Not only do they attack and kill those carrying aid to civilian areas; they kill women who want to beeducated; men who don't wear beards or beards that aren't long enough; any female wearing make up. Hammas, judging by recent reports are going the same way....

This is the best and worse that could have happened to move towards peace. The flotilla people wanted a confrontation, to show Israel as the ugly occupier of poor innocent Arabs. They didn't expect things to turn out so bad however. If Israel had allowed the flottilla, thousands of ships would have assembled to further break the blockade. Head I win, tails you lose. Now, things have been brought to a head thanks to those on the ships (both sides). Will Hamas, Hez, etc, fire thousands of rockets? Will Iran send Shahabs? Will Syria fire it's 1,000 missiles into Israel? Isnt' this exciting folks? Oh btw, Israel has 40 nuke cruise missiles in the Gulf aimed at Iran..take that Ahmad.

the jihadists on board the ship used knives and other weapons against israeli soldiers! these are NOT innocent members of NGOs but rather a flotilla of terrorists sponsored by Turkey's Islamist regime- Ataturk is rolling in his grave knowing that his Secular Republic-turned Islamist is supporting the "Back Stabbers" of 1916 with Turkish state sponsored terrorism!

Thought there was a blockade

you will also see commandos dropping out of the sky and NOT opening fire, and you will see a whole lot of passengers reciting carefully memorised lengthy speeches of outrage, what a farce.

I'm a Turkish guy . And with this shit you'll be gone for ever !!!!

Interesting that when the British boarded the Exodus in 1947 (which contained more people than this flotilla) in what was described as "the most difficult boarding operation ever carried out in peacetime" only 2 people were killed - and I believe one of those was through a heart attack.

preparing genuine blood-stained T-shirts?

Israel is not the only lion in the whole world, there is bigger lions you know.

PETER, A group of innocent people, bringing supplies to another group of innocent people?? Hmmmm, I guess that all depends on each person's personal viewpoint. According to the Israel Govt and the Israel Navy, pro-Palestinian "activists" on board, who were armed with knives, resisted the soldiers, tried to grab their guns, and stabbed a soldier in the stomach, are not exactly innocent. Let's not get carried away here, with this "innocent" crap. If they are so itching to bring humanitarian aid to innocent people, I promise you that the starving and mutilated people in Sudan, Darfur, Congo and other hell-holes are in much worse shape than the Pali's. Why not go there to bring aid? Because they know they would be massacred by the powers there, and the world wouldn't give a damn or even react, because Israel would not be involved.

OBSERVER: Well I guess that again all depends on where you're coming from. I would definitely rather have the "pro Palestinian" militants on board injured or killed, than have even one of our precious boys injured seriously. We're not playing a counting game. This is a serious sitation, in the war against HAMAS. There is a military blockade of this area, the boats were given the option to stop, it was promised their goods would be delivered. We all know they WANTED a confrontation with Israel. It well serves their PR efforts. They were armed with knives, stabbed an Israeli soldier, resisted arrest, tried to grab soldiers' guns. I would like to see these "activists" try this stunt in Sudan, Congo or any other hell holes. Wonder how they'd end up there, trying to bring in aid?

...turned towards someone else instead ? if not, why not ?

because your blockade now ends soon... you must be as stupid as your government, when you think this passes by without lifting the civilian blockade on gaza... dont you see, how they in their stupidity pull open one wardrobe after the other, and everytime being hit so hard by their skeletons in it... if it wasnt about murdered people, and stolen land, it would be almost comical...

With Turkey officially supporting Hamas and obviously opposed to the peace process with the Palestinians, maybe it's time for Israel to review its own position towards Turkey. Should we now support the Armenian separatists and the PKK organization? Should we send "humanitarian aid" to the Armenian areas of Turkey and tell the Turks that they are illegally occupying them, 100 years after their genocide against the Armenian people? Would that bring peace to Turkey? The world should wake up and realize that Turkey is moving backwards - it is embracing Islamic radicalism and there is no doubt that the Turkish military will wake up and stage yet another coup in the near future. Do the Turkish people want to be part of the enlightened world, or do they want to embrace radical Islam? We don't have much time to figure this out, as the Turks are answering the questions for us. And the future does not look peaceful the way the Turks are behaving.

this is so typical of your frame of mind Observer, save the historical: harming unarmed civilians?- those were NOT terrorists. Opinion from a country that tortured innocent people at Guantanamo- the authority on justice? Israel is loosing the last sympathy it has in the world. Israelis don't care? They are stooping to the level of the terrorists themselves- . Th blockage of Palestine- it has not done any good so far- they are still lopping rockets at Israel- even an idiot should by now admit that the blockage is not working- except for the government who doesn't know what it is doing and where it is going.

for explanation of why turkey was leading this illegal flotilla operation. They bear responsibility for the consequences. I really hope erdogan losses this election....

It's interesting to note that there are no reports of the Israeli soldiers throwing people in wheelchairs into the sea to drown, like the Palestinians have done. There are also no reports of the Israelis shooting the babies on board (we saw the pictures the past week of the baby strollers) like the Palestinians have done. It is also clear that these people are not "peace activists" at all - in fact they are all supporters of Hamas, which has an official policy supporting war against Israel. So the violence should come as no surprise, because it is the standard way the Palestinians work.

Wow, you either are so brainwashed you don't know what you're talking about or you're excellent at twisting facts! So what we should understand from your analogy that Israel was there the whole time and then the Palestinians came from Mars and you were kind enough to give them a piece of your land, so to return the favor they started attacking you???

It is my opinion that all the passanger on the ship should be charged by the Israeli attorney General, with MURDER prior to any Deportation procedure, because they knowingly participated in illegal activity that caused death.

You baby gonna cry from the bottom of your heart, time is going changing and your end is in the horizon insha-allah.

this is not a Lion- this is a schakal- killing unarmed civilians- how brave and heroic-. Israel reacts? Wow- soldiers armed to the teeth against treehuggers and bleeding hearts? You must be so proud- the deathtoll is over 15- are you happy now?

israel is now seen as the war criminals they are. there's no doing a "pr" spin to get out of this one

and in Kingston, Jamaica, over 75 people have been murdered on the streets this past week. Simply for 'protecting' a mob boss from being extradicted to the USA. Where's the outrage? This flotilla has simply been a media stunt. Hundreds of tons of aid are sent into Gaza every week. There's no 'humanitarian' crisis. Anything to blacken Israel's name and the ignorant and Israel-haters buy it.

you are either living in la-la land or your news is censured. This is not Turkish news- the death toll is way higher- they are lying to you. The army attached unarmed civilians in international water- period. Try to talk yourself out of this one at the UN- this is piracy.

http://webtv.hurriyet.com.tr/?cid=1&vid=6914

This is all a propaganda fake lie. They probably picked up a dozen fresh already dead bodies and took them with the boats just before sailing from Turkey last week. The "activists" pulled the dead bodies out of the refrigerator and threw them on the deck in front of the cameras at the same time as the Israelis climbed on board. Don't fall for this obvious propaganda trick.

I agree with #10 that these disgusting Jew-haters should be held hostage until Gilad Shalit is safely back in Israel. Israel should not waste this golden opportunity to free Gilad.