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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
To me this was a PR move by IHH and Hamas to put Israel in the worst light. I'm pretty sure that even if they had pushed the ship and hit it with water canons, they'd still have to board, we'd still get the mob attack and we'd still be talking about this in the same way. Except now you add that those big bullies tried to sink the ship by ramming it.
Egypt won't keep the border open for long, they have their own problems with the Palestinians.
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Of course and it has worked beyond Hamas's wildest dreams, the IDF's response to almost anything has become predictably heavy handed, they have lost any sense of measured response which Hamas has used to further isolate Israel.