Israel Was Wrong and Should Say So

Gail reminds me of the old Will Roger's saw, "I never met a man I didn't like". Substitute the Israeli Defense Forces kill actions for man and Gail would agree. The indisputable facts are that the IDF commandoes raid on the flotilla ship occurred in international waters, on a ship with supplies and unarmed aid workers, and destined for 1.5 million people in Gaza that have been illegally denied food and aid. Yet Gail's defend all Israeli government actions no matter how reprehensible blinders are tied so tight that she'll defend the murderous assault to the death.

The rub is that thoughtful and responsible critics in the Israeli Knesset, a legion of Israeli public officials, writers, and activists whose love of and loyalty to Israel is every bit as strong as Gail's have criticized the flotilla raid. They understand one thing. These actions do the very thing that Gail rails against and we should all fear. They whip up even greater anti-Israel hatred and by extension anti-Semitism. The flotilla raid was wrong, and though Gail would never say so, Israel should.