The Gaza Freedom Flotilla is already an enormous public relations success for the embattled Palestinians of the Gaza Strip. If the ships are halted by Israel, then the State looks like nothing less than an evil Goliath to the flotilla's David. What Israel fails to recognize is the potential to turn opportunity into a public relations success: rather than appearing to have "egg" on the face of the State, as predicted by a foreign ministry spokesman, Israel has within its grasp an opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to move forward and recognize the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-government. In truth, however, Israel has no such intention to permit the Palestinians self-rule, a truth long known by the residents of Gaza and the West Bank. The Freedom Flotilla shines a brilliant spotlight on the hypocritical stance of Israel: that it can demand accountability from the Palestinians when they have no right to self-determination, and that it is unwilling to abide by any international laws or conventions. Moreover, the Flotilla is under the watchful eye of the international community.
Israel sits squarely between the Scylla and Caribdes without the insight to recognize that it holds its own life raft.
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