The usual Palestinian form of “dissent”: A stone-throwing mob. The French foreign minister was quoted as saying that holding Gilad Shalit was a war crime, so of course, the Palestinians showed their appreciation by terrorizing her and her staff during their trip to Gaza. (And gee, spontaneous demonstrations happen all the time in the Hamas-controlled territory. Oh. Wait. Hamas-controlled.) Interesting how neither the AFP nor the AP says the mob “said they were relatives of prisoners.” The statement is made as if it’s known by all. I wonder how many members of Hamas were in the “spontaneous” mob.
Protesters were waiting for Alliot-Marie as she crossed from Israel into Gaza through the Erez Crossing, lying on the road and jumping on her vehicle. Hamas police eventually dispersed those protesters, but more gathered outside a United Nations office in Gaza City that was her first stop in the Palestinian territory, and later followed her to a nearby hospital, pelting her motorcade with eggs. AP Television footage showed Alliot-Marie narrowly dodging a shoe thrown by a protester as she climbed into a jeep under heavy guard.
But it’s not Goldstone, so it can’t be true: Watch for the world to belittle or ignore the completion of the Israeli investigation into the Gaza Flotilla. The report will be published on Sunday.
South Korea shows the world how to handle pirates: The South Korean navy stormed a hijacked ship, killed eight, wounded a few more and recaptured the ship. The words “Ay, Maties!” were not heard, but perhaps the pirates heard the message sent by South Korea:
President Lee Myung-bak went live on national television to announce the successful conclusion of the five-hour operation, 1,300 kilometers northeast of Somalia.
Mr. Lee told the country South Korea will not tolerate future attacks on any of its nationals.
By the way, if you think that perhaps American soldiers helped, you may be right. There was a vague reference to help from “other nations” in the article.
In the past couple of days Israel has completed two investigations. One was into the death of Omar al-Qawasmeh; the other into the death of Jawaher Abu Rahma. In the former case, the IDF found that a soldier had acted improperly and was discharged from service. In the latter case it was determined (from Palestinian sources) that the victim had died due to improper treatment. Guess which story the NY Times reported on. No peaking.
All the news that’s fit to print as long as Israel is guilty of something. (The WaPo was no better.)
Good for the ROKs. If the pirates aren’t put down their depradations will just get worse. Wait till they are raiding coastal villages to capture slaves, like the Barbary Corsiars used to do.