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 @[email protected] @[email protected] @israel
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
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
One might expect them to care, but the Foreign Minister of Sweden was pretty unconcerned
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?
States doing piracy to each other without war was a staple of the golden age of piracy. It was called privateering.
Right, modern day international law would define that as an act of war.
Clearly not
“Act of war” is not the same as “declaration of war”, in case you were under that impression.
It clearly is.
Just because a nation commits an act of war against you doesn’t mean that you have to declare war and attack. All it means is you have a justifiable cause to retaliate under international law