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An estimated Twenty-seven ships to set sail for Gaza from multiple ports to break Israel’s siege on the enclave.

This will be activist Greta Thunberg’s second mission, having been taken captive by Israel earlier this year when her ship and fellow crew members were sprayed with illicit chemicals and boarded unlawfully in international waters. The Handala and her crew also suffered a similar fate earlier this summer.

Dozens of people gathered on Saturday at the port of Barcelona where a flotilla will set sail for Gaza on Sunday. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is hoping to break… the naval blockade imposed by Israel along the coast of the Gaza Strip since 2007... (AP video and production by Hernan Munoz)

Additional information:

The Global Sumud Flotilla

The Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza: Everything you need to know

Largest flotilla for Gaza hopes to pressure Israel to end blockade

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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For the first time in years I feel the urge to check reddit.com...

[–] unconsequential@slrpnk.net 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’ll save you the trouble. The majority of the arguements fall into the usual categories it’s “performative”, “it won’t matter any way”, “it’s a ‘war’ zone”, they’re all just “taking pleasure cruises on yachts” that “they aren’t even carrying aid”, that “Greta’s just a rich spoiled brat and it’s European rich kids having fun” etc. And of course the full fledged backing of Israel(which is basically confessing Israel has an obligation to provide for “their” territory and are failing to do so).

Basically “DiRtY HipPiESssssssss” is their “strongest” counter-arguement. The rest are just proving the point how ridiculous Israel is and how world governments are complicit.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wow the propaganda machine is whirring itself into a conniption over Thunberg.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

/r/worldnews has been a dumpster fire for years but got even worse after October 2023. I have it filtered via RES.