The Flotilla Has Completed Its Cruise — and Netanyahu Smirks
Since the founding of Israel, the Palestinian people have been sacrificed time and again
By the Israelis, of course; by Arab governments, with few exceptions; by false champions who have exploited their cause for their own ends (Russia, Iran, Qatar); by the fanatics who have sabotaged their legitimate political representation—first the communists, then the jihadists, ever-useful idiots for Tel Aviv; and finally by the international left, which clings to a cause it barely understands, using it as a pretext for self-serving theatrics and sad imitations of the protest movements of decades past.
For a left in existential crisis—yet still grasping at a kind of “liberation theology from Ur-Fascism”—Gaza is just a name, a convenient excuse to take center stage and reassure itself, more than anyone else, that it is still relevant.
The Flotilla farce is proof of this
Its backers claim it forced public opinion to talk about Gaza. Not true. Gaza has long been the focus of discussion, and many governments have taken uncomfortable positions against Israel. For days now, the attention has shifted—not to Gaza, but to a crew of exhibitionists.
They claim to have delivered humanitarian aid. Nonsense. The Flotilla carried barely a third of the food supplies that Palestinians receive every single day—yes, every day—through official channels. And if humanitarian relief had truly been the goal, they would have sailed under a peace flag, not under the Palestinian one, while declaring their intent to “break the naval blockade,” only to surrender, hands raised, at the first sign of contact.
Provocateurs and clowns.
Flotilla supporters argue that it exposed Israel’s violations of international law—namely, for rejecting humanitarian aid (though it did request the aid be delivered to the Church), for intercepting the vessel outside territorial waters, and for denying that those waters legally belong to Gaza.
The last two points may be technically valid—but none of this is new. Countless UN resolutions remain unfulfilled, and it certainly wasn’t this boatload of activists that brought them to light.
As for the interception outside territorial waters, it’s plausible the Israelis simply chose to play their part in the spectacle without creating a precedent: allowing unauthorized vessels to enter waters they claim as their own, without being immediately challenged.
Now the farce has come ashore
—here in Europe—with nostalgic re-enactments of the 1970s, all in the name of “shutting everything down” for the Flotilla
Why they didn’t call it the Netanyahu Flotilla is beyond me.
If this was meant as a political and propaganda operation, who exactly did it benefit, if not Netanyahu?
First, let’s consider Israeli public opinion, which is deeply divided over its leader. How did it react to a show of force staged under a Palestinian flag—on Yom Kippur, no less, just like Hamas? You couldn’t script it better if Mossad had written the playbook.
And what about Europe? The West as a whole?
Public opinion splits into six rough categories:
- Those who hate Jews
- Those who hate Arabs
- Those who support Israel
- Those who support Palestine
- Those who hate both
- And those who remain neutral, swayed by impressions
These last two groups are large—and it’s precisely among them that the balance of sympathy now appears to have shifted toward Tel Aviv. Israel has projected calm authority, especially when contrasted with the arrogance and absurdity of the Flotilla’s crew and their street-level cheerleaders.
Let’s pretend, for argument’s sake, that the Flotilla’s organizers had no idea what a gift they were handing Netanyahu. Let’s assume they’re simply naive. Do they regret the backlash?
Unlikely. The Palestinian flag was merely a prop. Their real aim was to showcase themselves in a media-obsessed society—where they’re little more than third-rate performers.
Yet another group of people sacrificing the Palestinian cause. Like so many before them—often Palestinians themselves.
