It seems the whole world is mad at Israel because of the   flotilla incident. I am furious for a totally   different reason, and that is, to see terrorist-harboring,   aiding, and funding organizations and countries, and terrorists themselves   contrive a slick, smoke-and-mirror campaign to break Israel's naval   blockade. The blockade was established because arms and missiles were   being sent into Gaza for only one purpose: to   kill Jews.

On the ship the activists/terrorists were chanting slogans   such as, "Khaibar, Khaibar, O Jews. The army of Mohammed will return.”   This was in reference to the slaughter of Jews by Mohammed in the   seventh century. They were screaming, "Martyrdom or   victory.” Can you imagine any country arming its troops with paintball   guns? That’s precisely what Israel did. The   boarders were carrying paintball guns solely for crowd control. Israeli officials   didn’t want anyone harmed. They wanted to avoid an incident such as   the one that evolved on Memorial Day.

The terrorists on   the ship beat the IDF troops with pipes, stabbed them   with knives and scissors, tossed stun grenades at them, and then disarmed the   troops and shot them with their own pistols. One soldier was   thrown over the railing to fall headfirst thirty feet to   the deck below. The only way the Israelis could hope to survive was to   defend themselves.

In just two examples, in 2001, the Israeli navy intercepted   the Karine-A, a ship laden with tons of weapons bound for Gaza from Iran. In November   2009, the Francop, a container ship dispatched from a German   port carried hundreds of tons of war materiel to be off-loaded for   Hezbollah. Containers aboard the ship were clearly stamped with Iranian   markings.

Would any country worldwide permit such a thing? The answer is   an unequivocal No! Because of the arms that reached Hamas   and Hezbollah in the past, more than 10,000 missiles   have been fired at innocent Jewish refugees--mothers, fathers, and   children. I was in Israel during both the   Lebanese war and the Hamas/Gaza war. Missiles were flying over my head. I   saw homes demolished and visited the wounded whose bodies   were filled with shrapnel. I was heartbroken to see that playgrounds for   small children contained bomb shelters.

If you think for   one moment that the events surrounding the Free Gaza campaign flotilla   were just a coincidence, you are misinformed. It was timed for maximum   effect. It was never a humanitarian campaign to help suffering people.   This is why it was labeled "Free Gaza." The leaders of the flotilla   rejected numerous Israeli offers to send the food and medical supplies   through the Israeli port of Ashdod, the gate for   all humanitarian supplies into Gaza.

The terrorist   organization behind the flotilla was the IHH (Islan Haklary Ve   Hurriyetleri Vakfi) founded in 1992. It has been on the CIA's watchlist   since 1996 because of its fanatical Islamist teachings. Under the guise   of a "charity," it has a record of sending donations to Muslim disaster   areas. The IHH is not the force for   good it purports to be. It is backed by a Saudi-based group known to   back terrorism. The chairman of the organization, Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi,   advocates suicide attacks against innocent Israeli civilians, and   funnels millions to support Hamas. According to a Danish study, the IHH   is also reported to have ties with al-Qaeda and other "global jihadist   networks." French intelligence reports support the Danish study.

Israel gave up Gaza as a   land-for-peace offer hoping for peace. Instead it got a   living hell. Hamas, an Iranian-backed terrorist organization, went into Gaza, unspeakably   persecuting Christians and Palestinians alike. Christians have been executed in the streets and doused with   acid, until they fled. They take their lives in their own hands if they   dare carry a Bible or go to church.

It is also a death sentence if a person is determined to be   gay in Gaza. If a barber cuts the hair of a woman, he   spends time in jail...or worse. It's no different than what is happening   with the Taliban in Afghanistan. These are   radical, Jew-hating, Muslim fanatics. The Hamas charter calls for the   destruction of the entire State of Israel. The murder of every Jew is   celebrated.

The worldwide condemnation of   Israel is racist and   bigoted. It's the foulest lie perpetrated since the days of Hitler. Gaza is a   Taliban-run area now. Despite the fact that Israel forfeited the   area, the Palestinians in Gaza have suffered terribly at the hands   of Hamas. None of the items on the ship were needed in Gaza; each day Israel sends hundreds   of truckloads of food and medical supplies. The medical supplies aboard   the ship were outdated.

Iran has not received a modicum of the condemnation   that has been heaped upon Israel. Iran was, in fact,   behind the flotilla debacle. Egypt offered to   transfer the supplies to Gaza. The Free Gaza martyrdom or victory   organizers said No. It wasn't about humanitarian aid. It was about   setting a trap for Israel.

The UN, the EU, Russia, China, the Arab   League, and virtually the entire world have condemned Israel. The silence of those who   support Israel, including the U.S.   is   deafening. Nations around the world are calling on the U.S. to abandon a   63-year alliance with its only true Middle East ally.

The Obama   administration is pressing Israel to allow into the Gaza Strip new   activist flotillas setting sail from Europe, according to what an official in   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government told me just days ago.

Separately, an   Israeli government official said the White House asked Netanyahu for   concessions in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. This was to be in exchange for   U.S. opposition to the establishment of a United Nations   commission to investigate Israel's commando raid   of a flotilla.

Iran is now on the northern and southern borders of Israel with its   proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah. It wants to wipe Israel from the map. A   war is coming. Iran wants to arm its proxies so they can   murder tens of thousands of Jews if Israel   should try   to intervene in Iran's nuclear plans.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad   seems intent on setting yet another trap for Israel. Iranian Red   Crescent director for International Affairs, Abdolrauf   Adibzadeh, has announced that two ships would sail from Iran to Gaza this week under   Turkish supervision. A hospital ship would soon follow. He   called for 20,000 relief workers to accompany the two ships. The scene is   apparently being set for a confrontation.

In Turkey for the Asian   security summit, Ahmadinejad said of Israel, "The devilish sound of the uncultured Zionists was coming out   from their deceit. ... They were holding up the flag of the devil   itself…it has actually rung the final countdown for its existence. It   shows that it has no room in the region and no one is ready to live   alongside it. Actually, no country in the world recognizes it, and you   know that the Zionist regime is the backbone of the dictatorial world   order.”

Israel says it will   not allow the Iranian ships into Gaza, and that its   navy is prepared for any eventuality. The   Israelis won’t be so easy a target this time.

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Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. His latest book is Atomic Iran.