The unit was in a difficult situation and the government thanks you, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in a meeting on Wednesday with Shayetet 13, the commando unit that participated in the IDF raid of the "Free Gaza" flotilla.
"I have come on behalf of the Israeli government to thank you," he said.source, jpost.com,
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177233the same paper reports of a new video available now:
IDF posts previously unreleased video of Gaza flotilla raid"They have real weapons, they're firing on us," Navy commandos aboard 'Mavi Marmura' can be heard shouting to each other, "It's coming from all directions- we need to be evacuated now!"find it here:
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177229and this is one of the voices from the witnesses, "Norman Paech, former member of the German parliament":
"This was not an act of self-defence
, but rather it was completely disproportionate - although we were counting on our ship being blocked and maybe checked.
This was a very serious offence, this was a war crime.
I personally saw two and a half wooden sticks which were used .
We had not prepared in any way to fight. We didn't even consider it."
al jazeera, http://english.aljazeera.net/news/2010/06/20106193546785656.html
now mr barak, who was the weak side out there in the waters?
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