re: #327 SanFranciscoZionist

The Israelis offered to let them port at Ashdod for inspection. They refused. Why would they have allowed an inspector on board, and what situation would have arisen if the Israelis had tried to take their cement?

I think they refused the Ashdod port because they didn’t trust Israel to let them continue on to Gaza. Allowing an inspector on board wouldn’t have impeded their progress. Maybe that was offered by Israel and refused. I don’t know.

Obviously, Israel has the firepower to stop them from reaching shore, and I’m grateful for the fact that they didn’t decide to just sink the flotilla at sea. This isn’t the first flotilla that Israel has had to deal with. I don’t understand why they chose military action this time and none of the others.