The interception of the Madleen is a “flagrant violation of international law”, Hamas said in a statement, calling for the activists on board to be released and saying it holds Israel “fully accountable for their safety”.
Well, there you have it. Hamas said so, & though the irony of Hamas stating others are violating international law, etc…& the activists “must be released” & Israel is “fully accountable for their safety” obviously doesn’t apply to holocaustages, but Hamas or the Gaza Health Authority are not to be questioned. The word irony isn’t ironic enough here.
Anyway, it’s straight from Aljazeera so…
Governments and NGOs condemn Israel’s interception of the ship in international waters.
www.aljazeera.com
…how many will parrot Hamas? Several environment groups and climate activists have condemned Israel’s seizure of the Madleen and the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Greenpeace said that the Madleen was “illegally seized in international waters by Israeli forces” and called for the “immediate release” of its crew. It also called for “unhindered delivery of aid” and an “end to the illegal occupation of Palestine”.
Climate Action Network, which represents climate organisations around the world, called for the immediate release of the activists and strongly condemned “Israel’s armed seizure of the Madleen on its humanitarian mission to deliver food, medicine – and hope – for Gaza’s starving population”.
Climate justice activists, including Mikaela Loach and Ayisha Siddiqa, also shared videos on social media saying, “Our friend Greta Thunberg and 11 other activists have just been kidnapped by Israel” and that “aid to Gaza was stolen”.
I sure didn’t have HAMAS & Climate activists uniting on my 2025 bingo card.
“Madleen must be released immediately,” United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese said. “Breaking the siege is a legal duty for states and a moral imperative for all of us. Every Mediterranean port should send boats with aid, solidarity and humanity to Gaza. They shall sail together – united, they will be unstoppable.”
I wouldn’t advise this coarse of action against a naval blockade but I’m not a “UN RapaNui on the Occupied Palestine Territories” or anything so fill your boots!!
“We strongly condemn the cowardly and illegal Israeli attack on the Madleen as it approached Gaza with desperately needed humanitarian supplies,” the Council on American-Islamic Relations said. “We applaud Greta Thunberg and the other activists of the Madleen who bravely risked their safety
and cell phones and freedom to help the starving people of Gaza” etc…& there are others at the link.