Harris is the Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee, and his essay's posted at AJC's website. An excerpt:
George Orwell, where are you? You could have a field day with this story.You can see why that's an "Oops!" Doesn't jibe too well with the neo-communist narrative.
Actually, you anticipated it when you wrote about the Ministry of Truth in your classic book, 1984. What were the ruling party's slogans on the outside of the 1,000-foot-tall building housing the ministry? Weren't they "War is Peace," "Freedom is Slavery," and "Ignorance is Strength"? And didn't the ministry rewrite history at will to ensure it always served the party's interests?
The Gaza flotilla spokesmen are inverting the truth and rewriting history at will to serve their interests. And what are those interests? To prop up the Hamas regime in Gaza and delegitimize Israel.
While they are entitled to their own opinions, however misguided, they are not entitled to their own facts.
They cannot separate Hamas from the equation. Much as they might try, the central fact is that Hamas is key to understanding Gaza today.
Hamas is a terrorist organization. Don't take my word for it. Check with the United States and European Union, both of which have designated Hamas as a terrorist entity.
More at Ron Radosh, "The Huffington Post Censors AJC’s David Harris, for Telling the Truth about the New Flotilla."
And linked there, Howard Jacobson, "Why Alice Walker shouldn't sail to Gaza."