Hair-raising public relations policy

Israel threatens to lose all credibility with its stubborn attitude in the conflict over its bloody military operation in the Mediterranean, writes the daily Die Presse: "With its current policy Israel is diverting attention from the threats posed by the radical Hamas movement and Hamas' even more powerful ally Iran, against which it must protect itself. Benjamin Netanyahu's government is engaged in a hair-raising public relations campaign that merely reinforces its enemies' views. And now Turkey, formerly committed to maintaining good relations with Jerusalem, has also joined the enemy ranks. Israel's chief concern should now be not only to carry out a thorough enquiry into the death of the nine activists, but also to prevent such things from happening in future. What's at stake is nothing less than the country's credibility in one of the most thorny international conflicts."

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