Netanyahu: World hypocritical for condemning Gaza flotilla raid

[Fozzledick]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday defended the Israel Navy's raid of a pro-Palestinian convoy en route to the Gaza Strip earlier this week, in his first address to the nation regarding the botched operation which left nine people dead and several more wounded.

"Once again, Israel faces hypocrisy and a biased rush to judgment," Netanyahu said of his international critics, as he defended the actions of Israeli marines who, he said, fired in self-defense after boarding Turkish cruise liner Mavi Marmara.

Netanyahu declared that Israel would continue to blockade the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave, saying that to lift the embargo would turn it into a base for Iranian missiles that would threaten both Israel and Europe.

"Iran is continuing to smuggle weapons into Gaza," said Netanyahu in a televised address. "It is our obligation to prevent these weapons from being brought in by land and sea. The previous government understood this and imposed a closure."

"The goal of the flotilla was to breach and not to bring goods, as we would have allowed them to do," said Netanyahu. "If the blockade had been broken, dozens and hundreds more ships carrying weapons could have come."

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/netanyahu-world-hypocritical-for-condemning-gaza-flotilla-raid-1.293815

[indepat]

1. The whole world is out of step except for Israel and their lackeys who support/defend/

do not criticize Israel, even for serious breaches of international law/protocol. :shrug:

[EFerrari]

2. Okay.

[peacetalksforall]

3. The ships bringing nuclear parts and supplies always get through.

Ships with supplies for all the weapons we give to Israel with our $7 mil a day support always get thtough.

$7 mil a day always gets through.

Israelis for war get through.

AIPAC gets through.

U.S. supporters of endless war always get through.

Let's put an embargo around Israel, but we know that there are Israelis who don't approve of what the current leaders in Israel are doing.

How did these war mongers get in? What arrogance.

[IndianaGreen]

4. Bibi is so full of shit!

Bibi wishes that McCain and Palin were in the White House.