THE SHIP OF HATE

The flotilla of 'peace' that tried to break Israel's blockade of Gaza was forewarned and, at least on one vessel, the Mavi Marmara, came forearmed with an arsenal of weaponry ready to take on the IDF. To suggest that the IDF's response was an over reaction is tantamount to stupidity on the part of those who speak and write such drivel. Israel ordered the flotilla to enter an Israeli port where its cargo could be offloaded, examined and allowed through into Gaza, as 100,000 tons of supplies have already been allowed through over the past quarter.

But obeying such an order would have robbed our 'peace' flotilla of much needed publicity. Besides which they came for action and action did indeed come to them. The people of peace sailing on the Mavi Marmara had their own man- made medieval armoury on board, and were ready to repulse the IDF, in order to gain publicity from a squeamish Western media held firmly in the embrace of Palestinian sentimentality.

The fact that only one ship resisted the orders of the IDF, should tell us something about the intent of those aboard the Mavi Marmara, and who they were. We have all seen the footage of Israeli soldiers being beaten with iron bars and attacked with knives; at least one petrol bomb was thrown, and an Israeli commando was thrown overboard, while some others received life threatening injuries. Having seen what the protesters were hoping to do, it is thanks to the IDF that they managed bring the situation under control before there were even more tragic deaths - but then, perhaps it was also the intention of those on board the Mavi Marmara to court martyrdom.

Israel will never be given the benefit of any doubt from the rest of the world over their actions - they never do. Even their supposed allies are, as usual, less than fulsome in their support. Even America under Obama wishes that the whole episode could be swept under the carpet. If only he did not have to rely upon the Jewish vote, as all presidents need to do when an election is in the offing. But then, perhaps, in the future, the Muslim vote will prove itself just as demanding.

This so called peace flotilla was stage managed to embarrass the Israelis. The state of Israel, unlike many Western nations, will go to any length to protect their sovereignty. A thousand years of surviving within the Diaspora has taught them to protect themselves at any cost, once they had gained their homeland within the ancient boarders of Judea.

The state of Israel is here to stay; and in order to meet this end she must protect her boarders and her citizens, and in doing so may upset her allies as they seem to have done once more. But if America or the UK were surrounded by such a threat to their existence, would they tolerate any of the criticism that Israel is now forced to endure from the United Nations? Would the British army, for instance, have acted any differently under similar circumstances? Those politicians in the West must answer this question before aiming their criticism at Israel

Israel launched her attack after giving warning (which probably allowed the inmates of the 'peace' flotilla to prepare themselves). Nevertheless Israel gave her warning, which the international community would have demanded from them; and in so doing would have allowed these people of peace to arm themselves in expectation of the inevitable. If Israel had not given warning to the flotilla, can you imagine what the outcry would have been if they just sunk it?

Israel will hopefully always defend their rightful and natural boarders against all comers. I will always support and admire the Jewish people within the Diaspora as well as the state of Israel . Historically, the Jewish people have always managed to accommodate their loathing from whomsoever they were forced to live amongst, in order to survive until they found their own state.

We hear all the time about a two state solution to the Middle East, but the West must know by now that Hamas seeks no such thing. They seek only the dismantling of the Israeli state and its replacement with an Islamic state of Palestine. Those Palestinians on the West Bank would indeed accommodate a two state solution, but would argue over the boundaries of such states. Either option is fraught with difficulties, but until such an accommodation is arrived at - one which both the Israeli and Palestinian people can agree upon, then Israel has every right to protect her boarders as they now stand.

Those people on board the Mavi Marmara were not protesting on behalf of all Palestinians, but in support of the jihadists of Hamas. This ill named 'peace convoy' should never have left port in the first place. Israel had its own arrangement for allowing supplies into the Gaza strip, and this only proved necessary in order to stop the smuggling of ever more sophisticated weaponry from states such as Iran.

My only criticism on this occasion was that the IDF should have used greater manpower than they did. They were surprised by the activists response on board the Mavi Marmara. There is now talk of another convoy setting sail, I hope the next time that Israel will learn lessons and pay careful attention to any ship they suspect carries jihadists from Turkey. But above all continue to stop these ships on behalf of your people and your nation's right to exist.