Israeli madness

So Israeli forces approached a vessel in international waters and ordered it to stop; the ship quite legally ignored them. Said forces then attempted to board the vessel and the occupants fought back against this act of piracy. As there were no firearms aboard the occupants fought back using clubs, pipes and knives. The forces retaliated with gunfire.

Having then subdued the occupants the Israeli forces then stole the vessel and kidnapped the occupants.

It has to stop. The Israeli state can't hide behind the 'we're being persecuted' they can't hide behind 'we're surrounded by enemies'. This isn't some one-off blunder, this is a systemic attitude that Israel can do whatever it wants in the name of defending their country. If this were Iran or North Korea this debate wouldn't even be happening, they'd be condemned outright and excuses wouldn't be listened to.