Israeli Soft Power Crushing Free Gaza Movement -- Information Dissemination
Have you heard from the Gaza flotilla much lately? Probably not, unless you are looking for information. Gaza is 1.5 million people denied legitimacy for self-governance who are basically caged in by what can be described as prison walls on all sides. One would think this is one group of people that could find sympathy, particularly when the oppressor is Israel.
Nope! Not with friends like the Free Gaza Movement. Israel is putting on a soft power clinic in dealing with non-governmental organizations attempting to make political splashes from the shadow zones, and the whole world would be wise to learn from the approach Israel has taken against the second flotilla. Israel has turned the Gaza flotilla into a flotilla flop in a remarkably systematic way. This summary of events posted by Melanie Phillips on June 29th is a MUST READ.
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My Comment: The Israeli's are actually adopting a very common strategy .... go after the money, or in this case .... threaten to go after the assets of other players who may find themselves exposed to liability claims that may put them out of business. David Frum analyzes this strategy further in the following post.
My Comment: The Israeli's are actually adopting a very common strategy .... go after the money, or in this case .... threaten to go after the assets of other players who may find themselves exposed to liability claims that may put them out of business. David Frum analyzes this strategy further in the following post.
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