Jews at sea: reflections on Israel's Jewish detractors and defamers

The involvement of Jews in the much-publicized May 2010 Mavi Marmara incident at sea, is but one instance of many that illustrates Jewish collusion with Israel's detractors and defamers. While their numbers remain relatively small, the impact of such Jews in fostering a public rhetoric of anti-Israel vilification is growing and needs to be taken seriously. The current propaganda war against the Jewish state is, among other things, a language war, and close scrutiny of today's anti-Zionist discourse is essential.