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submitted 4 days ago by faab64@freefree.ps to c/palestine@lemmy.ml

Where are the #FreeTheHostages people now?

Don't they have empathy for the kidnapped volunteers of #FreedomFlotilla?

Does anyone care about their safety and well being?
#Israel #Gaza #Activism #hostages #Piracy #SanctionIsrael #BDS @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel

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[-] arrow74@lemm.ee 56 points 4 days ago

Actually it was an act of war since it was done using the country's military.

Piracy is reserved for unaffiliated parties.

So essentially Israel has committed an act of war against whatever country the boats' are registered under

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Not Italy. But Swedish, Brazilian, German, Turkish, French, etc.

Those countries won't be too happy if Israel is kidnapping their citizens. And those countries may change their financial and diplomatic relationships with Israel as a result.

Israel cannot continue the genocide without foreign support. Quite literally they need weapons from those countries

[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 days ago

Those countries won’t be too happy if Israel is kidnapping their citizens.

One might expect them to care, but the Foreign Minister of Sweden was pretty unconcerned

[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

They have killed many European citizens, from journalists to aid workers, and none of the EU countries have even reduced their amount of support for Israel let alone condemned them on it. Why would they care now?

[-] Fleur_@aussie.zone 9 points 4 days ago

States doing piracy to each other without war was a staple of the golden age of piracy. It was called privateering.

[-] arrow74@lemm.ee 14 points 4 days ago

Right, modern day international law would define that as an act of war.

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