Israeli forces halt Gaza-bound aid boat and detain Greta Thunberg and other activists

[muriel_volestrangler]

73. Last movement was around 2350 BST, which is 0150 local time, or 1850 EDT

The dot doesn't make it easy, since if you "move back in time", it doesn't move with the head of the line at once - you have to approach going forward in time. But there is no movement after 0200 local time.

So the last location is not "suspect"; everyone agrees on it. A little bit west of north of Port Said. Yes, it's in Egypt's exclusive economic zone. If you want to use Wikipedia, '"International waters" is not a defined term in international law. It is an informal term, which sometimes refers to waters beyond the "territorial sea" of any country' - which, from the Wikipedia diagram you link, means beyond 12 miles from the coast, as in this case. Or The UK Parliament: "All waters beyond the territorial seas are informally known as ‘international waters’, although this is not a defined term in UNCLOS. ‘International waters’ is a broader term than ‘the high seas’, as it includes contiguous zones and EEZs."

In no way is that position "plausibly within Israel's domain". You're not reading the site well, that's all. Israel does not claim the boat had entered its EEZ.

You don't need permission to travel through an EEZ, so there's nothing that can be read into Egypt not commenting.

The EEZ is an area beyond and adjacent to a coastal State’s territorial sea to a limit of 200 nautical miles from the baseline. Within this zone, the coastal State may exercise sovereign rights over exploration, exploitation, conservation, and management of natural resources and other economic activities, such as the production of wind or tidal power. All States, whether coastal or land-locked, enjoy the right of navigation and overflight and the laying of submarine cables and pipelines within any EEZ. The coastal State alone, however, has the right to construct and operate artificial islands and other structural installations with accompanying 500 meter safety zones. Within the EEZ, the coastal State is primarily responsible for the conservation of living resources. The coastal State has the right to regulate both marine scientific research and pollution in the EEZ. It also has legislative and enforcement competence within its EEZ to deal with the dumping of waste from vessels and pollution from seabed activities.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/exclusive-economic-zone