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EX500rider

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14. IMO they were lucky Israel stopped them, how did they see that playing out?

Reply to womanofthehills (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 06:02 PM

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With gangs & Hamas swarming aid trucks & shooting people did they think they were just going to pull up and have a peaceful docking?

All sit on the beach and sing Kumbaya by the fire while holding hands?

Swarmed and/or mugged at best, kidnapped or killed at worse.

Hamas is not the only bad actor there, we got:

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Popular Resistance Committees (PRC)
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
Various ISIS-affiliated groups
etc

Not that they really had much aid anyway, the 400 activists took up most of the space on those small boats. Which would have pissed off the locals even more IMO.

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I really hope the Scots canetoad Monday #1

Add Netanyahu to the list. usonian Monday #2

Did anyone try to contact her family? Thefamily says she is "safe and accounted for", despite the wild rumors Glorious bastard Tuesday #3

Another update: she has been released to Jordan muriel_volestrangler Tuesday #4

She has been deported to Jordan. Glorious bastard Tuesday #5

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Deportation is not contingent on the deportee's desire to stay in the country or lack thereof. Glorious bastard Tuesday #7

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The detention was lawful under international law governing blockades. Glorious bastard Tuesday #9

It was a kidnapping in international waters (nt) muriel_volestrangler Tuesday #10

It was neither. Glorious bastard Tuesday #11

"The first boats were stopped about 70 nautical miles off the Gaza coast in international waters and others closer." muriel_volestrangler Tuesday #13

Not really: EX500rider Tuesday #15

Yes, really. muriel_volestrangler Tuesday #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Tuesday #17

It was indeed a legal detention , it is a declared war zone with a maritime blockade EX500rider Tuesday #12

IMO they were lucky Israel stopped them, how did they see that playing out? EX500rider Tuesday #14