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Source: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2011/0601/1224298206441.html
Political Stunts Not the Way to End Gaza Conflict
(Irish Times) Ruth Zakh - The new flotilla to Gaza is all about delivering provocation rather than aid, just like last year's. Imagine the house next door to yours was occupied by neighbors who announced that one of their most cherished goals was to drive you off your property and then proceeded to launch daily barrages of explosives into your yard, with no regard to whether these missiles exploded on the lawn, on your roof or in the faces of your children. This scenario describes Israel's current reality. Israel calls for a "total end" of the violence against its sovereign territory and civilian population and asks that its desire to protect its citizens from efforts to expand the armory of weapons intended for its destruction be respected. The need to stop maritime arms smuggling is the reason for the naval blockade. The writer is deputy ambassador at the embassy of Israel in Dublin.