Israel MUST Stop...

...giving in to public demands. This is insanity. First of all, Israel has every right to defend itself. The Gaza Strip is home headquarters for Hamas. This militant organization has vowed to destory Israel and restore Palestine. Israel, under the ruling of a completely legitimate vote by the United Nations in 1948, has every right to exist and to defend itself. Since the Gaza Strip is still Israeli territory, it has control over it. Besides, any country has the power to impose and embargo / blockade on another country to prevent import or export of certain objects that can be considered hazardous. (Didn't the US impose an embargo on Iraq a while ago? Didn't a bunch of countries impose an embargo on Iran last month?)


But what if this was happening on American soil? Or British soil? Would everyone be so uptight about the blockade and would the supposed "raid" (remember, these soldiers came on armed, but their guns were not drawn, and they had to wait for permission from superiors before opening fire. This permission was given after the activists started impaling and throwing the soldiers overboard.) be so unethical, immoral, evil, etc.? Hamas has even admitted to the press that there is no shortage of food and relief supplies. These people are all facing poverty on their own free will. They want to be poor.


Now, I perfectly understand why Turkey is all upset -- after all, it was their ships that were boarded. But when Reuters admitted to doctoring an image to remove the knife on an Arab pro-Palestinian activist? That's pushing it. The point is here, people, that Israel had every right to defend itself. It should continue defending itself.


Moreover, it should not give in to all of the pressure by Europe and everywhere else and loosen the blockade. So now, Israel, I'm talking to you: do NOT loosen up the blockade. Keep it up.