Sarah Palin: Let Israel Know We Stand With 'Em

Israel has at least one international supporter of its attack on a Gaza aid flotilla: Sarah Palin posted a message on her Facebook page saying that "We need to let Israelis know we stand with them in their fight against terrorists." Calling the flotilla a "pro-terror convoy," Palin warned her supporters not to trust "liberal mainstream media" reporting on the incident, the Weekly Standard reports.

Israel was simply defending itself from a "cynical" and "carefully orchestrated" provocation by "Islamist" Turkey, which "chose to incite confrontation and violence," Palin claims. As for the humanitarian aid aboard the ship, "Israel has a right to prevent arms shipments to Gaza that will be used to target innocent Israelis, so they were legitimately checking the cargo on the flotilla."