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[–] 118 points 1 year ago (25 children)

Adalah, an Israel-based non-governmental legal organization that is representing some of the activists, said that those who remain are being held in Givon Prison in Ramleh, central Israel.

So grab the passengers of a boat in international wares and jail them in Israel. 😒

In a statement to CNN, Israel said that it “is preventing the entry of all vessels into the Gaza Strip, in accordance with international law.”

Is there a charitable interpretation that could make this statement true?

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  • [–] 91 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The ship was nowhere near Gaza. They were off the coast of Egypt in International waters. Israel just kidnapped a bunch of people. Also they only released Greta? What about the other people?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Greta is one of four activists that have been sent home. According to Israel only those four signed the papers neededfor it and the rest are expected to be sent home after a court have ruled they can. Basically the remaining 8 activists reportedly chose not to give Israel the easy way of getting rid of them. I don’t have any English news sources though, as I read it in a newspaper in my native language.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Is there a charitable interpretation that could make this statement true?

    Since Gaza is an open air prison under the control of Israel and not recognized as an independent state we can blockade it all we want.

    Best I got.

    Really hard to justify genocide.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Palestine is not a recognized country in most of the western world, which in itself is a travesty, but you can probably infer a lot of bs from that.

    Like claiming a certain religious group has no human rights bc they're not recognized as humans.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Palestine is not a recognized country in most of the western world, which in itself is a travesty, but you can probably infer a lot of bs from that.

    That's not even true.

    As of March 2025, the State of Palestine is recognized as a sovereign state by 147 of the 193 member states of the United Nations, or just over 75% of all UN members. It has been a non-member observer state of the United Nations General Assembly since November 2012.

    75% of the world recognizes Palestine as a sovereign state.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    To be fair, they specified “western world”. If you look at the map of countries that recognize Palestine, it’s pretty glaring that a good chunk of Europe, Canada/US, and Australia/NZ don’t officially recognize it.

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  • [+] -6 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    They declared war, they are allowed to enct vlockades according to international law.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Enact blockades in international waters?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    International law doesn't permit the blockading of humanitarian aid. Israel was allowed to board and inspect the vessel, but not block it from entry.

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