As the international community is engaged in a biased rush to judgment against Israel and a diplomatic lynching, now is the time for the United States to firmly stand with the Jewish state and its people. The U.S. must show the world that it not only supports Israel's right to defend its borders and citizens against terrorism, but that it supports Israel's right to protect itself from people who pretend to be "peace activists," and parade under the guise of humanitarians while supporting Hamas and violently attacking Israeli military personnel.
America should assert a moral voice and declare that it will not join the global community in a cynical, double-standard, hypocritical and expedient effort to condemn Israel. The U.S. should reiterate its support and understanding for Israel, that as a sovereign and democratic nation it has the right to act on behalf of its national security and express its confidence that Israel can conduct its own investigation into the matter without the intrusion of international bodies.
Abe Foxman and his "Anti-Defamation League" (ADL) never encountered an Israeli crime or massacre that they didn't immediately fall in love with. But they have managed to outdo themselves here by whining that Israel faces a "diplomatic lynching" -- evoking the image of African Americans being murdered by white racists -- to defend what in fact was a lynching by Israel of civilians on the high seas. Their cheap propaganda echoing Israel's would be risible if the Israel Lobby, of which the ADL is a key part, did not hold so much influence over discourse on Israel in the US. This ironically named ADL, it seems, specializes in defamation and dehumanization and justification of criminal violence. This is an organization for which there is absolutely nothing that is impermissible in pursuit of Israel's -- and their -- horrifying and rabid nationalism and ethno-centricism.