I found this on the Internet, an article titled, "My Palestine/Israel Diary, May 28." It was written by a tourist named Heber Brown III and posted on the web May 31 -- the very day the Mavi Marmara was attacked. Reading it offers an understanding of why many feel Israel so dark and wrong in the way they are treating those in Gaza. It overlooks the obvious, though, that in conditions of war, blockades are the norm, and you never allow the enemy to receive weapons and supplies if you can stop them.
Heber Brown's web post:
"What if a military force came to your neighborhood built walls all around your block and refused to allow you to go and come as you please. How would you feel about that? What if they decided to attack your walled-in neighborhood from the sky and sent troops in to kill people too. How would you feel?
"Those are two of the questions that I had to wrestle with while standing at the walls of one of the world’s biggest prisons. It’s called the Gaza Strip and has 1.5 million Palestinians as its prisoners. In the name of security, the Israeli Government decides who comes and who goes. It decides what is allowed in and what is not.
"This is not something that I just heard about – I’ve seen the Gaza Strip with my own eyes. It was almost unbelievable to think that this could be happening in our world today. We claim to be so progressive as a global community. When certain natural tragedies strike, there is often quick and worldwide response. But this day, I stood at the walls of an unnatural tragedy – a government sponsored, world 'leader' endorsed tragedy. 1.5 million Palestines in the largest open air prison on earth!
". . . To collectively punish and imprison human beings – HUMAN BEINGS! – behind 'security' walls and restrict the flow of food, fuel, medicine, etc. is a crime. History will look back in shame at a world community that allowed this to happen."
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