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New Zealand Academic Describes Gaza Flotilla as "Ship of Fools"
(Scoop-New Zealand) Dr. Paul Moon, Professor of History at Auckland University of Technology, has condemned the Gaza flotilla, which illegally tried to breach Israeli waters Wednesday, as "a ship of fools." "The entire event has the appearance of a cheap media stunt. The protesters have deliberately breached the Oslo Accords, international maritime law, and domestic Israeli law, and have resorted to melodramatic language to dramatize what has been a mundane end to their protest." "The whole protest has the air of a schoolyard prank about it and the protestors' alarmist language does not conceal the failure of their venture....Perhaps the greatest irony of this episode is that while the Israel Defense Forces were taking these anti-Israel protesters to safety, Palestinians in Gaza launched a rocket attack against Israeli civilians."