The murder of international peace activists on the Gaza flotilla by Israeli commandos marks a turning point in the international standing of the state of Israel. Even though we witnessed the horrific violence in Lebanon in 2006 and then in Operation Cast Lead in Gaza in 2008, Israel has largely been able to count on the support of the Western alliance and its clients in the Arab world.
Now we have seen the unbelievable slaughter of peace activists. What have these actions achieved except to reveal to more and more people around the world the total disregard for human life, international law and rational self-interest by the State of Israel? Almost all governments internationally have called for an end to the cruel siege of Gaza. Relations with Turkey, once Israel’s only friend in the region, now seem to be thoroughly broken. How has this profited Israel?
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