Israel claims it had reacted to a 'political provocation.' which in reality, were not even protestors, But were merely bring Aid in the form of Food and Medical supplies to the Gaza Strip,  being slowly strangled to death by a Nazi grip Blockade.
As Jews oft say: Saving a Jew is like Saving the World. The Inverse,  Killing a Non Jew is NOT like Destroying the World. It's just another dead goyim. 

Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Monday he 'deplored' the killing of civilians in an Israeli military attack on a flotilla of political activists carrying aid bound for the Gaza Strip. 
'It is indispensable that an inquiry establish the facts' of what had happened, Frattini said at a news conference in Rome. 
He said that the 'grave and absolutely serious' event 'should not, however, jeopardise efforts to find a peaceful solution' to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. 
According to the Italian Foreign Ministry, at least three Italian citizens were part of the ill-fated expedition which had set sail from Cyprus. None of the Italians were hurt in the attack. 
Earlier Monday, another senior Italian government official said Israel had reacted to a 'political provocation.' 
Alfredo Mantica, foreign undersecretary in Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's conservative government, was commenting on reports that at least 19 people were killed in the Israeli raid. ....
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