I have been somewhat suspicious of Israeli military actions for quite some time, and even more suspicious of American support of Israel even when they're wrong. I'm no expert in Israeli-Palestinian relations, but this recent attack on the Turkish floatilla was incredibly heinous; whether the ship was carrying cargo violating the Gaza embargo or not. Almost all of the photography & video equipment was seized by Israeli military forces & the ship's communications were jammed during the assault. 9 humanitarians were killed in the raid, and another 40-something were wounded.
A few individuals were able to smuggle images & videos off of the ship & out of Israel. This video was just released today and includes images of the wounded & dying.
(The embargo of the Gaza strip seems to be a slow torturous process anyway. Of course nobody wants mortars being shot into Israel, but a prolonged punishment of Palestinians as a whole seems grossly inhumane to me.)
Take a look at the video and make your own assessment.
Israeli Attack on the Mavi Marmara, May 31st 2010 // 15 min. from Cultures of Resistance on Vimeo.
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