Shahin Jaan,
I am not sure why are you trying really hard to blame the whole thing on activists and playing no devil advocate on Israeli part?
I am not. I am just looking at both side. To be honest with you, I am not even interested on what is going on here after everything that is happening in my own country and how both side ( Palestinians and Israelis) are directly or indirectly involve in many recent events in my country.
This is Why I ask these question and do not limit myself to what I hear on Al Zaria or ...
Isn't that obvious?
Egyptians were cooperating and basically carrying orders of their friends to ensure the blockade works, even against their own people's wishes.
So if you are an activist, would you go for the boss to let him cross the border or you engage in a complicated situation like land border?
If the big boss says yes, that means yes and if he says no. That means NO!
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I don't think this is as obvious as you are claiming
and making the Egyptian government a puppet of Israel !! That is such a mighty assumption and I don't know what kind of evidence you have to support it.
If I was an activist, I would have chosen the safest route, after speaking with Both side, Israel and Egypt and would try to ensure that the trip does not get hijacked and ...
Again, This is why I asked that :
Has there been any other shipment of goods to Gaza after the naval blockage in the past?
There have been some. But you know how Israelis are. They have been really tough on this and they basically holding a whole nation hostage because one of their soldiers is hostage. That is also pathetic.
That is true and I am not planing to get into the useless discussion on Palestine and Israel, right and wrong here because it will not result into anything.
That being said, Palestinians have not really been very active in the pursue of peace and did not help their cause by choosing a Terrorist organization to represent them . An organization which believes in killing children and innocent women and ... and it ultimate goal is throw the Jews into the ocean.
If a Nation chooses such an organization to represent them, then they should except the consequence of that choice.
You, here, sound like someone trying to dig out anything to cover for the fact that 9 people died, no matter how aggressive they were. They were not convicted criminals or members of Taliban.
Again, you are making an assumption. As I said earlier, due to the lack of interest in the past, I am not well familiar with the dynamic of this conflict in recent years and I am only trying to see the whole pictures and map up the events that have led to this incident for myself.
As far as those on board not being Taliban, They did however, resemble the ARAB Chomagh be dast and Zanjir be dast in the streets of Tehran which we have been hearing alot about. I have seen a video of some with metal sticks, gas masks and video camera dock taped to their helmet, ready to go !!!
Again, I am really dumbfounded, Shahin Jaan, by seeing you a peaceful person, a follower of a very liberal way of life, holding such a grudge against friends of your enemy to the extent that you are trying so hard to defend ANY Israeli action here! Sorry that I am blunt. But even if you are not doing it, it looks like you do.
Again, Doste Aziz, All I am doing here is trying to learn about this conflict. I actually did say that I think Israel over reacted and could have handled the situation much better.
At the same time, I do not live with the constant terror of not knowing when my kids goes to school today, I may not see him/her since she might get blown up and .... and therefore, not know how would I react if I was in their shoes and involved in that conflict.
I can not even imagine that. But as an outsider, living in safety of my home, I believe they over reacted ( if the incident in fact was in international waters and not in EEZ as Motori said) and could have handled it better.
At the end of the day, this has been a god sent distraction for I.R. and I have a feeling that the Khordad demonstrations in Iran will get the least publicity possible. That is what I care about.