Foiled, as you might have guessed.
Israeli authorities have detained pro-Palestinian activists on board two "Freedom Waves to Gaza" vessels, foiling the latest attempt to break the four-year Israeli blockade of the territory.
The ships were forced to sail into the Israeli port of Ashdod, where all 27 passengers were handed over to the authorities and taken to an Israeli detention facility near Tel Aviv.
Al Jazeera's Casey Kauffman was among a group of journalists arrested late Friday when the Israeli navy boarded two ships sailing toward Gaza, he has since been released."The first two or three [Israeli navy personnel] that came on board were very aggressive," Kauffman said on Saturday.
I imagine you weren’t expecting anything else.
"There were taser guns and water cannons used but once they were on board they realised there were non-violent activists and they had the ship under control.
Of course, that didn’t stop them on previous occasions.
Once the vessels carrying activists, journalists and crew members from nine countries reached Ashdod, they were transferred to the custody of the Israeli police and immigration authorities.
Is that legal?
Yes, I’m being facetious. Legal. Ha! We laugh at legal. (We. Israel and The Israeli States of America.)
The activists had a message.
"Despite economic blackmail, despite the previous outsourcing of the blockade to Greece, and despite Israel mobilising a significant portion of its navy to stop us, we are now even closer to reaching Gaza and breaking the blockade."
Dream on, dears.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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