Do aid flotillas make a difference for Palestinians under Israeli blockade?
The article discusses the impact of aid flotillas on Palestinians under the Israeli blockade. Since 2008, several flotillas have attempted to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, facing significant resistance from Israeli forces. Recent incidents have sparked global outrage, particularly regarding the treatment of activists by Israeli officials.
- ▪Flotillas carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza began in 2008 after Israel imposed a blockade.
- ▪Israeli forces have forcibly turned back several flotillas and detained hundreds of activists.
- ▪The latest incident has drawn global condemnation for the mistreatment of activists by a senior Israeli minister.
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play videoplay videoVideo Duration 28 minutes 00 seconds play-arrow28:00Inside StoryDo aid flotillas make a difference for Palestinians under Israeli blockade?Israeli minister’s mistreatment of abducted activists sparks global condemnation.Read moreFlotillas carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza began in 2008, two years after Israel imposed a blockade on the Strip. Two boats succeeded, despite Israeli attempts to stop them.Since then, Israeli forces have forced several flotillas to turn back, and detained hundreds of activists, sometimes violently and in international waters.The latest attack is drawing global condemnation for the abuse of the activists, notably by a senior Israeli minister.Various countries have summoned their Israeli envoys in protest.
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