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And at what price, Gaza's freedom for Israel's dignity?

The only Gazan "freedom" at stake here is Gaza's freedom to bombard Israel. Since bombarding Israel is an act of war, Israel may justly commit acts of war herself by way of self-defense. One of the acts Israel has chosen to take in the current war is to impose a blockade.

If Turkey attempts to forcibly break the blockade, Turkey is committing an act of war -- and an utterly unprovoked one -- against Israel. The state of Israel would be then within her rights to prosecute the resultant war against Turkey.

Simply sinking the Turkish naval forces actually involved in the attempt to break the blockade would be quite a restrained response -- theoretically, Israel could engage Turkish military forces anywhere and everywhere she chose and still be acting in self-defense under the Laws of War.