http://www.honestreporting.ca/news_article_name/48392special2.aspxIt's not too late to counter the wave of anti-Israel sentiment unleashed by the events surrounding the boarding of the Turkish Mavi Marnara ship and the deaths of nine of its passengers. For the claims of so-called "peace activists" that they were unarmed and non-violent victims of Israeli brutality is laughable in the face of the openly available video evidence taken during the incident.
Jerusalem Post editor-in-chief David Horovitz explains the powerful effect of the IDF's video footage:
for some of the foreign press, who had been less willing to accept [IDF Spokesman] Benayahu's improbable account of commandos overpowered by civilians, the footage was a revelation.
"I saw it, and I realized I had done Israel an injustice," one of my foreign colleagues said on Monday, with admirable candor. "At that point, and only at that point, I understood what the Israelis had been saying."
The IDF videos reveal the truth about what took place. But we can't rely on the media to spread the word to the general public. We must make every effort to forward the videos and updates to our networks and post them across the Internet.
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