Violence erupts when a “flotilla of humanitarian aid ships” are stopped by the Israeli military, and once again the “Blame the Jews First” brigades are in full cry. United Nations diplomats bellow, spokesmen for the usual Muslim governments profess their hypocritical outrage, and Israel is portrayed in many media quarters as the bad guy in another conflict over the Palestinians. And as usual the first casualty in this latest “incident” is the truth about how it fits in the unrelenting murderous campaign to wipe Israel off the map.
Let’s start with some basic facts about the flotilla and who organized it. Last week, Cypriot officials denied the flotilla permission to enter the island nation’s ports. As reported by the Cyprus Mail, not only was the flotilla denied port entry, but the Cypriot government refused to allow small boats to ferry 17 members of the Irish, Swedish and Bulgarian parliaments from the island to join the 700 “peace activists” on the eight ships. This denial was remarkable, considering that seven previous such flotillas had been allowed port access. Somebody in the government of Cyprus did the research that is so lacking in much of the reporting about the flotilla, its organizers and its likely cargo.
