Global Sumud Flotilla Blocked: Media Forgets How Blockades Work
Following Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, mainstream media outlets are reporting on renewed vows to break the siege on Gaza. Yet, they consistently fail to highlight that Israel's interception of humanitarian aid is not an isolated incident, but a core feature of a 17-year blockade. This blockade, restricting essentials from entering Gaza, is the crime, not the attempts to
bypass it. The narrative suggests these flotillas are nuisances, rather than critical, desperate attempts to provide aid where governments refuse. We are told endlessly about the need for aid, while the very vessels attempting to deliver it are stopped, often violently. One might wonder if the media's focus on the 'bravery' of stopping aid ships distracts from the fact they're reporting on an
ongoing humanitarian catastrophe that the blockaders themselves created. How many flotillas must sail before the illegality of the blockade itself becomes the leading headline?