Very early this morning, BBC reported that there were protests and large demonstrations of this attack in Turkey, somehow “spontaneously” arising almost concurrently with the incident. Video, taken by those on the ship and obviously edited, was also released to wire services almost instantly.

And a Turkish spokesperson stated that Turkey had made exactly the same offer to the flotilla as Israel - dock at one of our ports, and we’ll make sure your cargo is passed on to Gaza.

Those claiming that this incident wasn’t staged or that Israeli forces weren’t provoked are being willfully foolish.