Reply #266: No they did not have that right. The world, every civilized

[sabrina 1]

government, disagrees with you. The organizing of this humanitarian effort took months, the Israelis were notified and asked to lift the blockade as it is a violation of human rights, especially since by Israel's own admission it was put in place because the Palestinian people elected a government, democratically, that Israel did not like. That is NOT a legal reason for a blockade as has been known for a long time. You cannot legally enforce a blockade because you don't like the results of another country's elections.

The organizers were prepared to be contacted by Israel, maybe even boarded, they were NOT prepared for a violent, unprovoked attack. They were unarmed, carrying only humanitarian supplies.

Now we are hearing from witnesses that the people who tried to defend themselves were NOT using knives as Israel claimed, nor did they have metal pipes. Witnesses who were on the ship say they saw NO knives, other than kitchen utensils, and the 'pipes' were wooden not metal.

The more witnesses who are released, the worse it will be for Israel and the harder it will be for them to lie. Many of the people on those ships are highly respected individuals whose words mean something. This time, Israel will not be able to control the propaganda. Their best bet, I'll say it again, is to admit they were wrong. That would diffuse the anger, but all their denials, playing the victim which is ludicrous in this case, and lies will do is to increase the world's anger against them. They made a huge blunder from a political pov, best to try to salvage whatever they can and move on.