in this incident and all the incidents in the conflict between Israel and Palestine there are no good guys both parties have made mistakes and have caused harm to the other party. The blockade is Illegal and IMO Immoral but so is the taking of hostages. But in saying that one soldier doesn't seem like a valid reason for a blockade that harms thousands of people. The use of indiscriminate rockets is deplorable but so is the settlement of military occupied lands and the use of Illegal weapons like white phosphorus ( http://tiny.cc/8tvmx ) and the bombing of residential buildings. Blaming Terrorists for living where there are innocent people and or firing rockets from there is not a viable excuse when you have boxed them in to one of the most densely populated areas in the world.
As for the latest incident yes the activists should have surrendered but the Israelis shouldn't have boarded the boat and the fact that the activists fought back is not an excuse to start shooting them, there were other ways to stop the boat that wouldn't have lead to the loss of life.
P.S. Humas is a democratically elected into government and Israel doesn't acknowledge them because they Class them as a Terrorist organisation and want them to disband before they will restart peace talks, Humas is willing to negotiate but Israel isn't. Not that an agreement is likely as the Palestinians want all Palestinian prisoners in Israel to be released and their land to to be retuned. Nether is likely to ever happen especially the second one as the Israelites that live in the Illegal settlements are unwilling to leave their homes.
P.P.S. Israel doesn't consider the lands they captured to be Military occupied as they don't recognise the Palestinian state so don't consider them to be at war.
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