I know that hindsight is 20/20, but, imo, if Israel made any mistake, it was in not sending in enough commandos to stop the attacks without having to use deadly force, but that would have also gotten them criticised for a disproportionate response.
As it turns out, I would not be surprised if the “international community” starts making comparisons to Kent State.
If I were Bibi, I would be telling Europe to “Shut your mouth, you murdered 6 million of my people, and that was just in the 20th century,” and Britain, “You stood by during your mandate, and permitted Arab rioters to murder thousands of Jews, may of whom were not Zionist settlers, but people whose ancestors lived there since ancient times, surviving all attempts of Europeans (Romans, Crusaders, etc.) to wipe them out. So, shut your mouth.”
Disproportionate response is what communists and Islamists try to provoke. They fart in everybody’s general direction, stink up the place, wave their private parts at everybody’s auntie, threaten (or lob) a few bombs, and then cry crocodile tears when there’s a reaction.
That was the Weather Underground tactic back when they were trying to overthrow America and now the same WU people who brought us dead cops are trying to overthrow Israel. Not surprising in the least.
What’s disheartening is the reaction of the world. Yeah, the commie rags (like the entire state-run media) are doing what they’ve always done, but the governments of Israel’s allies are apparently now being run by the WU types, or by those who are sympathetic to the WU types - or advised by them. The Worst Generation.
How many are enough and exactly how would you have them board the ship? The question wasn't numbers, but the response by the attackers who had the advantage of waiting for the commandos to come to them, a few at a time. And they would still have their weapons regardless.