“The lack of comment on the Gaza flotilla incident from progressive pro-Israel voices has allowed knee-jerk anti-Zionists to dominate online reaction – well, Twitter, anyway. I guess most people are waiting for the dust to settle and the full story of this awful tragedy to emerge. It’s almost certain to be less straightforward than the ‘Israel-murders-harmless-aid-workers’ narrative that’s currently doing the rounds. In the meantime, here are some useful alternatives to the dominant narrative.”
Updates as I come across them:
- Seth Freedman on CiF
- Hamas turns away the aid
- Meretz USA calls for inquiry
- Ameinu calls for inquiry
- Qassams fired into Israel
- Israel has the lion’s share of scrutiny on the world wide web
- International community to get involved in securing Israel?
- Martin in the Margins further round-up
- Bob From Brockley
- Tayyip Erdogan plans to sail to Gaza. This is a good tactic to drive a wedge between Israel and the rest of the world but it doesn’t solve the problem of Hamas’ preparations for war or launching of missiles.
- Linda Grant
- Sean Matgamna
- Rumbold
- Fania Oz-Salzberger
- Modernity
- Moshe Yaroni on non-violence and the flotilla.
- David Grossman on the heavy-handed and condescending approach of the Israeli government.
- Modernity again on the Turkish extreme right presence on the Mavi Mara.
- Daily Mashup
- Never Trust a Hippy on whether national populism is shaping Israeli policy, and considering alternatives.
