sanctioned the use of its flag on a vessel that is determined to commit a hostile act against another sovereign nation? What does Cambodia have to say about this? I think Israel needs to clarify this with the Cambodian authorities. I hope that Israel is already documenting and making video clips of every step of this impending confrontation in an orderly and easily accessible manner so it does not have to go scrambling to put things together days after, when everyone else has already given an input throwing Israel in a bad light.

was requested, pleaded with and warned that it will not be allowed to continue on its course to Gaza. If the ship refuses to follow Israel's directives and divert to Ashdod, it ought to be intercepted, boarded, its crew and passangers arrested and its cargo confiscated. Enough of Israel being the world's patsy. Enough of Israel kissing the world's @$$. It is time for Israel to assert itself and declare in no uncertain terms that there will be severe consequences to any ship that attempts to break the blockade; and to any country that knowingly allows these ships to departs its ports with the intention of breaking the blockade. Israel should not be affraid of severing diplomatic ties with any country that defies Israel's security criteria. It is time Israel stood up for itself and its rights. Israel is a strong sovreign nation/state and will not be trifled with. Enough is enough!

There are TONS of supplies crossing from Israel to Gaza on a daily basis. Maybe the Egyptians refuse to allow peaceful goods across border, but Israel doe not have a problem with peaceful supplies, only war materials.

Sink that ship!

SINK

Where does the article say the "crew" refused" which is in your headline? Foreign Ministry Director-General Yossi Gal said Isarel will check that the cargo has "no weapons and war materials "; Ynet conveniently left out war materials. Why?

Figuratively, I mean, but there is no way this ship is going to dock at Gaza, and the offer brokered is more than reasonable. That these 'activists' continue to reject reasonable solutions will place the burden on them when they are stopped.

until we have a peace treaty .. waiting for your right wing to take the 2002 peace offer . the crew is absolutely right .

Irland and who ?? the other state only calls itself one ,they are a bunch of pirates ,bandits killers .. this is not a state ..not even a F borders ..

May they enjoy Ashdod. Hope they have enough money for their one way tickets home.

I hope for all their sakes that every single one of them are genuine peace protesters. All it's going to take is one hothead on that ship to make a threatening gesture and the Israeli Navy SEALs will think it's a repeat of last time and open fire.

return home

these are suicidal lunatics. Sink their ship so that the rest follows orders.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HUMANITARIAN AID. THE NAME SAYS IT AL - "RACHEL COORIE". AN ACCUSATION AGAINST ISRAEL FOR MURDER. THIS FLOTTILA IS A POLITICAL MANIFESTATION BY ISLAMIC FORCES, HIDING BEHIND HUMANITARIAN AID AS AN EXCUSE. IRAN COULD BE THE INSTIGATOR BEHIND ALL OF THIS, AVERTING FOCUS FROM THEIR NUCLEAR PROGRAM. Arn.

violated our territory and ilegal entry

Because it passengers are just as plain dumb, hateful, misguided and as far out of it's depths as it's namesake. No heroes, just useful fools, helping people who would gladly tear them to peaces. "Those who preach peace, are the best at war"-from the poem, The Genius Of The Crowd, Charles Bukowski

The I.R.A. is a bit on the backburner nowadays, so Hamas will do it anyway... Peacelovers are always busy...

DEFEAT Hamas ,Re Take Gaza and the IDF can be waiting at the Gaza port for all Aid ships. Eventually you will have to neutralize Gaza threat, better now than later.

It may be interesting to note that while Israel yet again gets top headlines, more local issues of legitimate humanitarian outcry continue to be ignored in the Arab world – for example, the killing of Bahraini fishermen by Qatar's coastguard last week. The harmless boat had the audacity to stray close to Qatar's international waters; however, the issue was largely ignored. More at : http://xrl.us/bhnpsy

Therefore, claims of so called Israeli "sovereignty" are bogus. Plus, the ship won't dock at Ashdod, because Israel won't let the cement through. Israeli definitions of what is humanitarian aid doesn't match that of the rest of the world's definition. Apparently, children's crayons and nappies have been blocked in the past. Finally, the ynutters want to sink the ship. I say the ynutters have sunk Israel's credibility worldwide a long time back, with their jib and mad talk. Goodnight.

let them into gaza , but first let it be known to the United Nations and Obama the first missile , that comes into israel that has the name iran..syria..or whoever on it we will turn gaza into a lake of fire , no pulling out , no mercy ,May the lord forever bless the state of Israel.

So sayeth Barney Frank, your typical liberal US Jew. He was referring to the Israeli killing of those terrorists, attempting to violate Israeli sovereignty. Hmmm, if Al Qaeda were to attempt to land in Boston, what would he recommend? That said, the world is unifying against the little Jewish state..it's ultimate goal, the destruction of the only democratic country among 22 Arab states. Israel must: retake the Strip, using it's 5,000 tanks and bunker busters. Show good faith (2 state solution) by then allowing Abbas to retake the Pales enclave, to form a govt. This will undercut Iran/Turkey/Hamas/Hez. Israel erred by agreeing to those cease fires (thanks to the UN), prematurely. Its orginal purpose was the right one, to destroy these two terrorist groups. Now it is reaping it's timidity. If Israel allows Rachel Corrie to dock in Gaza, we can see the future, hundreds of Arab-Muslim ships (with weapons). This entire fiasco was predicted. If Turkey gets bold and joins in, sick their ships using your missiles. Millions of Jews/Christians are behind you Israel. We are tired of the Islamic nonsense.

WITH AID FOR A STARVED POPULATION OR TURKEY FOR THE OPRESSED KURDS AND SEE IF A CUBAN MIG-21 OR TURKISH F-16 LOCK IN AND FIRE A MISSLE AND DO A FLY BY TO ASSURE THAT FLOATING BODIES ARE DEAD WHY DOES THE WORLD EXPECT ISRAEL NOT TO ENFORCE AND PROTECT ITS CITIZENS BECAUSE IT COMES DOWN TO THE OLD BULL SHIT JEW HATRED . ISREAL DO NOT CAVE IN AND THE MAJORITY OF NATIONS WILL GET OVER IT JUST AS THEY HAVE THE DONE SO IN THE SINKING OF A SOUTH KOREAN SHIP BUY A TYRANT NORTH KOREAN LEADER. TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN INTREST AND SECURITY

offer back in 2002. The Arabs refused. Yet another case of getting it backwards.

It never was. And the cement will NEVER get in, unless we add a little water to it, make them into balls, and catapult them over the fence.

They had the responsibility to stop it as its intention was to break a legal war-time blockade. That means Ireland indirectly declared war on Israel and their intentions are the same as the crew of the ship. Time to hold these countries to bear for their illegal actions.

The peace offer that demands ALL refugees to return to Israel, whether they really owned property or not? The peace offer that places the onus completely on Israel, including all the blame, and makes demands of reparations? The peace offer that forces Israel to non-defensible borders in which even the UN did not suggestion through UNR242? The peace offer that offers ONLY normalization with Arab States but has no jurisdiction over non-State players like Hamas and Hizbullah, and makes no demands on the Arabs to end incitement? You mean the peace offer that simply asks: "If you wouldn't mind terrible, could you commit suicide so we don't have to follow through with killing you, and you shall have our gratitude?" Stuff it, meatball!