I spent today driving from Westport, Mass., to Ithaca, NY, so I didn't have time to blog earlier. I really don't know what to say about Israeli attack on the flotilla of ships going to Gaza and the deaths of nine people on the Marmara. I don't feel like I have enough information about what actually happened - the versions I've read have all come from official Israeli sources. I'd be interested in other journalistic accounts and versions from those on the boat itself.
Last night I went to bed worrying about what the Israel might do in response to the flotilla - and it was awful to get up this morning and see the news reports on line. I didn't imagine that ten people could be killed.
Other people are more coherent than I about it, and their main response seems to be how unwise and stupid Israel's reaction to the flotilla was:
Jeffrey Goldberg: On the Disappearance of Jewish Wisdom, Far Out at Sea
David Schraub: Gaza Aid Convoy Reportedly Attacked in International Waters
Haim Watzman: Commandos Against Demonstrators: Israel Shoots itself in the Leg Again
Kishkushim: The Marmara Incident - Preliminary Notes
Noam Sheizaf, Promised Land: Death at Sea: The Attack on the Gaza Flotilla
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