This was not the Love Boat, claims Netanyahu

ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected criticism of a deadly raid against a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza earlier this week, saying the blockade of the Palestinian territory is needed to prevent missile attacks against Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

The comments came hours after all remaining pro-Palestinian activists from the aid ships were sent to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv to be expelled.

Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein said Israel decided not to prosecute any of them, writing in an order on Wednesday that “keeping them here would do more damage to the country’s vital interests than good.”