Presse israélienne
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Le journaliste israélien Ron Ben Yishai vient de publier un récit très complet de l'assaut mené ce matin par la marine israélienne contre la flottille pro-palestinienne, au cours duquel sans doute près de vingt personnes ont été tuées. On peut le lire ici en version anglaise . Ron Ben Yishai, qui travaille pour le grand quoditien Yedioth Aharonoth, s'appuie sur des sources militaires. Il est l'un des journalistes les mieux informés de son pays sur les affaires militaires. Ron Ben Yishai est l'un des héros du film d'animation "Valse avec Bachir" (illustration ci-contre) - on le voit entrer dans les camps de Sabra et Chatila.
Secret Défense: Gaza : un journaliste israélien pointe les "deux
Ron Ben Yishai recounts bloody clash aboard Gaza-bound vessel: The lacking crowd-dispersal means, the brutal violence of ‘peace activists,’ and the attempt to bring down an IDF helicopter Ron Ben-Yishai Our Navy commandoes fell right into the hands of the Gaza mission members.
A brutal ambush at sea - Israel News, Ynetnews
"A qui la faute ?" s'interroge, mardi 1 er juin, le journal Maariv . Au lendemain de l'abordage meurtrier d'un convoi maritime à destination de Gaza par l' arm éee, le deuxième quotidien israélien note que "tout le monde blâme tout le monde" : les militaires, le ministère de la défense, les passagers de la flottille, les services de renseignement... Mais au-delà de cette bataille des responsabilités, Israël a "déjà perdu la bataille des opinions publiques" , poursuit le quotidien du soir, tandis que le Jerusalem Post remarque que l'armée s'ingénie à publier des documents accréditant sa version des faits, comme la vidéo diffusée lundi après-midi sur la chaîne de télévision Aroutz 2 où l'on voit notamment un soldat israélien jeté par-dessus bord.
Pour la presse israélienne, cette opération est "un échec" - LeM
The operational details of Israel's takeover of the flotilla of boats headed to Gaza won't be clear for many days, if ever. But there's no need to wait for a blow-by-blow account to point out that from the military point of view, it is hard to understand how an action that the Israel Navy spent so long planning ended up in so severe a debacle. And that's without even addressing the questions that arise regarding how wise it was to carry out a military action against civilian craft in international waters. First, there's the breakdown in intelligence. The navy and the intelligence agencies had the rare opportunity of being able to keep the ships and their passengers under surveillance for a long time. How is it possible that their preparations to attack boarding Israeli soldiers were not detected?
A failure any way you slice it - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israe
Analysis: From now on, it gets harder
The stolen mathematics matriculation exam could have asked the following question: If a group of ships carrying anti-Israel activists and wanted Hamas terrorists are on their way to Gaza from Turkey, how long does it take for Israel to get attacked in the foreign press? The answer would obviously be no time at all. As happened when civilians were killed by an Israeli air strike on the village of Kafr Kana in the Second Lebanon War and when a UN compound in Gaza was hit during Operation Cast Lead, the IDF waited too long to tell Israel’s side of the story. Only after hours of images that made Israel look like the clear aggressor did the IDF release video clips proving that it was IDF soldiers who were attacked indiscriminately on the Mavi Marmara ship, and not peace activists. As in those earlier incidents, the videos were released too late to make any difference. The clips came out just in time for the 8 p.m. news, which likely helped reassure Israelis that we were in the right.
By Roger Sheety The recent killing of 25 Palestinians in Gaza and the wounding of at least 80 more within four days—March 9-12—requires some context as the majority of western mainstream media outlets are either unwilling or unable to provide any. More often than not these mainstream media reports in some form or another refer to the Palestinian dead as “militants.” The term militant is defined simply as “vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause” and “engaged in warfare; fighting.” Synonyms listed include “belligerent, combative, and contentious.
The Palestine Chronicle: A Leading Online Newspaper on Palestine
Whoever stayed up late Sunday night was able to view the drama that took place at sea via a live broadcast.
Israeli PR disaster, again - Israel Opinion, Ynetnews
Israeli commandos: Gaza flotilla crew tried to lynch us - Haaret
Activists on board a six-ship flotilla carrying aid to the Gaza Strip tried to lynch the Israel Navy commandos who boarded their Turkish-flagged boat early Monday, Israel Defense Forces sources told Haaretz on Monday afternoon. At least nine people were killed and several more were wounded in the fighting that erupted aboard one of the ships. The IDF confirmed that at least seven Navy commandos had been wounded, two of them seriously, in a fight which apparently broke out after activists tried to seize their weapons. The commandos, who intercepted the Turkish ferry Mavi Marmara after it ignored orders to turn back from its course to Gaza, said they had encountered violent resistance from activists armed with sticks and knives.
Attaque de la flottillle pour Gaza: qu'en dit la presse israélie
L'ensemble des journaux israéliens s'accordent pour considérer l'opération du commando de Tsahal de lundi comme un échec. Du Yediot Aharonot qui titrait «PIÈGE» en lettres rouges à Maariv qui demandait « À qui la faute? », l'unanimité est de mise. Mais de fortes nuances se dégagent quant au bienfondé même de l'assaut contre la «flottille». Quand certains éditorialistes dénoncent la violence de l'armée, d'autres accusent le Hamas et ses partisans d'avoir tendu un piège.Israel, stop apologizing - Israel Opinion, Ynetnews
Israelis are not the ones who should be apologizing for what happened here Monday. We acted just like any progressive country is supposed to act when its sovereignty is being undermined. We tried to do it in diplomatic means, we attempted to appeal to logic, yet when hundreds of “peace activists” armed with bats and knives are determined to fight the “Zionists,” the result is predictable.
Like in "Mini-Israel," the park where there is everything, but smaller, Israel embarked yesterday on a mini Operation Cast Lead. Like its larger, losing predecessor, this operation had it all: the usual false claim that is was they who had started it - and not the landing of commandos from helicopters on a ship in open sea, away from Israeli territorial waters. There was the claim that the first act of violence came not from the soldiers, but the rioting activists on Mavi Marmara; that the blockade on Gaza is legal and that the flotilla to its shores is against the law - God knows which law. Again came the claim of self defense, that "they lynched us" and that all the dead are on their side.