• Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    18 days ago

    Adalah, an Israel-based non-governmental legal organization that is representing some of the activists, said that those who remain are being held in Givon Prison in Ramleh, central Israel.

    So grab the passengers of a boat in international wares and jail them in Israel. 😒

    In a statement to CNN, Israel said that it “is preventing the entry of all vessels into the Gaza Strip, in accordance with international law.”

    Is there a charitable interpretation that could make this statement true?

    • SinningStromgald@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      Is there a charitable interpretation that could make this statement true?

      Since Gaza is an open air prison under the control of Israel and not recognized as an independent state we can blockade it all we want.

      Best I got.

      Really hard to justify genocide.

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        18 days ago

        Palestine is not a recognized country in most of the western world, which in itself is a travesty, but you can probably infer a lot of bs from that.

        Like claiming a certain religious group has no human rights bc they’re not recognized as humans.

        • Kirp123@lemmy.world
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          18 days ago

          Palestine is not a recognized country in most of the western world, which in itself is a travesty, but you can probably infer a lot of bs from that.

          That’s not even true.

          As of March 2025, the State of Palestine is recognized as a sovereign state by 147 of the 193 member states of the United Nations, or just over 75% of all UN members. It has been a non-member observer state of the United Nations General Assembly since November 2012.

          75% of the world recognizes Palestine as a sovereign state.

          • lividweasel@lemmy.world
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            18 days ago

            To be fair, they specified “western world”. If you look at the map of countries that recognize Palestine, it’s pretty glaring that a good chunk of Europe, Canada/US, and Australia/NZ don’t officially recognize it.

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              16 days ago

              Why does it even matter if it’s the west or other countries. Foes western countries have more legitimacy?

    • neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      18 days ago

      They declared war, they are allowed to enct vlockades according to international law.