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[–] 53 points 1 year ago (1 child)

This is an abduction, not arrest. It was in international waters. Countries need to start sanctioning israel

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    Indeed. The only real reason for a country to detain a boat on international waters is if it is suspected of piracy or slave transport. Or if the boat is legally posing as something it is not, such faking the flag they are sailing under.

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  • [–] 156 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They kidnapped her. Get it right.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    instructed the IDF to show the passengers of the flotilla a video of the horrors of the October 7

    This doesn't remotely justify to do 1000x the same horrors over unrelated innocent people

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

    I'm not super up on the details of this situation, but they had to know this would be the outcome, right? This was just bait, to make a point?

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  • [–] 98 points 1 year ago

    Their goal was to get attention, to force the media and public to start talking about it, to force western governments to pretend to care about it, ratchet up the international pressure by another notch. They have done everything they need to be successful at that. Now that they've been seized, it's our jobs to do what we can to make the rest of that happen.

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

    I don't think they believed they would be kidnapped and detained in international waters, to be fair.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Well sure, they knew this was a likely outcome - because they know the Israel government is batshit. The purpose of the mission was aid and activism. They definitely knew that arrest was likely, but that's not why the did it. They didn't want to be detained. They just want to help the people of Gaza in whatever way is within their power. This is how they chose to do it.

    It may not be perfect, but it's definitely more effort and effect than doing nothing. And the more people who get on board with some actions, the more likely they are to succeed.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    s/detained/kidnapped

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    First of all, terrible. Second, that website is horrendous.

    Is it not yet time for federated news?

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  • [–] 69 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Israel’s military has been ordered to show Greta Thunberg footage of Hamas’s Oct 7 2023 attack on southern Israel.

    Just straight up showing a teenager extremely awful footage as a form of brainwashing and propaganda.

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

    The message is obvious. "If somebody hurts you, then any revenge is permissible, even against people whose only sin is living near them. Even if children are starving to death, it's okay if it's revenge."

    The lack of humanity in Israel's actions is simply hard to comprehend.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Well, at least she made it to Palestine.

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