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Global Sumud Flotilla carrying Greta Thunberg intercepted by Israel's military before reaching Gaza (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 1 day ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to c/worldnews@aussie.zone

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In short:

The Global Sumud Flotilla, attempting to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza, has been intercepted by the Israeli navy.

A boat carrying Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was the first to be boarded, with Israel saying "Greta and her friends are safe and healthy".

The flotilla said Israeli navy forces were using "active aggression" on their fleet.

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[–] guismo@aussie.zone 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Regarding the news, nothing surprising unfortunately. Now let's be surprised by the international community either ignoring this or doing some mental gymnastic like my good villain seagoon always does to justify this.

[–] GooseGang@beehaw.org 4 points 1 day ago

It’s already all Hamas and Warships. There was no fleet of unarmed people trying to break the blockage in international waters. Only was it legal? Meh! 🪄

[+] Seagoon_@aussie.zone -49 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Imagine living on the coast and seeing foreign boats ( organised by the Muslim Brotherhood ) come ashore just like on Oct 7, when terrorists raided the beaches, killed all the children playing on the sand, then went on the raid the communes killing and raping thousands.

I would be totally triggered seeing such boats.

[–] guismo@aussie.zone 22 points 1 day ago

You really have no shame do you?

You're the same guy who was always crying "there's no genocide" until the entire world except your buddy americans agreed to it.

You are the problem. People like you give those criminals excuses to keep doing what they are doing.

I imagine you have some connection to zionists. No sane person would be so vocal in favor of genociders without some personal interest. Take my sincere disgust as a gift.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago

Mid tier troll bro

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The flotilla was intercepted far outside Israeli waters. Have you seen actual video of this thing? It's a bunch of hippies with boats. A mothballed WWII destroyer could waltz through there and simply ram the whole mess. Fuck me, a few Somali pirates would make short work of this "armada".

There was zero threat and you can hardly be ignorant enough to pretend they were in sight of Israel's beaches, even with a fucking telescope.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 day ago

Come ashore to where? They're going to Gaza who exactly do you think is going to see them?

killing and raping thousands.

lmao wtf

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 12 points 1 day ago

Yet Israel hasn't been able to identify a single rape victim, pretty wild story y'all conjuring up there

[–] Mannimarco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How much are they paying you for this bullshit lol

[–] vateso5074@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

$7000

[–] 8H2k2139@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

Israel is a disgusting disgrace that deserves to be invaded and fixed. Shame on Israel - nuke it tbh.