Israel Intercepts Aid Boat, Claims 'Self-Defense' Against Sandwiches
Mainstream media conveniently frames this as routine military action, neglecting the historical pattern: aid flotillas have been facing Israeli aggression for decades, most infamously the 2010 Mavi Marmara raid that killed 10 civilians. This wasn't a 'final aid boat' until the IDF decided it was, blockading Gaza's access to vital supplies by sea since 2007. They're not just intercepting boats,
they're intercepting an entire population's right to survive independent of their captors. We're told Israel is defending itself, presumably from dates and medical equipment. One might wonder what national security threat a few pallets of humanitarian aid pose to one of the world's most technologically advanced militaries. Perhaps the real threat is the world seeing the humanitarian crisis they
created, unimpeded by military blockades.