• @Madison420@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Correct to an extent, the accepted meaning is that they must agree to security measures to pass through. It is not and never has been a way to willfully prevent aid and aide staff into combat zones.

    They weren’t in a blockaded zone as far as I’m aware, Israel only says they were approaching and providing intented destination as you must when attempting to pass through a blockade.

    Even ignoring that they must be allowed to leave even if they enter the blockaded area without permission, it isn’t a seize your property and imprison your crew for being in the general area openly providing intent kinda thing.

    • @Samskara@sh.itjust.works
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      010 days ago

      Israel has told the flotilla repeatedly they can deliver the aid through the proper channels and the port of Ashdod.

      The small amount of captured aid from the freedom flotilla is being delivered to Gaza by Israel at the moment.

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        110 days ago

        Correct, they hadn’t entered the area yet though so they technically heeded their warning.

        Stolen, if you take something from someone and dispense it as your own you’re guilty of theft and conversion something they say Hamas does with aid. And moreover delivering aid doesn’t negate the whole unlawful boarding, seizure and forcible human trafficking thing.

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          08 days ago

          You don’t need to actually rob someone for the police to arrest you, if you loudly proclaim your intent and don’t stop.

          Confiscating ship and cargo, and holding the crew is perfectly legal under international maritime law for blockade runners.

          Israel said the tiny amount of aid the flotilla brought would be delivered on to Gaza.

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            8 days ago

            You do actually. They need pc for arrest, they need reasonable articulable suspicion to detain, your simply confusing or conflating the two. Similarly a police officer needs jurisdiction, Israel doesn’t have jurisdiction outside of the blockade or territorial waters.

            To run a blockade you actually need to enter it, at anchor in international water after declaring your intent is quite literally the textbook reaction to a blockade and specifically to enter one legally.

            Israel also says it’s ok to run over people with tanks so maybe Israel is full of shit and you should trust third parties over the most active belligerent. FYI Hitler tried to say invading Poland for security reasons was legal, turns out no but Israel decided to quite literally pull a Hitler.

            Stop cucking for authoritarians bud.