Israel and Gaza

I am predicting that despite the horrible international press Israel continues to receive due to the incident with the Gaza relief ships, they will continue to keep the harsh embargo in play. The reason for this has to do with the fact that Israel is in a constant state of vigilance. Its not just because of the Hamas doctrine to destroy Israel, though this is why the embargo started. It is because they believe that their Arab neighbors weather they say so or not, do not want them there and if they let their guard down the natives will push them into the sea. Its the same thing that has been going on since the inception of Israel. When Helen Thomas made that remark she probably knew what the consequences would be. She was dismissed as a xenophobe, but what other solutions have been proposed? Relations between the two countries have deteriorated since the Clinton years and there is no sign of peace to come. What the activists did was useful for before this the only people that talked about the embargo were academics like Noam Chompsky. But Israel will weigh not only their future existence, but their current existence against the breaking of International laws and pick the former. They have done it before and will do it again.