There is much angst among people of conscience over the fate of Freedom Flotilla II, but by effectively scuttling it, Israel is really just hammering more nails in its own coffin, says Eric Walberg The efforts by Israel to prevent Freedom Flotilla II from leaving Greece have been largely successful. Of the original 10 ships, only the French ship Al-Karama (dignity) with 10 activists including French politicians, which sailed from
Netanyahu looked very happy the other day: he got Papandreou to do Israel’s bidding and the outrageous sight of Greek Coast Guard commandos intercepting the Audacity of Hope in the Mediterranean waters clearly made the Israelis very happy. The Greeks also let the Israelis sabotage several ships in port without so much as opening an investigation. Besides, I can assure you that the Greeks knew about the Israeli sabotage teams.
Netanyahu looked very happy the other day: he got Papandreou to do Israel’s bidding and the outrageous sight of Greek Coast Guard commandos intercepting the Audacity of Hope in the Mediterranean waters clearly made the Israelis very happy. The Greeks also let the Israelis sabotage several ships in port without so much as opening an investigation. Besides, I can assure you that the Greeks knew about the Israeli sabotage teams.
Next to the myth about the “invincible Tsahal” (or IDF), the myth of the almighty and all-knowing Mossad is one of the favorite canards of the corporate media. Well, since Israel did not win a single war since 1973 and since up to about 40’000 Israeli soldiers, sailors and airmen were comprehensively, and embarrassingly, defeated by about 1’000 Hezbollah 2nd tier infantry soldiers (the best one had been kept north
