Miriam Shaviv agrees with 'The Times' that it was "poorly conceived, incompetently executed and entirely counter-productive", although she does NOT outline what she would have done, if she had been in charge. She writes: "I agree that it was botched, as is clear from my post."
Perhaps she is keeping that information to herself, just in case she is asked to organize Israel's response next time round?
But if she is just working as a journalist on The JC, my question to her, and everybody else is "What should Israel have done?"
I particularly would like to hear the views of anybody with military/naval experience. If you have had to board a similar boat, please get in touch and tell us where Israel went wrong.