Gaza Flotilla Harassment: Standard Procedure, Not Shock, Says IDF
Activists claim Israeli guards abused them during detention. This 'news' neglects the decade-plus history of such encounters. Remember the 2010 Mavi Marmara flotilla, where nine activists were killed by IDF commandos and numerous others reported similar treatment? The Israeli government's own Palmer Report from 2011 criticized the 'excessive' force. Yet, here we are, still discussing 'allegations'
of abuse rather than the documented pattern. One might wonder when a pattern becomes policy, or when the media stops treating international law violations as isolated incidents. How many flotillas must be intercepted, how many aid workers detained, how many times must allegations surface before they're treated as part of a recurring strategy to maintain a blockade widely condemned as collective
punishment?