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On CNN earlier this week, American Edward Peck, an activist who sailed with the Free Gaza Movement flotilla, asserted, "The purpose of the movement was humanitarian."
Sorry, but the video of so-called peace activists clubbing Israeli soldiers and tossing one onto a lower deck didn't exactly exude the Kumbaya spirit to me.
While Peck argued that the flotilla was not "hostile," its goal was provocative -- to break Israel's military embargo against Hamas. Activists knew they were taunting a standing army.
They also knew they couldn't lose. Israel already delivers food and other relief to the Gaza Strip. As for the...
Flotilla's Goal Was Not Humanitarian
Both Salman Rushdie and Ayaan Hirsi Ali have been threatened with death for criticizing Islam. Ms. Ali has very publicly renounced Islam. You don't know what you are talking about.