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Assal Rad @AssalRad
Headline after headline fails to mention that seizing the ships and kidnapping humanitarians violates international law. Instead the articles repeat Israeli propaganda.
This is how Western media normalizes Israel's crimes.
embedded screenshot 1 (BBC News headline):
Israeli naval ships intercept Gaza-bound flotilla
embedded screenshot 2 (Reuters headline):
Live: Israel says it has stopped several vessels from Gaza aid flotilla
embedded screenshot 3 (AP headline):
Activists say Israeli navy has begun intercepting a Gaza-bound aid flotilla
embedded screenshot 4 (CNN headline):
Israeli military intercept and board several aid ships bound for Gaza, organizers say
You mean „kidnapping“ like the last time? When they were sent back home by plane? being intercepted is exactly what they want. This flotilla wants the world to look at them being stopped by Israel. They never expected to actually reach Gaza. They never intended to actually help suffering people in Gaza with food etc. This is an unnecessary publicity stunt.
It's kidnapping when they don't have jurisdiction to seize ANYONE in that location, on those vessels. If I grab a random person off the street, force them into my car at gunpoint, make them watch two Toy Story movies of their choice, and then paid a taxi to bring them back to another city they're not from, it'd be (the silliest) kidnapping.
What are you doing to bring attention to the genocide? What messages have reached people around the globe written or orchestrated by your hand?
Stop being a crab, pulling others down into the bucket. All efforts towards peace and humanity are good efforts.
Well Israel isn’t stopping random boats or arresting random people. They had announced their intentions clearly and have not reacted on orders to stop. Look up international maritime law on blockades.
Israel can’t let people enter dangerous warzones. The actual aid organizations on the ground in Gaza coordinate with the IDF all the time to minimize danger. The flotilla maximizes danger to themselves on purpose.
If someone threatens to commit a crime and doesn’t stop when asked, they can be arrested before the crime happens.
Minimize danger by shooting unarmed starving people? What a fuckin joke.