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Tue 06 Jun 2010Israelis saw flotilla as political provocation that had to be stopped

ANALYSIS:Most Israelis support what the soldiers did as self-defence, writes EDWIN BENNATAN

WHAT THE heck were you guys thinking?, remarked a British colleague to me after Israel’s operation against the Gaza flotilla early yesterday. And actually “heck” was not the word he used. What were the Israelis thinking?