Where are the #FreeTheHostages people now?
Where are the #FreeTheHostages people now?
Don't they have empathy for the kidnapped volunteers of #FreedomFlotilla?
Does anyone care about their safety and well being?
Israel #Gaza #Activism #hostages #Piracy #SanctionIsrael #BDS @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel
Honestly a pretty good outcome so far from their nonviolent action.
Well done.
@frightfulhobgoblin exactly.
Israel demanding that they sign an illegal deportation order,
Even though they were kidnapped on international waters and being held hostage inside Israel.
This is outrageous and sadly not many politicians seem to care protesting it and calling for Israel to be held accountable
To be honest i'm also a bit relieved by their reply, imagine they made a big deal out of kidnapping 15 protesters after being silent about a genocide all this time.
Greta was deported to France. https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250610-greta-thunberg-tells-france-24-she-was-kidnapped-by-israel
Funny thing, no one in Turkey is covering how they raided freedom flotilla in international waters. Turkey is as pro Israel as UK, France and America
The "free the hostages folks" are usually anti-zionist. And, yeah, they want these hostages free, and the majority of the hostages are Palestinians
Sorry, seems like you have 0 clue what you're talking about, so I'll fill you in.
"Free the hostages" was the tagline used by Zionists and Zionist sympathizers following October 7th, because HAMAS took multiple Israeli citizens hostage.
It has nothing to do with freeing the Palestinians.
Didn't they also pick up some refugees from a raft along the way? What happened to them?
@Hupf they did not pick them up, as far as I understand, it was an SOS call and they stopped and helped them. I can find the details it you want.
Everyone who wanted to leave got the chance to leave by signing deportation papers. Those who didn't will face legal procedures in Israel.
Thats definitely the same as the hostages from 7th October...
The Israelis haven't shot them while they were waving white flags, so in that sense it is very different.
@teslasaur so we should treat Israel like they did Hamas now?
Who will start bombing first?
I hope they are all safe. But I need someone to really lay it out…how much aid was actually on that boat?
One boat. 2 million starving people.
If you think this was about the aid on that boat, you may want to go back to step one.
It was to force the hands of the governments of the people who were detained. Which would hopefully lead to more aid getting through.
It was reported as a symbolic amount of aid including baby food.
Basically nothing on purpose because a useful amount could be perceived as supporting hamas.
The plan was a succes they knew they would never make it but they demonstrated that Israel will spend resources to bar even the most minimal of aid.
one (1) boatload
Why is that of any consequence?
The only people who truly care about Gaza are the ones who have endlessly deep pockets to fund a relief effort that would also get turned away.
No word on what this says about the IDF, of course.
It's the first boat. There will be others. And if they can break the siege, lots and lots more
I'm all for Greta's actions in nearly every aspect. But what was the freedom flotilla expecting what would happen? That they would peacefully land on the beach, help and go home and not be intercepted?
@Chrusher seriously what the Fuck is wrong with you people?
She was trying to take food and medicine to Gaza and show the world that Israel is blocking aid not just by land but also the sea.
I'm s o sick of assholes like you ignoring the value of activism to draw attention to an ongoing genocide that the media and politicians trying to hide from the public.
I'm sorry, but I think you're overreacting to their comment. I don't see them being willfully ignorant as you believe.
To answer you question OP, yes these volunteers knew the risks. They did it anyway. As most or all of them are from EU countries, the EU is feeling more and more pressure to stop supporting Isn'treal.
Braindead comment. Literally this is what they expected. Either they get media publicity showing how Israel is transgressing and commiting crimes on international water or they get to Gaza and can help people there. Even if they didnt bring a cruiser cargo of supplies they can still actively help the situation there.
They risk their lives fully aware of what the outcomes are and you are incapable of even thinking a singular action ahead - baffling.
Great explaination. I don't see why you had to start it off with a rude comment though. Leave that shit on reddit.
They knew with almost 100% certainty that they would be captured. The aid supplies were just enough to justify going to Gaza. If by chance they got through, so be it, some people got help. This is getting international attention and will hopefully ramp up the pressure for the home countries of these people to actually do something.
approximately this
This is how satyagraha activism is supposed to go: they've made the bad guys incriminate themselves and put themselves in a bad position legally and in public perception.
Do you think they should have chickened out because of the possibility of arrest?
Honestly that would probably have been the smartest move for Israel. Let a token / useless amount of aid get through so they can say “see we’re allowing aid!”, but not enough to matter.
They couldn't tolerate the appearance of weakness or charity, because the Israeli settlers would be engaged as a result.
If anything, not simply killing the crew will likely be reported on as Woke and Soy.
Pretty sure they expected this to happen and that was the point. It's about raising awareness of Israel's depravity.
Showing how israel refuse to enter basic aid to gaza , the governments sucking israel D. Also the interception cost money israel more than thr cost of oeganizing the flotilla
some aid ships managed to get through.
there are people starving. won't fault anyone for trying to bring in food.