{"id":1816,"date":"2010-06-01T11:38:15","date_gmt":"2010-06-01T16:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2010-06-01T11:38:15","modified_gmt":"2010-06-01T16:38:15","slug":"most-sycophantic-apology-for-israeli-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/01\/most-sycophantic-apology-for-israeli-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Sycophantic Apology for Israeli Attack?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Israeli military attacks an aid ship in international waters and kills at least 10 people.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, Israel is the victim.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, Glenn Greenwald has some of the best reporting and analysis <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/news\/opinion\/glenn_greenwald\/2010\/05\/31\/israel\/index.html\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.   Gideon Levy of Haaretz also has an excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/print-edition\/news\/operation-mini-cast-lead-1.293417\"><strong>piece.<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mossad chief Meir Dagan admitted to a committee of the Knesset <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/news\/diplomacy-defense\/mossad-chief-israel-gradually-becoming-burden-on-u-s-1.293540\"><strong>today <\/strong><\/a>that Israel &#8220;is progressively becoming a burden on the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But I doubt you&#8217;ll be hearing about his observation in American papers and television reports. <\/p>\n<p>I expect the IDF attack will bring out the best both in American politicians and the American media.<\/p>\n<p>What is the most sycophantic defense you have seen of the attack on the aid ship?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israeli military attacks an aid ship in international waters and kills at least 10 people. Naturally, Israel is the victim. As usual, Glenn Greenwald has some of the best reporting and analysis here. Gideon Levy of Haaretz also has an excellent piece. Mossad chief Meir Dagan admitted to a committee of the Knesset today [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Most Sycophantic Apology for Israeli Attack? - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/01\/most-sycophantic-apology-for-israeli-attack\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Most Sycophantic Apology for Israeli Attack? - James Bovard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Israeli military attacks an aid ship in international waters and kills at least 10 people. 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