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It was designed and executed as a publicity stunt, never intending to deliver any aid to anyone in Gaza. The "symbolic" amount of aid on board of Madleen was a prop. The gratuitous SOS signals, accusations of piracy, kidnapping, torture, were so over the top ridiculous and so inconsistent with the images they posted , in themselves amounted to mockery of their quest to seek publicity.
Oren Ziv, by rehashing all the ridiculous talking points coming from the organizers of this publicity stunt, only adds fuel to the mockery. The Gaza blockade, as well as the intercept, was legal under international law. It did not occur in international waters. It occurred, based on all available data, either it Egypt's exclusive economic zone or Israel's exclusive economic zone. While exclusive economic zones are open to navigation under ordinary circumstances, Israel gave explicit orders to the flotilla to not enter theirs. Since Egypt didn't forbid Israeli boats from entering their exclusive zone, under international law Israel had a right to intercept vessels whose intention was to violate their blockade. Only by falsely claiming that the intercept took place in international waters can he make the subsequent accusations seem plausible. Otherwise, his arguments fall apart and expose his hypocrisy that is rightfully subject to mockery.
Watching the documentary on the Oct 7 atrocities was a test, not punishment. And, by refusing to watch it, the detained violators failed it miserably, thus exposing their overt prejudices and contempt for the dead and abducted Israelis to further mockery, and rightfully so. It was a cowardly act.
Greta's environmental sensitivities in the face of her refusing lawful orders is even more ridiculous. She is an adult, she could have declined both the non-vegan sandwich and its environmentally incorrect wrapping. She didn't. The "polluting flights during her deportation from Israel" sounds even more absurd: her flotilla spewed out more pollution during its trip than than 100 flights, and Greta was inhaling it without any objections.
And a demonstration that this was a publicity stunt: the vast majority of Greta's images generated during the incident shows her surrounded by microphones and flood lights. Not a single one of them is of Greta feeding a Palestinian.
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