This morning on Democracy Now, Amy and Juan played a press conference
with Netanyahu in which he called Papandreau "my friend" for
stopping the boats.
And then they interviewed the Israeli ambassador, I think, to the UN. His
refusal to answer very specific questions was amazing, and visible to all
(I hope).
Kudos to Democracy Now for their coverage and more pointed follow-up
questioning than previously.
Mitchel
At 10:54 AM 7/1/2011, Michael Balter wrote:
The Gaza flotilla events seem to
reflect that even largely symbolic actions can be very effective, because
of what they lead to. The response of the Israelis and their allies has
been one of near panic.
MB
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