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In reply to the discussion: Israeli forces halt Gaza-bound aid boat and detain Greta Thunberg and other activists [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(103,837 posts)9. According to the UN special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian territories
as I said. Also according to the tracking site for the boat: https://freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tracker/ (stopped about 200km west of Gaza, roughly north of the Suez Canal).
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Israeli forces halt Gaza-bound aid boat and detain Greta Thunberg and other activists [View all]
Omaha Steve
23 hrs ago
OP
Greta Thunberg Detained, Ordered to Be Shown Oct. 7 Footage After Gaza-Bound Flotilla Seized
Beastly Boy
14 hrs ago
#7
This is a matter of right and wrong. Too bad you can't see that. Some people are blinded by hate.
Exp
13 hrs ago
#20
Hmm, then you think that the majority of people responding to your post are wrong. You are very enlightened.
Exp
8 hrs ago
#29
This apparently started while the boat was in international waters
muriel_volestrangler
20 hrs ago
#4
According to the UN special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian territories
muriel_volestrangler
14 hrs ago
#9
"But communications were jammed when the yacht still in international waters, she says."
Beastly Boy
13 hrs ago
#14
Go to the site, and reset the time slider to about 16 hours before now
muriel_volestrangler
12 hrs ago
#22
It was never intended to get through. The whole enterprise was meant to be "symbolic" from the beginning
Beastly Boy
13 hrs ago
#15
It wasn't a freighter! Still had rice and formula aboard. So why stop the boat then?
Exp
13 hrs ago
#18
According to the organizers, it was a a publicity stunt, not a bona fide delivery of aid.
Beastly Boy
12 hrs ago
#23
No, I will not. I will never get the hypocrisy of using starving children for no other purpose than to boost egos.
Beastly Boy
3 hrs ago
#52
Hmmm, ya know, I don't think she murdered any kids or is involved in a genocide operation.. hmmm
Exp
1 hr ago
#60
FUCKERS!! The citizens of the U.S. must demand that we STOP supporting the IDF! This is and has always been
Exp
14 hrs ago
#10
"which is among the deadliest and most destructive since World War II" I doubt it makes the top 10
EX500rider
7 hrs ago
#30