based on the IDF video I'm guessing the Marmara wasn't really interested in talking to the IDF.
Interesting--but of course, beyond that video, it also sounds like the IDF/the Israeli government wasn't very interested in talking to the Marmara. And they're the ones with big guns...so if they don't want to be accused of overly aggressive use of those big guns, it seems like they have more of a responsibility to talk. The ship was just being peacefully provocative, as far as I can tell; the IDF was the one contemplating (and eventually taking) violent military action...
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Date: 2010-05-31 11:37 pm (UTC)Interesting--but of course, beyond that video, it also sounds like the IDF/the Israeli government wasn't very interested in talking to the Marmara. And they're the ones with big guns...so if they don't want to be accused of overly aggressive use of those big guns, it seems like they have more of a responsibility to talk. The ship was just being peacefully provocative, as far as I can tell; the IDF was the one contemplating (and eventually taking) violent military action...