This Turkish Flotilla fiasco unfortunately highlights the problem I have had for some time with Israeli policy toward the Palestinians, the Settlements, and foreign relations. It's not so much that it is evil in a moral sense, but that it is just stupid policy that is dangerous for Israel in the long run. Israel can fortify itself and be a pariah for only so long, and it doesn't matter if it thinks it has the high ground. Time is not on Israel's side, and the continuing failure to find a solution only risks Israel's future that much more. If no two state solution, and soon, then what? Demographics matter. Living your values matters. AIPAC and Abe Foxman and the rabbis and anyone else who blindly supports Israel's current policies are not doing Israel any favors; they're planting the seeds of Israel's destruction. However painful it may be, Israel must find a new path. If Israel is to endure, there is no other choice.
