Monotheist wrote:
Zaryi wrote:
And, as Aestu mentioned earlier - why trust the Israeli military over civilians? They're just as likely to be biased in the matter (if not moreso), than the civilian activists, ntm that the civilians were detained until yesterday.
I was listening to a good roundtable on the CBC earlier today about this issue, and they made some really excellent points about Israeli's ability to spin this whatever way they wanted - just because they've controlled the media coverage of the event since Monday.
If Israel was so worried about the boat carrying weapons, why not confirm the cargo of the ships from Turkey before hand? They have a trade agreement w/Turkey, and it'd be foolish of the Turkish government to decline their wish to examine the cargo before it headed for/into Israeli waters.
If the so called activists really had nothing to hide and were just providing aid why not just comply with the Israeli's and stop at the inspection checkpoint ?
Why should they have stopped at an illegal inspection point? Granted, the legality of the blockade/etc is still under discussion, but we'll see where that heads - especially because Israel gets to conduct the investigation themselves, lol.
Monothiest wrote:
Israel lets in over 15tons of goods into Gaza is it so bad they don't want hamas to get more weapons to fire into their country again?
BBC wrote:
I'm sure a manifest of the ships cargo will be released with the investigation, but again, it's being conducted by Israel so I doubt the results will be impartial.
15 tons of goods isn't enough to support the infrastructure of a town of 1,500, let alone an entire nation's population in war time especially when ALL goods are heavily regulated in and out - food, water, medical supplies, etc.