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Reader comment on item: "Free Gaza" Flotilla Defeats the Israel Defense Forces
Submitted by Diana Barshaw (Israel), Jun 1, 2010 at 03:42
Yes, you are correct, we just don't have it together in this public relations war. So help us! Talk to the right people and tell them how we can improve. Best wishes, www.dianabarshaw.com
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| What Israel did is correct [113 words] | Prakash, India | Jul 10, 2010 00:10 | 175382 | ||
| Sympathy with the underdog [116 words] | Cassius | Jul 5, 2010 18:52 | 175149 | ||
| A question on the Israelo-palestinian conflict [29 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Paolo V. Mantellini | Jun 13, 2010 17:30 | 174366 | ||
| the Golden Rule [19 words] | MinutemanCDC_SC | Jun 11, 2010 20:22 | 174261 | ||
| Israel needs to ignore public opinion, and simply defend its self the best it can. [117 words] | Phil Greend | Jun 10, 2010 23:08 | 174197 | ||
| 2 |  Just empty words with no real substance behind them [12 words] | Albert | Sep 24, 2010 07:07 | 174197 | |
| Whaf If There Wasn't A Video [22 words] | Mark D | Jun 8, 2010 21:38 | 174075 | ||
| Norway [20 words] | Mark D. | Jun 8, 2010 21:22 | 174074 | ||
| Strategic incompetancy by Israel [472 words] | Gabby (Zionist Pro Israel Australia) (Australia) | Jun 6, 2010 14:23 | 173951 | ||
| Israel was successful [49 words] | Gary | Jun 6, 2010 01:55 | 173910 | ||
| 2 | Malice in Wonderland [269 words] | Jules Posten | Jun 5, 2010 09:33 | 173876 | |
| Why, indeed [13 words] | John B | Jun 6, 2010 13:48 | 173876 | ||
| The flotilla [126 words] | Isaac | Jun 4, 2010 18:19 | 173853 | ||
| Flotila [714 words] | R.S | Jun 4, 2010 14:51 | 173847 | ||
| I'm rather curious about why this change of tactics is a BAD thing.... [121 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Johnboy | Jun 4, 2010 08:41 | 173835 | ||
| Zionists Should Celebrate this Rite of Passage [89 words] | Alex | Jun 4, 2010 00:49 | 173822 | ||
| Nothing will satisfy the "international community" [330 words] | Donald R. | Jun 3, 2010 23:02 | 173819 | ||
| Let The Next Flotilla Pass [36 words] | Mark D. | Jun 3, 2010 21:07 | 173811 | ||
| difference in perception [129 words] | Jake Robinson | Jun 3, 2010 09:53 | 173782 | ||
| Re: Alternative Way Of Stopping Flotilla - Avoiding Public Relations Nightmare [227 words] | Reuven Boruch | Jun 3, 2010 00:17 | 173769 | ||
| Reuven Boruch - You are suggesting common sense [179 words] | Indian | Jun 6, 2010 01:52 | 173769 | ||
| Flotilla, a well planned act pf provocation, and a test for Obama [206 words] | Dan Goor | Jun 3, 2010 00:17 | 173768 | ||
| BLOODTHIRSTY ANTI-ISRAEL 'ACTIVISTS' DANCE WHEN ANYONE DIES [1476 words] | Mariam | Jun 2, 2010 20:36 | 173763 | ||
| Miscalculations and the Lack of Depth: Capabilities are Different than Aspirations [312 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Mehmet Gurses | Jun 2, 2010 11:51 | 173750 | ||
| A simple solution [42 words] | Paul | Jun 2, 2010 11:10 | 173748 | ||
| Response to Pipes May 31st [50 words] | Ted Jacobsen | Jun 2, 2010 10:24 | 173744 | ||
| Defeat is a kind word. [168 words] | Lazman | Jun 2, 2010 09:57 | 173742 | ||
| Agit-prop [48 words] | Vijay | Jun 2, 2010 09:38 | 173741 | ||
| change needed [62 words] | Vijay | Jun 2, 2010 09:35 | 173740 | ||
| some choices [169 words] | myth | Jun 2, 2010 09:17 | 173738 | ||
| Israel's Right of Defense [172 words] | Anthony P Marino | Jun 2, 2010 08:27 | 173736 | ||
| The Pattern [268 words] | Yuval Brandstetter MD | Jun 2, 2010 08:20 | 173733 | ||
| Suggestion for alternative flotilla [35 words] | Mike Lorrey | Jun 2, 2010 05:46 | 173721 | ||
| Daniel Pipes is right [158 words] | Indian | Jun 2, 2010 04:52 | 173719 | ||
| Pollak chips in with potential soft-power answers... [130 words] | Dave | Jun 2, 2010 04:29 | 173718 | ||
| I THINK THE PALESTINIANS SHOULD THINK OF THEMSEVES AS THEY WOULD ACCEPT BROTHERS [134 words] | GODMAN ENZO | Jun 2, 2010 03:32 | 173714 | ||
| Good job Israel.....keep it up [144 words] | Joshipal | Jun 2, 2010 02:08 | 173713 | ||
| a stupid president ! [71 words] | Yoni | Jun 2, 2010 00:40 | 173710 | ||
| My Take On the Flotilla Incident [173 words] | Mark D. | Jun 1, 2010 23:15 | 173709 | ||
| Repeating and Defeating [155 words] | Jay1 | Jun 1, 2010 22:35 | 173707 | ||
| "Free Gaza" Flotilla Defeats the Israel Defense Forces [69 words] | Rachel | Jun 1, 2010 18:33 | 173696 | ||
| "Free Gaza" Flotilla Defeats the Israel Defense Forces [51 words] | RadiateTruth | Jun 1, 2010 18:30 | 173695 | ||
| Why Obama is an antisemite [228 words] | Alexandra H | Jun 1, 2010 18:05 | 173693 | ||
| Never Harms Its Rag-Tag Political Adversaries [65 words] | Sheldon Tyber | Jun 1, 2010 17:48 | 173692 | ||
| The rules of war are upside down due to modern liberalism [105 words] | Matt | Jun 1, 2010 17:17 | 173686 | ||
| Sadly, you're absolutely right [112 words] | Farid H. | Jun 1, 2010 17:02 | 173683 | ||
| Give Him Just One More Reason, Just One More - The Surface Tension is Just about Broken [224 words] | M. Tovey | Jun 1, 2010 16:58 | 173681 | ||
| More weapons into Gaza [173 words] | Moses | Jun 3, 2010 05:40 | 173681 | ||
| Confusion Still Reigns in the Human Realm of Gaza [88 words] | M. Tovey | Jun 4, 2010 18:12 | 173681 | ||
| Zionists have no land [26 words] | Moses | Jun 5, 2010 01:24 | 173681 | ||
| The Land is Given to Whom the LORD Almighty God Designates [1049 words] | M. Tovey | Jun 7, 2010 11:51 | 173681 | ||
| IDF falls into a trap? [91 words] | Nora | Jun 1, 2010 16:43 | 173679 | ||
| National sovereignty [107 words] | reeves | Jun 1, 2010 16:12 | 173678 | ||
| Israel has every right to defend herself, and she did it appropriately. [19 words] | M.D. | Jun 1, 2010 16:09 | 173677 | ||
| Pot calling the kettle black! [22 words] | Syd | Jun 1, 2010 15:44 | 173676 | ||
| Failure of imagination [106 words] | Jimmy | Jun 1, 2010 15:38 | 173675 | ||
| public opinion [378 words] | Sir Daniel Tobin | Jun 1, 2010 14:58 | 173674 | ||
| Flotilla defeats IDF- [581 words] | Harry | Jun 1, 2010 14:38 | 173672 | ||
| "Flotilla defeats IDF- look to the source of the lies- Miona Baker- Mary Rizzo and the flotilla! [1072 words] | Harry | Jun 1, 2010 14:06 | 173669 | ||
| The Hamas-Iran-Turkish flotilla [140 words] | steven L | Jun 1, 2010 12:39 | 173664 | ||
| What should have been done? [125 words] | Martin E. Weinstein | Jun 1, 2010 12:05 | 173661 | ||
| Why so stupid? [27 words] | John B | Jun 6, 2010 13:45 | 173661 | ||
| "FREE GAZA" Defeats the Israeli Defense Forces. [284 words] | vigilant101 | Jun 1, 2010 11:47 | 173660 | ||
| Dan Pipes on the "Freedom Flotilla" [22 words] | Sol Shalit | Jun 1, 2010 11:45 | 173659 | ||
| Public Relations [193 words] | Peter Hercky | Jun 1, 2010 11:34 | 173658 | ||
| Reversing bad PR [26 words] | John B | Jun 6, 2010 13:42 | 173658 | ||
| New command structure [91 words] | ger | Jun 1, 2010 11:06 | 173657 | ||
| There Must be Much More to the Story [56 words] | Howard Capito | Jun 1, 2010 10:29 | 173656 | ||
| winning the war [21 words] | seethesource | Jun 1, 2010 10:04 | 173653 | ||
| This thinking is part of the problem [515 words] | eigthman | Jun 1, 2010 09:39 | 173651 | ||
| Being stupid [30 words] | John B | Jun 6, 2010 13:39 | 173651 | ||
| When is a wartime blockade not a blockade? [218 words] | Morris Gavant | Jun 1, 2010 09:23 | 173650 | ||
| Sometimes [137 words] | Michael S | Jun 1, 2010 09:19 | 173649 | ||
| Support for Israeli action.........regardless! [454 words] | Adam the Scot. | Jun 1, 2010 09:10 | 173648 | ||
| "Free Gaza" Flotilla defeats the Israeli Defense Forces- Talk about a Set Up. [100 words] | Anne- USA | Jun 1, 2010 08:37 | 173644 | ||
| Foregone conclusion [186 words] | Murray Orbuch | Jun 1, 2010 08:36 | 173643 | ||
| Delegitimizing self-defense [488 words] | Edwad Cline | Jun 1, 2010 08:26 | 173642 | ||
| The Free Gaza Flotilla [387 words] | Prof. Paul Eidelberg | Jun 1, 2010 08:09 | 173641 | ||
| Attempts to de-legitimise Israel [69 words] | John B | Jun 6, 2010 13:35 | 173641 | ||
| ISRAELI RAID ON TURKISH BOAT [186 words] | Ilene Richman | Jun 1, 2010 07:55 | 173640 | ||
| ANTI-SEMITIC BARAK OBAMA & GROUP [242 words] | Ilene Richman | Jun 3, 2010 09:15 | 173640 | ||
| A CHINESE FIRE DRILL [98 words] | DAVID R.GROESBECK | Jun 1, 2010 07:01 | 173637 | ||
| How do clever people get to be so stupid? [225 words] | John B | Jun 1, 2010 06:58 | 173636 | ||
| I disagree [29 words] | Rich Lapin | Jun 1, 2010 06:33 | 173634 | ||
| A monumental PR disaster [52 words] | JB | Jun 1, 2010 06:08 | 173633 | ||
| Israel's real mistake [59 words] | Gamaliel Isaac | Jun 1, 2010 05:58 | 173632 | ||
| Trap [61 words] | Jonathan Usher | Jun 1, 2010 04:20 | 173628 | ||
| The only way to win a rigged game... is to not play it. [516 words] | Gravitas | Jun 1, 2010 04:02 | 173626 | ||
| race for the caliphate [54 words] | solemnman | Jun 1, 2010 03:55 | 173625 | ||
 Help us do better! [33 words] | Diana Barshaw | Jun 1, 2010 03:42 | 173624 | ||
| Is war ethical? [329 words] | Cherif El-Ayouty | Jun 1, 2010 03:14 | 173620 | ||
| Propaganda kamikaze [66 words] | Mladen Andrijasevic | Jun 1, 2010 03:06 | 173619 | ||
| Israel can never win [567 words] | Ken Besig Israel | Jun 1, 2010 02:32 | 173617 | ||
| 1 | Israel can never win ... [157 words] | RadiateTruth | Jun 2, 2010 20:10 | 173617 | |
| Put the finger on Turkey first [408 words] | J. Nicolas | Jun 1, 2010 02:14 | 173616 | ||
| The timing of the Hamas/Hezbollah flotilla of peace [405 words] | M D Anthony | Jun 1, 2010 01:32 | 173615 | ||
| The IDF trapped the despicable terrorist flotilla [376 words] | yonatan silverman | Jun 1, 2010 01:32 | 173614 | ||
| This grants sanction to the enemies of Israel [167 words] | Alan Nitikman | Jun 1, 2010 01:12 | 173611 | ||
| Gaza Flotilla; Israel had no choice [106 words] | Dr. Lawrence White | Jun 1, 2010 01:09 | 173610 | ||
| MEDIA-SMART TERRORIST SHIP FOR PRETEND FOOLS. [237 words] | IamJoseph | Jun 1, 2010 00:57 | 173607 | ||
| Actually, this was as good a result as could be expected [193 words] | Dan Simon | Jun 1, 2010 00:41 | 173604 | ||
| So What? [73 words] | Joe | May 31, 2010 22:40 | 173598 | ||
| TURKEY IS AN ISLAMIC STATE [328 words] | Ilene Richman | May 31, 2010 19:31 | 173593 |
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