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Israeli foreign ministry posts video of Thunberg’s arrest; vessels carrying about 500 activists intercepted about 75 miles off coast of war-torn territory

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Easy for me to say, they should have kept rolling and forced the Israelis to get violent. I'm American, with a few reasons to fear these our fascists, made my choice. If it comes to it, I fight. Neither my government nor Israel has shown any quarter, no reason not to die with our boots on.

tl;dr: They're going to kill you anyway.

[–] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 3 points 22 hours ago

If it comes to it, I fight.

Tell me you've never been on a sailing yacht on the open seas deciding whether you're going to try and ram your way through some navy ships without telling me you've never been on a sailing yacht on the open seas deciding whether you're going to try and ram your way through some navy ships

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's much more effective to do what they did than to intentionally instigate an attack. Don't give Israel any leeway to say "Well we were justified because..."

[–] DreamAccountant@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You know the nazis want you to do nothing, right?

"No, nazis want me to attack them!"

No, no they do not. They are cowards, only acting strong when they hugely outnumber everyone around them. But they don't outnumber us. They only do, if you sit in your house and tell people to do the same thing.

[–] FishFace@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Then start assembling your army and go invade Israel.

No? Right. The flotilla didn't have the ability to muscle past the Israeli military; grassroots endeavours never will. The only way to win is to continue drawing attention to how awful they are until the people with real firepower do something.

If that never happens, then the fascists in charge of Israel win. It sucks, but talking tough on the internet won't change it. The Communists didn't prevent the Nazis rise to power by brawling with them in the street either.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 19 hours ago

This can have a massive impact on European politics, especially in Italy and especially if the response from the Italian dockworkers totally fucks up the operations of Italian ports for a couple of weeks.

Also I'm curious about the reaction in Spain given that the frigate they sent did fuck all.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

I agree mostly, in this case, because they have the media attention. If they didn't then they aren't protected by everyone watching, and also going down fighting would bring attention to the situation, which is beneficial.

If they come for you, your only obligation is to not make it easy.

[–] sadfitzy@ttrpg.network 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Would be even funnier if they sent out a ship loaded with bombs in international waters and then detonate it when the Zionists put their nose where it doesn't belong.

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works -2 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

A yes, terrorist attacks have such great results for Palestinians.

[–] sadfitzy@ttrpg.network 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

That's not an attack.

It's a defense.

It's also not terrorism.

Good job being average.