Hell, I ‘ll concede the point on the legality of the boarding, though I’d like to see an objective analysis of that (Dershowitz is a fine lawyer, but he also has a point of view here.) Unarmed civilians (clubs and knives aren’t comparable to guns, it’s not a good point) were assault by commandos at sea - if they choose to defend themselves, that doesn’t change the moral equation. The Israelis may have been within their rights, but there is still no analogy to a domestic police action - and I’m damn sure that at least some of the people arguing that it is would feel differently, based only on the identity of the actors.