We are inundated with protestations by people who shout incendiary phrases without a clue as to what they really mean. When it comes to Israel, the world is filled with cries about "international law"--generally by those who have no knowledge of the law but enjoy the implications.
Thus we hear about "occupation" and "disproportionate force" as if there were no scholarly opinions written that defend Israel's position.
Now we hear cries about "illegal blockades," "international waters" and "piracy" and when the law is clear on the legal rights of countries to have such blockades, defends their right to go into international waters to defend such a blockade and explains why exercising that right is not piracy at all.
But why bother with words when you can create a media sensation, when you can put together a flotilla declare that you are doing nothing more than following in the footsteps of
the ship The Exodus. If one picture is worth a thousand words, imagine how much it is worth to appear on the evening news.
Yet here, once again, we have people--some innocently, others purposely--twisting the symoblism afforded by the flotilla.
French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy writes: