Killed by Israeli Navy | Informed Comment
This has been weighing heavily on me. Odd that the Israeli propaganda machine got going before the bodies grew cold. With all the charges and counter-charges, it will take an international court to decide this. The fact that the Israeli forces jammed normal communication channels before the attack is one strike against them. What didn't they want communicated? An SOS? Luckily, they couldn't jam the satellite feed and so the video got out. And I wonder how many rockets they found in the cargo? They don't say. And now the Israeli forces are saying that it doesn't matter when one of their targets is in international waters. What?
In any confrontation with power, those with the power always do their best to destroy any evidence. Cell phones and cameras are always confiscated. What don't they want seen?
I have been reading a lot of comment and the one that I thought was best was found in the NYT yesterday morning, a column by Amos Oz.
I have always been unhappy with the Balfour Declaration and the Palestine Mandate. What right did Britain have to do such a thing? Power gave them the right, but not a moral right. In 1948, the Zionists created the State of Israel without asking all of its inhabitants. War ensued. And it won't end until Israel gives Palestinians the right to a homeland. Part of the one they stole would probably be okay.
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