Atlantic, cast a spotlight on yet another disgustingly overt example of pure bias in the mainstream media, particularly at the anti-Semitic Reuters newswire. He points to a Reuters news item which contains the following despicable sentences: Police said it was a “terrorist attack” — Israel’s term for a Palestinian [...]
In the [sparse] reporting of the Palestinians’ massacre of the Fogel family, several newspapers stand out with their distorted sense of “balance”, i.e., where they feel overwhelmingly uncomfortable describing the barbarity of the Palestinians without at least taking a swipe or two at the Israelis, no matter how patently irrelevant or disgustingly disrespectful it comes [...]
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The Jerusalem Post is reporting that two more activist—i.e., terrorist—ships are now en route to Gaza.
Apparently, these terrorists want to capitalize on the world’s reflexive condemnation of Israel. They want to push Israel further into a no-win situation by forcing them to choose between either escalating this blockade battle under the glaring global spotlight that has now been switched on, or effectively giving the blockade up entirely and thereby reopening a channel for arms smuggling—either outcome being a tactical victory for the terrorists.
Regardless, though, of Israel’s lack of favorable options in this crisis, it needs to look out for the safety of its citizens first, and not try to salvage or regain favor in the eyes of the very few fickle, fair-weather “friends” that it has in the world if that means compromising that safety in any way. In other words, it needs to ensure at all costs that arms are kept out of Gaza, and if that means fortifying the blockade at the displeasure and condemnation of the rest of the world, then so be it. At stake, ultimately, is not just its security or its maritime sovereignty, but its very existence.
Thankfully, a top navy commander was quoted in that Jerusalem Post article (anonymously) as saying just that: “We boarded the ship and were attacked as if it was a war…. That will mean that we will have to come prepared in the future as if it was a war.” Hopefully, this tactical approach will be fully supported by Netanyahu—and expanded to every other front against Palestinian terrorists and their accomplices.
Unfortunately, there will always be critics of Israel who—even when faced with clear evidence that these savages are in no way out for “peace”—will defend those savages and continue to call them “peace activists” and will continue to condemn and lambaste Israel no matter what it does.
After all, Israel clearly and publicly offered to pass the “humanitarian supplies” directly to Gaza, as long as it was unloaded under their supervision in Ashdod. That offer was rebuffed, clearly demonstrating that this is not at all about helping the “poor” Gazans, but about provoking Israel, as well as forcing Israel to reopen a channel for smuggling arms. And did that illogical refusal by the flotilla participants (illogical in its inconsistency with their stated claims of having only humanitarian aid as an objective) awaken any of these critics to the real underlying objectives of the flotilla? Of course not; some people just love to hate, slander, and malign Israel.
In fact, if they didn’t have a convenient vehicle to express their hatred, as the blindly twisted flotilla story now provides, they would just make something up out whole cloth, like the recent Aftonbladet organ harvesting slander (the Swedish blood libel about which I previously posted). It’s that simple.
So, Israel must come to terms with that sad unfair truth, and must realize that they will never be able to “justify” their actions to people for whom “justice” is a very muddled and subjective concept. Only once Israel realizes that, and starts worrying solely about itself, will it begin to establish a more realistic and rational foundation for dealing with the Palestinians and securing its own citizens.
Abraham
[...] on the part of Turkey, as it would put the final strenuous test to their [...]Read full post »This Means WarJune 1, 2010The Jerusalem Post is reporting that two more activist—i.e., terrorist—ships are now [...]