Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Israel, stop apologizing

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3897251,00.html
Israel, stop apologizing
'Peace activists’ armed with bats, knives were determined to fight 
‘Zionists’
Yoaz Hendel
Israelis are not the ones who should be apologizing for what happened 
here Monday. We acted just like any progressive country is supposed to 
act when its sovereignty is being undermined. We tried to do it in 
diplomatic means, we attempted to appeal to logic, yet when hundreds of 
“peace activists” armed with bats and knives are determined to fight the 
“Zionists,” the result is predictable.
Nobody in this country wanted to see blood being spilled; neither that 
of soldiers nor that of the “liberal” lynch mob. Yet this is war; there 
are casualties.
Many questions can be raised regarding the military tactic, available 
intelligence information, and the operational alternatives (those who 
are waiting around the corner, your time shall come with all the 
inquiries and committees.) Yet our main mistake as a nation is the 
conception: The Swiss terminology that somehow took hold in the Middle 
East.
While groups of hooligans were getting organized in Turkey, here in 
Israel we referred to it as a “peaceful mission.” While they were 
planning how to beat up soldiers with bats, we dealt with the essence of 
the humanitarian aid. It wasn’t hard to realize that there was no 
connection whatsoever between persistent provocateur Raed Salah and 
concern for Gaza’s residents.
Solid provocation
It was hard to ignore the fact that those supposedly wishing to quickly 
provide aid to the besieged Gazans were delayed in Cyprus in order to 
grant media interviews. The members of these “concerned organizations” 
could have transferred their goods in numerous ways (some of them via 
the IDF, directly) yet they preferred to harm Israel’s image. Who cares 
about food for the besieged when one can produce a solid provocation?
So what are we supposed to do next time? Try the exact same thing? 
Detain them aggressively, without batting an eyelid?
The naval blockade around Gaza was imposed because Hamas established a 
threatening Iranian outpost right under our nose. As long as the State 
of Israel has not given up on the effort to curb the military
buildup in Gaza, as long as we did not give up on the right of southern 
residents to live peacefully, and as long as we have an interest in 
avoiding rockets aimed at Tel Aviv, there is no choice but to screen 
whatever comes into the Strip.
It doesn’t look good and the images it produces aren’t pretty, yet the 
lives of Israeli citizens are more important than any scathing 
diplomatic protest. And yes, insisting on life here has its price. I 
simply prefer that the other side pay it.

 Yoaz Hendel
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