Quote Originally Posted by Rusty Trichome
How much kool-aid did it take to forget about the region's history, UN mandates on setting-up Israel as a nation, and exactly where the Palestinians came from, and why they were not welcome in their 'home' country. (there was no country...just secular tribal alliances)

Hell...'Palestine' was, in the 1920's an insult.
From:Origins of Palestinian Arabs:
"No "Palestinian Arab people" existed at the start of 1920...

Until the late nineteenth century, residents living in the region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean identified themselves primarily in terms of religion: Moslems felt far stronger bonds with remote co-religionists than with nearby Christians and Jews. Living in that area did not imply any sense of common political purpose.

Then came the ideology of nationalism from Europe; its ideal of a government that embodies the spirit of its people was alien but appealing to Middle Easterners. How to apply this ideal, though? Who constitutes a nation and where must the boundaries be? These questions stimulated huge debates.

Some said the residents of the Levant are a nation; others said Eastern Arabic speakers; or all Arabic speakers; or all Moslems.

But no one suggested "Palestinians," and for good reason. Palestine, then a secular way of saying Eretz Yisra'el or Terra Sancta, embodied a purely Jewish and Christian concept, one utterly foreign to Moslems, even repugnant to them.

From: History of Palestine and Palestinians
"It was only after the Jews re-inhabited their historic homeland of Judea and Samaria, that the myth of an Arab Palestinian nation was created and marketed worldwide. Jews come from Judea, not Palestinians. There is no language known as Palestinian, or any Palestinian culture distinct from that of all the Arabs in the area. There has never been a land known as Palestine governed by Palestinians. "Palestinians" are Arabs indistinguishable from Arabs throughout the Middle East. The great majority of Arabs in greater Palestine and Israel share the same culture, language and religion."


Anyway...That floatilla did not come un armed. They had a full compliment of hand-to-hand weapons, and the goal was to use them as such in a surprise attack on the team sent to search all incoming vessels. (it is a blockade, after all)

Next time, I'd recommend you know what the full context of the middle-east history, both recent and distant, before pretending to know the situation. Otherwise, you look like an under-educated left-leaning parrot. :jointsmile:
That's coming from a lying Israeli website ...