NEW HYDE PARK, NY - Frank Scaturro, Republican candidate for United States Congress (NY-4), takes issue with a recent statement from Rep. Carolyn McCarthy.  In response to the recent instigation and provocation against Israel on the flotilla heading towards Hamas-held territory in Gaza, Rep. McCarthy said, "I want to express my deepest condolences to the families that lost loved ones, and my thoughts remain with those that were wounded and are still being treated..." 

Scaturro responds, “To talk about the results of instigation without acknowledgment of the instigators is to ignore the entire moral dimension of what transpired.  With every shred of evidence indicating that this flotilla intentionally sought a confrontation with Israel, ignoring orders to dock at Ashdod for cargo inspection, the so-called ‘peace activists’ aboard beat and savagely attacked Israeli troops who boarded the ship.  Rep. McCarthy's sympathy seems focused on one side: that of the attackers.  In a week that saw an international maelstrom of condemnation against the Jewish state, the congresswoman should have expressed solidarity with Israel and that no matter how hard Israel's enemies try, they will never succeed at delegitimizing that nation and their right to self-defense.”