"How on Earth," asked the UN's top Palestine expert, "is possible that Israel is allowed to assault and seize vessels in international waters just off Greece/Europe?"

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46671737

Apr 30, 2026

Palestine defenders on Thursday condemned Israeli forces’ raidb of the latest Global Sumud Flotilla—which was sailing off the Greek coast while attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza—and the arrest of more than 200 of its participants, with some prominent critics calling the seizure an act of piracy.

Greenpeace International—whose MY Arctic Sunrise is the flotilla’s most prominent ship—said that the maritime convoy’s 58 vessels were “boarded and harassed by Israeli forces in international waters 45 nautical miles west of the Greek island Kythira and 600 nautical miles from Gaza.”

    • woodenghost [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
      5·
      2 hours ago

      Their citizens deserve better.

      What their government is doing has wide public support among the citizens of the settler colony.

      • 95% of Israelis supported the Israeli forces’ level of use of firepower in Gaza; 58% said they are using too little firepower (Tel Aviv University’s Peace Index, November 2023)
      • 64% of Israelis believe there are ‘no innocents’ in Gaza (Hebrew University aChord Center, June 2025)
      • 82% support the full ethnic cleansing expulsion of Gaza (Geocartography Knowledge Group, May 2025)
      • 56% support expelling Palestinians within Israel itself (Geocartography Knowledge Group, May 2025)
      • 47% want to kill every man, woman, child (Geocartography Knowledge Group, May 2025)
      • 65% oppose the criminal prosecution for soldiers who were caught on video gangremoved Palestinian detainees.

      Sources linked in this article.

      • oakey66@lemmy.world
        91·
        8 hours ago

        I’ve said this before. As Norman Finkelstein has said, Israel is a lost society. They support government actions in Gaza to the tune of 70/80%. The whole country needs to be torn apart and given back to the Arab population that lived there. Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Arabs who are indigenous need to have sovereignty of their land. European Jews like myself are a cancerous influence on the Middle East and serve no purpose other than to cause trouble.

      • OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        52·
        12 hours ago

        Curious. Are they as divided as we are in the West on domestic and international issues?

        I know of a certain man with a funny mustache from Deutschland who would get a hearty chuckle out of this genocidal business, given who is committing it.

        • cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml
          10·
          11 hours ago

          On domestic issues that don’t involve the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, yes, there are bitter divisions. On ethnically cleansing Palestinians, no, they are virtually unanimous. On waging constant war and stealing land, again, no division, virtually unanimous.