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Gaza’s Flotilla Is Back Already And Israel Is Losing It

Israel tried its usual pirate cosplay at sea, and somehow ended up with fifty-four more boats heading back to make the siege harder to hide. Right, so Israel thought it had frightened off the Gaza flotilla, and the Gaza flotilla has already come back at them with fifty-four more boats. Fifty-four. Not a statement, not a petition, not some symbolic little dinghy bobbing about for a photo opportunity, but a fleet leaving Marmaris in Türkiye with roughly five hundred people from forty-five countries heading towards Gaza after Israel’s last little display of maritime thuggery in international waters. Benjamin Netanyahu’s lot grabbed the previous mission, detained civilians, dragged two organisers into Israeli custody, and apparently expected everyone else to look at that and decide they had better stay home. Well, bad news for the blockade merchants: people did look at it, and the answer was not silence. The answer was more boats, more nationalities, more legal preparation, and a much larger public problem heading straight back towards the Israeli navy. Israel’s mistake here was thinking intimidation settles a moral argument. It does not. It might delay a voyage, it might force organisers to reassess security, it might give Netanyahu a few days of pretending the sea is his private checkpoint, but it does not make the siege of Gaza disappear, and it certainly does not make the people watching it any less furious. The Global Sumud Flotilla says this relaunch involves forty-five countries, fifty-four boats and around five hundred people, and that is precisely the sort of number that turns Israeli spin into something flimsy. One boat can be mocked, smeared, isolated, turned into a convenient little media target. Fifty-four boats from forty-five countries is not so easy to squeeze into the usual “Hamas at sea” rubbish without making the entire Israeli messaging machine look like it has been assembled from panic, staples and old press releases. Benjamin Netanyahu wears this because the blockade is not some neutral condition of nature. Gaza did not wake up one morning surrounded by sea restrictions because the tide got in a mood. Israel's recent actions against the Gaza flotilla have sparked renewed international attention, particularly concerning the principles of international law. Despite these efforts, a new flotilla, originating from Turkey travel, is now making its way toward Gaza, highlighting the ongoing middle east conflict. This development underscores the continuous struggle for palestine and challenges the israeli navy's control over maritime routes to the gaza war zone. ►SOURCES: GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA: Global Sumud Flotilla Departs Marmaris for Gaza: Legal Team Places International Community on Formal Notice FREEDOM FLOTILLA COALITION: Freedom Flotilla Coalition Launches Boats for New Phase of Gaza Flotilla Mission OHCHR: Israel must immediately release Gaza-bound Flotilla activists, say UN experts MIDDLE EAST MONITOR: Global Sumud Flotilla sets sail from Turkey towards Gaza to break blockade ***Subscribe to the channel here*** https://www.youtube.com/KernowDamo?sub_confirmation=1 ►ABOUT ME: Hi, I'm Damien Willey. I'm a former welder, but now I'm a writer, blogger, vlogger and presenter and interviewer with Socialist Telly (Please do go and visit what we all get up to on https://www.youtube.com/c/SocialistTelly) I'm an unpaid carer for my disabled wife and daughter and as such we know all too well the difficulties that are associated with that living in Tory Britain - both blue Tories and red ones - and I personally believe the answer lies in socialism. This channel, along with my other social media act as outlets to push back against that, to demand better of our politicians and leaders, to pull apart the media spin that supports them and the way the UK is run and to give a voice, loud as mine is, to the voiceless. ►CONTACT: Email: [email protected] ►SUPPORT: If you appreciate the importance of alternative media in the UK and enjoy my work please consider financially supporting it. Various options to suit all budgets, please visit linktr.ee/KernowDamo to find out more. Please support Independent Media. ►SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Alternatively please share this video on your favourite social media & if you'd like to see what I get up to elsewhere, you can also find links to my presence elsewhere at linktr.ee/KernowDamo Damo Rants Kernow Damo news,Naval,israel,Politics,Maritime,israel palestine conflict,Middle East,palestine,Conflict,International Relations,gaza,blockade,gaza strip,Middle East Conflict,Shipping,flotilla gaza,Israel Gaza,Palestine Gaza,Flotilla,Humanitarian Aid,global sumud flotilla,freedom flotilla coalition,breaking news,middle east news,sumud flotilla,israel news,netanyahu,benjamin netanyahu,trump,donald trump,hamas,gaza news,kernow damo,kernowdamo,damo rants,damo