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SvennoJ on 02 October 2025
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If civilian aid flotilla can get close to Gaza, why can’t a navy ship?

Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, has questioned why nations around the world have not tried to break the Israeli military’s naval blockade of Gaza, where Israel stands accused of genocide and engineering famine against civilians.

If “citizens of the world”, travelling in “small and underresourced boats”, have been able to get to within 60 nautical miles (111km) of Gaza in a flotilla, Albanese asked why countries with well-equipped navies can’t far more easily break the Israeli siege.

“Why states don’t break the blockade with their navies?” Albanese asked in a post on social media.

“Is this the world we live in? No, we do not accept it,” she said.

“Go, go Flotilla! Sail safe. God’s wind,” she added.


Italy, Spain and Greece apparently only send a ship to try to deter the flotilla from moving on while trying to deter demonstrations domestically. They ran as soon as Israel told them to... 



Israel carries out ‘act of piracy’ against flotilla ships: Palestinian politician

Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian activist, politician and former member of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s executive committee, said Israel is carrying out a “criminal act of piracy” in international waters against the Gaza aid flotilla.

Describing the flotilla activists as “those brave men and women”, Ashrawi said they are defying Israel’s genocide and illegal blockade of Gaza.

“They’re putting their lives on the line by actively intervening [and] demonstrating the real meaning of solidarity [and] human empathy,” she said.