As Turkish Islamists Prepare To Sail to Gaza, the Cat Seems to Have Gotten President Biden’s Tongue

Will America use its naval assets — which include two carrier groups in the Mediterranean — to prevent a disaster that could be bigger than that of the Mavi Marmara?

AP/Ariel Schalit, file
On May 31, 2010, the Mavi Marmara, the lead ship of a flotilla headed to the Gaza Strip that was stormed by Israeli naval commandos, sails into the port of Ashdod, Israel. AP/Ariel Schalit, file

Turkish Islamists are planning to sail toward Gaza, possibly repeating a 2010 incident that triggered an international crisis. Will American naval assets, sent to the Mediterranean to avert a widened war, prevent the looming clash?

Up to 1,000 boats and ships will reportedly gather in Turkey tomorrow and start toward Gaza on Thursday. The flotilla will be manned by 4,500 people from 40 countries, “including anti-Zionist Jews,” the Turkish website Haber 7 reports, and 313 Russian and 104 Spanish vessels. Only 12 Turkish boats will join the flotilla.

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