That's kinda disappointing. I didn't expect it to go well but this is just kinda a nothing burger. They had to have known the boat wasn't going to make it.

“Israel has no legal authority to detain international volunteers aboard the Madleen,” said Huwaida Arraf, human rights attorney and Freedom Flotilla organizer.

They are engaged in god damn genocide. You think they give a fuck about the legality of detaining a few europeans? nearly every nation will put you in prison for trying to enter illegally by boat. Australia has a concentration camp on Nauru Island for this exact purpose.

Why don't people get it, non-violent protest has never worked. You aren't running a blockade if you just sit there with your hands up when they stop you. This is theater.

At the very least they could have rigged the boat and bailed when the idf came and claimed that it was the zionists that blew up the boat. This action puts next to no pressure on the entity.