The news of the flotilla was the first thing on my mind this morning, and I texted my aging hippie friend in California with a link to the live feed about it in the Guardian. She had texted earlier in the week:
This is what the Israelis said to one of the boats in the flotilla:
“If you continue in your route and attempt to breach the naval blockade, we WILL stop your vessel and act to confiscate it through legal proceedings in court.”
The moving response was this:
“We are here with the conscience of the world, moving peacefully in a non-violent humanitarian mission to take this aid. You are not allowed by international law to stop us. Therefore we do not comply with your request, because your request is still an attempt to perpetuate the genocide of the Palestinian people.”
The latest news I can find is that although Greta Thunberg and others have been arrested, 30 boats are still sailing on towards Gaza.
How can it be that political leaders the world over let Israel perpetuate a genocide?
This world we are living in, in October 2025, is dark and violent, and I am sick at heart.
