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The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the Madleen’s crew is being taken to Israel after Israeli commandos seized the vessel in international waters. The Madleen ship, launched by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, was close to 100 miles [160km] from Gaza when it was stopped. The ship was carrying humanitarian aid to Palestinians starving because of Israel’s siege. Israel’s most recent total blockade began on March 2, and has only partially lifted under mounting international pressure.
Isn't it illegal to seize them in international waters?
Yep, it is also illegal to commit genocide, ethnic cleansing, racism, and terrorism, but look where we are
I thought international waters was 100 mi off coast? (Meaning they waited for them to pass the line)
Yes
They were on international waters 100 miles [160km] from Gaza. It was carrying a symbolic amount of humanitarian aid, including baby formula and rice. They were completely peacefull, carrying no weapons whatsoever.
Israel hijacks ship and kidnaps crew*.
Please fix title
That's correct, but I'm using the Al Jazeera headline because that's where I got it from
Your link is to the image not the Aljazeera article. It is likely overwritten.
You're correct, the original link did get overwritten by the image https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/6/4/madleen-gaza-flotilla-live-greta-thunberg-activists-to-arrive-on-june-7?update=3763088 here is the link but it's important to note that you will probably scroll down a lot until you find the actual headline I'm reffering to because they are updating it very frequently.
This world is imploding, and one day the Israeli war criminals will be brought to justice.
This is copium. Nobody's being brought to justice unless we force it to happen.
I don't think demizerone meant that they will suddenly be brought to justice. I think he clearly meant that we will bring justice just in an indirect way.
Hopefully, one day all war criminals will be brought to justice.
Stay safe from the fascist IOF, brave aid workers.
They could have inspect the boat to make sure they weren't smuggling weapons and let it go, instead they seized it along with the crew because only the israel government has the authority to bring aid into gaza. This is 100% fascism.
They can't inspect the boat. They invaded them on international water. I would understand you're comment if they were pirated on Israeli territory, but no, they were on international waters 185km from Gaza when it was stopped.
I was about to say, legally this is an act of war. There's also some parliamentarian from the EU on there, so...