The latest flotilla to Gaza has rightfully been blocked by the Israeli Navy, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote a letter to be delivered to those on board. Netanyahu wrote:
“Welcome to Israel! It seems you got lost. Perhaps you meant to sail to a place not far from here – Syria. There the Assad regime slaughters his people every day with the support of the murderous Iranian regime. Despite that, here in Israel we are dealing with a situation where terror organizations, such as Hamas, are attempting to harm innocent civilians. Against attempts like these we are defending the citizens of Israel in accordance with international law.”
Of course, there’s been no flotilla of Israel haters to Syria where hundreds of thousands have been killed in recent years. No cries from so-called “humanitarian” organizations about the need to help there.
Farid al-Ghadry, the Syrian-born co-founder and president of the United States-based Reform Party of Syria wrote an article in 2011 where he similarly asked:
“It is unconscionable to think that people are dropping like flies on Syrian streets, the injured are hiding in private homes to avoid capture or cold-blooded murder, the funeral processions are being shot at with many killed at a time they bereave the dead, the detained are tortured and many die and are buried in mass graves, yet the international community seems only willing to extend words of comfort.
Where is your conscience people? It’s Easter Sunday for heaven’s sake. Then comes Erdogan who thinks Gaza is tragic with its people under siege and tyranny while Syrians, under his buddy Assad, enjoy comfort and freedom. Where is your humanitarian flotilla to Syria Erdogan? Our injured, attacked by the snipers of your dear friend Assad, cannot go to hospitals for fear of being either killed on the spot or arrested to die under torture. Or does that not fit with your understanding of what a human tragedy is? Are Gazans better people than Syrians? Is Assad too dear a friend for you to bother?”
There is a despicable double standard against Israel.