As I have read article after article about Monday’s attack on the flotilla trying to break through the naval blockade of Gaza, I have been wondering…what is with all the reaction?  Especially knowing that North Korea sinks a South Korean ship or that Egypt has had a blockade of Gaza in place since 2007, or the atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, it seems bizarre that Israel gets such a reaction when no other country doing things that are horrific get any real reaction at all. And this was an obvious manipulation. It was no “peace operation.” It was intended to break the blockade or to create greater international pressure to end it. A trap was set for Israel and Israel fell into it.   The problem is not the blockade. The problem is why the blockade exists at all. Israel has an obligation to protect itself and Gaza is lead by a terrorist organization that has used brute force in its takeover of Gaza, executes political enemies, and allows the mistreatment of women for the slightest of infractions.  How about Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit who four years ago was kidnapped by Hamas in Israeli territory and has been held without giving the Red cross any access to him. And does the world say or do anything about these atrocities? NO!  Please read the facts about this issue. Israel has no problem getting aid into Gaza; it does have a problem with weapons being brought in the country. And let us remember Hamas does not believe Israel has a right to exist and most citizens in Israel wish for there to be Israel and Palestine living side by side, working together.