This is my conclusion after surveying what has happened and its aftermath so far:
Israel again has shown that morality is not the best policy in War.
The ship should have been sunk. Israel should have helped rescue the ships passengers and provide medical care. Rules of war should have been applied, the ship was a combatant when it entered the combat area without approval from Israel and after being warned not to do so.
In war, we need to use Lex Talionis (the law of the fang- an eye for an eye...) If the war is not brutal enough, if it is made bearable because of political correcteness and a one sided wish to be kind and spare the innocent, then it goes on forever, and causes more damage than it should.
We need to make war unthinkably horrible, if we wish to have peace.
Leon
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Monday, May 31, 2010
Blood libel and Humanitarian Reliev Convoy to Gaza, May 31 2010
I got this from a friend. It is a good presentation of the situation. I only disagree with his conclusion that Israel did the only thing it could do. In my opinion, the boats should have been holed and allowed to sink, saving as many of these "Humanitarians" from the water as possible. Knives and truncheons work less well in the water.
PS. I have suppressed the name of the author.
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The Blood Libel and the Humanitarian Relief Convoy to Gaza May 31 2010
The blood libel has been one of the most effective tools in controlling the Jewish people ever devised. It has been dated as early as the time of the Seleucid rulers over the Jews during their attempt to subdue the rebellious Jews under the Maccabees. It has been resurrected constantly in many guises, by both Christian, Moslem, political secular left and right when needed to put those uppity Jews in their place.
The principal format that occurs in a blood libel is: 1) An incident to provoke it, such as a mysterious illness or a death 2) A rush to place the blame on the Jews 3) A pogrom or mass execution 4) Revelation of the falsity of the accusation 5) Sometimes, an apology to the injured or dead Jews for the damage done, when it is too late, but when the desired benefit has been achieved.
It is a successful format that continues unchanged from antiquity through to this new millennium.
Thus, the Mohammed Dura affair, from which riots, battles, and needless death ensued, and for which Israel was broadly condemned. The first images the world saw was of a child gunned down by cruel and heartless Israeli forces—only later did the truth come out—that bullets came from the Palestinian side. By then, many more on both sides lay dead as a result of this rush to judgment.
Similarly, there was the Battle of Jenin, which led to an award winning documentary, Jenin Jenin, about the horrible massacre of thousands in innocent Palestinian civilians by Isarelis. Again, with the rush to judgment, passions were enflamed, and real deaths resulted as the accusation, widely broadcast, served to inflame anger against Israel and prolong the battles of the Second Intifada. Later, the truth came out- no massacres, no thousands of bodies. Casualties of war, both of Palestinians and Israelis, true, but no massacre. By then, however, the blood libel had done its damage.
Last year, a Swedish paper, Aftonblatt, published an accusation that Israelis had harvested organs from the bodies of Palestinians killed in the fighting in Gaza that year. Ultimately, the journalist himself denied responsibility, saying,” "But whether it's true or not - I have no idea, I have no clue”, and the Palestinian family whom the journalist interviewed for his information denied having made the accusation. No matter—more passions were inflamed and if there are rockets being fired today from Gaza into Israel, it is in part fueled by such blood libels.
Now, we have the makings of a new blood libel. Mohammed Abbas is rattling his non-existent sword, and Sultan-in-waiting, Erdogan, is shaking and quaking and the UN is demanding an inquiry. Israeli cruelty caused a willful attack and inflicted injuries and death on peace-loving humanitarians bearing needed supplies to a Gaza choked off by the heartless Jews.
When I look at the video released by the Palestinians, it is mostly of Israeli soldiers treating injured people. There is one scene of a soldier holding a gun, a few gun boats approaching, but mostly, of Israelis treating the injured. ( as presented on CBC( Canada) during an interview with Hanan Ashrawi, eloquently, as always, blaming Israel:http://www.cbc.ca/video/player.html?category=News&zone=world&site=cbc.news.ca&clipid=1509142225)
When I look at the video footage from the Israeli helicopter above, I see stun grenades thrown at Israeli soldiers, fire bombs, and an Israeli soldier being thrown from one deck to the next. http://dover.idf.il/IDF/English/News/today/10/05/3101.htm
Other footage shows well prepared passengers beating the Israeli soldiers with metal poles. They know that they can beat the Israeli soldiers because they understand full well that Israeli soldiers do not behave the way Turkish soldiers behaved for example, against Kurds.
These humanitarians could easily have gone to the brothers of the Gazans, the Egyptians, who control access to Gaza from the Sinai. Would not the Egyptians care for their fellow Arabs, the Palestinians, and allowed free passage of goods into Gaza? These are brothers, after all! These humanitarians are no fools—they know full well how Egyptian authorities deal with trouble makers. (Has no one noticed that the Egyptian fraternity with the Gazans stops at the border of the Sinai and that there is a “ Great Wall” going up, an “ apartheid fence” to block the flow of goods into Gaza and the flow of Hamas affiliates of the subversive” Islamic Brotherhood” into Egypt?)
Had the passengers wished to deliver humanitarian supplies, they were specifically offered the possibility of being escorted to the port of Ashdod and the supplies being delivered by the Israelis after they would inspect cargo for weapons.
Either option would have deprived the “ Humanitarians” of their goal, to trap Israel in a Catch-22. Win-win for Hamas,lose-lose for Israel.
Had the ship entered Gaza, then the next, and the next ship would arrive, Hamas would have proven that it is capable of providing the Gazans with supplies. If so, then why negotiate with the Israelis and bother to make terms with the Fatah in Ramallah. The war can go on, this time with better rockets.
The Israelis took the only other option available to them—boarding. It has provided Hamas the explosives it needs.
The judgment of Israel is made in the court of world opinion, Guilty, regardless of the facts. Forget direct or indirect peace talks between Israel and Fatah, because Hamas calls the shots. The Europeans can continue with their delegitimization of Israel. The Turks can pretend once again to be the leaders of the Moslem world. Hezbollah can prepare its missiles for launching, Iran can go nuclear. American diplomacy can go on in circles.
The blood libel works
PS. I have suppressed the name of the author.
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The Blood Libel and the Humanitarian Relief Convoy to Gaza May 31 2010
The blood libel has been one of the most effective tools in controlling the Jewish people ever devised. It has been dated as early as the time of the Seleucid rulers over the Jews during their attempt to subdue the rebellious Jews under the Maccabees. It has been resurrected constantly in many guises, by both Christian, Moslem, political secular left and right when needed to put those uppity Jews in their place.
The principal format that occurs in a blood libel is: 1) An incident to provoke it, such as a mysterious illness or a death 2) A rush to place the blame on the Jews 3) A pogrom or mass execution 4) Revelation of the falsity of the accusation 5) Sometimes, an apology to the injured or dead Jews for the damage done, when it is too late, but when the desired benefit has been achieved.
It is a successful format that continues unchanged from antiquity through to this new millennium.
Thus, the Mohammed Dura affair, from which riots, battles, and needless death ensued, and for which Israel was broadly condemned. The first images the world saw was of a child gunned down by cruel and heartless Israeli forces—only later did the truth come out—that bullets came from the Palestinian side. By then, many more on both sides lay dead as a result of this rush to judgment.
Similarly, there was the Battle of Jenin, which led to an award winning documentary, Jenin Jenin, about the horrible massacre of thousands in innocent Palestinian civilians by Isarelis. Again, with the rush to judgment, passions were enflamed, and real deaths resulted as the accusation, widely broadcast, served to inflame anger against Israel and prolong the battles of the Second Intifada. Later, the truth came out- no massacres, no thousands of bodies. Casualties of war, both of Palestinians and Israelis, true, but no massacre. By then, however, the blood libel had done its damage.
Last year, a Swedish paper, Aftonblatt, published an accusation that Israelis had harvested organs from the bodies of Palestinians killed in the fighting in Gaza that year. Ultimately, the journalist himself denied responsibility, saying,” "But whether it's true or not - I have no idea, I have no clue”, and the Palestinian family whom the journalist interviewed for his information denied having made the accusation. No matter—more passions were inflamed and if there are rockets being fired today from Gaza into Israel, it is in part fueled by such blood libels.
Now, we have the makings of a new blood libel. Mohammed Abbas is rattling his non-existent sword, and Sultan-in-waiting, Erdogan, is shaking and quaking and the UN is demanding an inquiry. Israeli cruelty caused a willful attack and inflicted injuries and death on peace-loving humanitarians bearing needed supplies to a Gaza choked off by the heartless Jews.
When I look at the video released by the Palestinians, it is mostly of Israeli soldiers treating injured people. There is one scene of a soldier holding a gun, a few gun boats approaching, but mostly, of Israelis treating the injured. ( as presented on CBC( Canada) during an interview with Hanan Ashrawi, eloquently, as always, blaming Israel:http://www.cbc.ca/video/player.html?category=News&zone=world&site=cbc.news.ca&clipid=1509142225)
When I look at the video footage from the Israeli helicopter above, I see stun grenades thrown at Israeli soldiers, fire bombs, and an Israeli soldier being thrown from one deck to the next. http://dover.idf.il/IDF/English/News/today/10/05/3101.htm
Other footage shows well prepared passengers beating the Israeli soldiers with metal poles. They know that they can beat the Israeli soldiers because they understand full well that Israeli soldiers do not behave the way Turkish soldiers behaved for example, against Kurds.
These humanitarians could easily have gone to the brothers of the Gazans, the Egyptians, who control access to Gaza from the Sinai. Would not the Egyptians care for their fellow Arabs, the Palestinians, and allowed free passage of goods into Gaza? These are brothers, after all! These humanitarians are no fools—they know full well how Egyptian authorities deal with trouble makers. (Has no one noticed that the Egyptian fraternity with the Gazans stops at the border of the Sinai and that there is a “ Great Wall” going up, an “ apartheid fence” to block the flow of goods into Gaza and the flow of Hamas affiliates of the subversive” Islamic Brotherhood” into Egypt?)
Had the passengers wished to deliver humanitarian supplies, they were specifically offered the possibility of being escorted to the port of Ashdod and the supplies being delivered by the Israelis after they would inspect cargo for weapons.
Either option would have deprived the “ Humanitarians” of their goal, to trap Israel in a Catch-22. Win-win for Hamas,lose-lose for Israel.
Had the ship entered Gaza, then the next, and the next ship would arrive, Hamas would have proven that it is capable of providing the Gazans with supplies. If so, then why negotiate with the Israelis and bother to make terms with the Fatah in Ramallah. The war can go on, this time with better rockets.
The Israelis took the only other option available to them—boarding. It has provided Hamas the explosives it needs.
The judgment of Israel is made in the court of world opinion, Guilty, regardless of the facts. Forget direct or indirect peace talks between Israel and Fatah, because Hamas calls the shots. The Europeans can continue with their delegitimization of Israel. The Turks can pretend once again to be the leaders of the Moslem world. Hezbollah can prepare its missiles for launching, Iran can go nuclear. American diplomacy can go on in circles.
The blood libel works
The "Humanitarian" ships to Gaza
There now is a new definition of humanitarian aid.
A group of ships, manned by extreme Islamists, trained to fight with knives and truncheons (so as not to be "fighters" with "weapons") plans to attack the Israeli military landing on their ship from Helicopters with ropes. The hopes are that some of them will be killed so that the "attacker" Israeli will have killed unarmed civilians on international waters and are therefore "pirates".
This is not a bad approach. The attacking "humanitarians" can pick their spots, their timing, and have full audio/video going at the time of the "Israeli attack." They can control it to the point that Israel needs to halt them outside the 3 mile area if they are to have any advantage in surprise, and if they wish to keep the "humanitarian" death toll down.
Hurrah for the Muslim extremist and their fellow travelers.
Leon
A group of ships, manned by extreme Islamists, trained to fight with knives and truncheons (so as not to be "fighters" with "weapons") plans to attack the Israeli military landing on their ship from Helicopters with ropes. The hopes are that some of them will be killed so that the "attacker" Israeli will have killed unarmed civilians on international waters and are therefore "pirates".
This is not a bad approach. The attacking "humanitarians" can pick their spots, their timing, and have full audio/video going at the time of the "Israeli attack." They can control it to the point that Israel needs to halt them outside the 3 mile area if they are to have any advantage in surprise, and if they wish to keep the "humanitarian" death toll down.
Hurrah for the Muslim extremist and their fellow travelers.
Leon
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