Oh no. Oh no. The instant a vessel enters Israeli territorial waters, a couple of shots should be fired across the bow, and the vessel should be ordered to turn around. If it doesn't, the next shot goes into the center of the vessel. This isn't a game. There is not a single country in the world that would allow itself to be victimized by this type of huge propaganda effort. (I assure you that humanitarian endeavor has nothing to do with it. If humanitarianism is that important, why doesn't the flotilla sail for North Korea, deep in the throes of a famine that has claimed 3 million lives in slightly under two years?) Like I said -- the first shots warn. If they don't turn around -- well -- they have only themselves to blame for the consequences.

As good as he may be at pissing people off, Lieberman is 100% correct. These "activists" don't actually care about human rights as a whole, they would rather just make Israel look bad.

You seem to be ignorant of the publicly stated fact that the flotilla has no intention of entering Israeli territorial waters. The flotilla is aiming to enter Gaza City harbour,

Or their useful idiots from Europe...

All passengers who have married minors, married relatives, or have terrorist affiliations will not be welcomed in Ashdod.

Both the IHH and Greta Berlin promised they had a plan to circumvent the Israeli Navy. Is the plan to split up part of it? If this is the flotilla's plan, it's basically over. Israeli Navy is much better equipped and prepared for more complicated and armed invasions.

After Israel left Gaza the rockets started falling on Israel. These rockets or the parts needed to build them were smuggled to Israel from Iran and other enemy sources. Israel imposed the blockade to stop the arm smuggling and hence protect its citizens from rockets and other forms of terrorism. If these ships are allowed now to enter Gaza, many other flotillas will follow. Even if this flotilla does not carry any arms, the next ones will certainly try to smuggle them, as Iran will surely try to take advantage of the broken blockade . Hence Israel should not let these "activists" get into Gaza. No matter what!

so we will see a lot of bluster from Turkish government

Dont't give this present to the jews/israeli bashers. Let this boat go to Gaza. We have really nothing to lose that we haven't lost already. Don't add craziness to stupidity.

And while the propaganda ships are on their way to Gaza, the world is getting spoonfed propaganda (through their newsagencies) about Israeli submarines with nukes in the Persian Gulf. A story presented by Uzi Mahnaimi in The Sunday Times. The same Uzi Mahnaimi that claimed (back in 98) that Israel was trying to isolate Arab-only genes so that a biological weapon could be developed to destroy them all. The same "journalist" that has claimed Israel is about to start a war on Irans nuclear facilities 3 times already...

its all stinky polticis. so much money is being giving to the hamas, and the only thing they do with it is to creat rockets.. so give me a break if u really all into human rights go help africa where they really need some help!

1 passenger vessel, two cargo... ca 200 km (very rough) off ashdod...

And it constantly blocks the text, so it's impossible to read this story. Who's in charge of your webpage design? Better fire him.

then the subsequent outcry will simply display the bias of all involved - including ourselves I guess!

HOW CAN A PEACEFULL AND BEAUTIFULL ISRAEL CAN BE TREATED LIKE THAT ! DONT WORLD HAS NO HEARTTT ! SHAME ON WORLD. SHAME ON WORLD THAT; WHILE GAZA IS MIDDLE EAST PARIS, THIS FLOATİLLAS SAILING ...

TO PROVOKE ! TO PROVOKE ISRAEL ! this ! thisis no good. NO. NO.

Board the ships, and drag these fools ashore.

MOST OF THEM TRULY ELDER PEOPLE. THEY JUST TRULY CRY FOR GAZA. BRING ROSES TO THEM. KISS THEIR TIRED OLD HANDS WITH RESPECT. THEY ARE COLORFULL PEOPLE. YOU WILL MEET A PRIEST WHO IS 70-80 YEARS OLD. YOU WILL MEEET A MUSLIM LADY WHO IS OVER 50-60 YEARS OLD. YOU WILL MEET YOUTH AT YOUR AGES. THEY ALL HAVE ONE COMMON POINT THAT TO HELP TO PALESTINIANS WITH TRUE HEART AND WITH TRUE SOUL.

although im not sure it will happen that way.

Remember,anything which the Navy does against these boats will be recorded in the Goldstone Rport II which will be much worse than the first one

I love you.

And it becomes very obvious that this has little to do with humanitarian aid. Rather, it's all about being an islamic endeavor. The people being interviewed utters the words "allah" and "inshallah" in between every other word they utter. One woman clothed as a wanna-be shaheed said like: "...stop the colonizations of palestine far all". Sickening.

Wrong approach. I think that playing down this stunt is the smartest thing to do. Don't make heroes out of them. However, your mentioning people starving elsewhere is quite appropriate. Where's the counter-demonstration with actual facts and figures about people in real need in the world that have been forgotten because everyone who hates Israel is also besotted with the Pelestinians. Love is blind. So blind that they don't see the suffering in Darfur, Ethiopia and other places. Gazans, in the meantime, are well provided.

we are lost we thought Jews are meek, but no, they routed us what to do now with all the hatred we have toward them, how can we gain the upper hand again? how can we create for Arabs a 23rd country? how can we keep denying Jews a country of their own, what is the rightful right of any other nation

TO LIBERATE IT FROM THE BARBARIC ASIATICS OPPRESSING THEM