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Seth: Bias is no sin. Absolute objectivity doesn't exist. More important is accuracy. The assertions in the article are backed by references. The other world trouble spots you mention need clarification too, but their violence doesn't invalidate the fact that Israel alone was responsible for the attack by its military forces on those civilian vessels in international waters - and for the fatal consequences of that attack. Israel's PR machine (like that of the USA, or Iran, or any other state), attempts to justify its government's actions and present them in the most favourable light. Two tactics it has employed consistently are "blaming the victim" (e.g. claiming child casualties had been used as human shields), and "killing the messenger" (e.g. smearing the character of otherwise respected critics such as Richard Goldstone or Jimmy Carter). In the case of the humanitarian flotilla tragedy the approach was to sever all electronic communication with the attacked vessels, impound PCs, mobile phones, video cameras and other material that might have served to clarify the sequence of events, ignore the Western human rights organizations involved, direct attention to the "suspect" Turkish movement and label its members "armed militants with possible links to Al Qa'ida". Moreover, for a considerable period during and following the military operation and communication blackout, information channels were monopolized by Israeli sources alone. Was this unreasonable? Of course not. Only pro-Iranians could think that way.