As the dust settles, and some of the ‘truths’ come out, a new wave of tweets on Israel's attacking the Gaza-bound flotilla take over the Internet. Here are a few reactions from the Twittersphere summing up reactions of users around the world, some asking questions we are yet to learn the answers for.
Biledna wonders [1] out loud:
IDF has the boat, so why does it not disclose ALL security camera images so that we see what really happened.#flotilla [2]
MadamMiaow notes [3]:
Israelis were shooting before they boarded #flotilla [2]. http://nyti.ms/98H0SF [4] Media coverage shaped by propaganda. http://bit.ly/a7mAfj [5]
And Floatingstone asks [6]:
So, which one is
it Israel? You say IDF DON't use 9mm handguns but the IDF soldier says
they do. Yet more lies and fabrications. #flotilla [2]
Sami Parisis adds [7]:
Activists stories all line up and are extremely accurate. IDF soldier accounts are all different and have gaps. #Flotilla [8] all the way!
In another tweet, Parisis claims [9]:
#israel [10] has employed tweeters to put in a good word. #Flotilla [8] is defended by people who believe. Not who get payed. That's the difference.
And Amna Saeed remarks [11]:
The US and #Israel [12] are apparently the only countries incapable of terrorism. #gaza [13] #flotilla [2]
Meanwhile, WorldPeace2Day [14] has been pumping out tweets – which are being retweeted across the network – round the clock as the developments continue to unfold. Among its most recent tweets are those [15] two [16] back to back tweets which ask this question:
Why did Israel attack Gaza Flotilla in International waters? THIS IS AN ACT OF PIRACY THAT SHOULD BE PROSECUTED
Don't let Israel ‘wiggle out’ of answering the question: “Why did you attack and kill people in International waters?” #freedomflotilla [17]
In another tweet, WorldPeace2Day asks [18]:
Food4Thought:
If Israel has a right 2defend itself, then why does it provoke
Palestine & Gaza 2defend itself &then call it an attack?
And speaking of defense, Sarah Janett exclaims [19]:
Now,I admit. Israeli soldiers were defending themselves from most dangerous weapon: Pikachu http://bit.ly/9QKXDV [20] #flotilla [2] #FreedomFlotilla [21]
The cynicism continues in other tweets across the network. Kiliffe questions the use of yet another investigation into Israel's actions. He tweets [22]:
Doesn't matter if the Dalai Lama investigated the #flotilla [2] attack, Israel would still call the report a piece of crap.
And last but not least, Jnoubiyeh exclaims [23]:
If anyone ever needed any more evidence about the absolutely evil, sick & homicidal nature of the #Zionist [24] regime, they got it this week.