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So grab the passengers of a boat in international wares and jail them in Israel. 😒
Is there a charitable interpretation that could make this statement true?
The ship was nowhere near Gaza. They were off the coast of Egypt in International waters. Israel just kidnapped a bunch of people. Also they only released Greta? What about the other people?
The others refused to be sent back to France, as they would have to agree to be permanently banned from Israel.
They refuse to sign a document saying that they enteres israel legally which make it look like israel kidnapping was legal and legitimate
Greta is one of four activists that have been sent home. According to Israel only those four signed the papers neededfor it and the rest are expected to be sent home after a court have ruled they can. Basically the remaining 8 activists reportedly chose not to give Israel the easy way of getting rid of them. I don’t have any English news sources though, as I read it in a newspaper in my native language.
"It's not safe to sail into an active genocide."
but someone must
Since Gaza is an open air prison under the control of Israel and not recognized as an independent state we can blockade it all we want.
Best I got.
Really hard to justify genocide.
Palestine is not a recognized country in most of the western world, which in itself is a travesty, but you can probably infer a lot of bs from that.
Like claiming a certain religious group has no human rights bc they're not recognized as humans.
That's not even true.
75% of the world recognizes Palestine as a sovereign state.
To be fair, they specified “western world”. If you look at the map of countries that recognize Palestine, it’s pretty glaring that a good chunk of Europe, Canada/US, and Australia/NZ don’t officially recognize it.
That's almost a 1:1 map of the G8. Fun.
Why does it even matter if it's the west or other countries. Foes western countries have more legitimacy?
They were running a blockade. Being arrested was the point.
They declared war, they are allowed to enct vlockades according to international law.
They declared war? So they recognize a Palestinian state and Gaza as part of that states territory? They recognize Hamas as the government of Gaza?
Meanwhile the ICJ ruled that the blockade of Gaza amounts to a de facto occupation, well before Oct. 7. Furthermore the ICJ ruled that this occupation is illegal. So Israel is obliged to end the occupation, including the blockade as well as having the obligation to provide for the people under its occupation. An obligation which Israel also violates by the blockade.
On top of that there has been multiple rulings of preliminary measures Israel has to take to prevent the risk of a genocide being committed against the Palestinian people. The key obligation again being unhindered access for humanitarian aid.
Nothing of what Israel is doing is legal by international law.
Enact blockades in international waters?
Yes, that’s how blockades work. https://openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.13051/8684/43_101YaleLJ893_1991_1992_.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y
Is there something specific in there you wanted to reference?
Page 898
Page 901
How else are you supposed to enact blockades in the age of anti-ship missiles?
International law doesn't permit the blockading of humanitarian aid. Israel was allowed to board and inspect the vessel, but not block it from entry.
Humanitarian aid is getting in through land borders into Gaza.
Gaza doesn’t have a port suitable for delivering large amounts of goods in the first place. Aid delivery has to go through the proper channels.
International law doesn't put up any of those restrictions. As an illegal occupying force Israel is not allowed to dictate what the "proper" channels are.
Of course the occupying power can and has to do this according to international humanitarian law.
Don't you mean the illegal channel controlled by thr occupying force
I like voyager because it shows you if an account is less than a day old and therefore likely a bot or troll.
It just did it again with yours.