Mastodawn

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said Israel needed to prevent a famine in Gaza for "diplomatic reasons", after his government announced it would allow limited food aid into the territory.

"We must not let the population (of Gaza) sink into famine, both for practical and diplomatic reasons," Netanyahu said in a video posted to his Telegram channel, adding that even friends of Israel would not tolerate "images of mass starvation."
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AFP: https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/israelgazawar/855277/israel-must-prevent-gaza-famine-for-39diplomatic-reasons39-pm-says/en?src=rss&utm_source=TheWALL360&utm_medium=Rss-articles&utm_campaign=rss&utm_term=Rss

Wellll, also their blockading of humanitarian relief is a violation of intl law.
Rule 55. The parties to the conflict must allow and facilitate rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief for civilians in need, which is impartial in character and conducted without any adverse distinction, subject to their right of control.
https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule55
Rule 53. The use of starvation of the civilian population as a method of warfare is prohibited.
https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule53
Et cetera.

Not that Netanyahu and gang seems to care about war crimes or be held accountable for them, but rather frequently publicly brag about having committed such.

Israel must prevent Gaza famine for 'diplomatic reasons', PM says

| Lebanon News

LBCI Lebanon

b9AcE May 19, 2025

"The head of the World Health Organization said Monday that two million people were starving in the Gaza Strip while tons of food were being blocked at the border."
AFP: https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/israelgazawar/855301/who-chief-says-39two-million-people-are-starving39-in-gaza/en?src=rss&utm_source=TheWALL360&utm_medium=Rss-articles&utm_campaign=rss&utm_term=Rss

WHO chief says 'two million people are starving' in Gaza

| Lebanon News

LBCI Lebanon

b9AcE May 20, 2025

"UN warns 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in next 48 hours without aid"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/20/israel-gaza-hamas-aid-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-682c339f8f08a9a7b485d6da#block-682c339f8f08a9a7b485d6da

EU to review trade relations with Israel over ‘untenable’ situation in Gaza, says top diplomat – live

Kaja Kallas says ‘strong majority’ of EU foreign ministers backs move to pressure Israel after UK suspends trade talks

the Guardian

b9AcE May 20, 2025

Human Rights Watch:
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[...] The manufactured famine in Gaza must be halted. The international community must act decisively, immediately, and with full moral and legal responsibility.
[...]
Over two million Palestinians in Gaza are living in famine. Since March 2, 2025, Israel has blocked all humanitarian supplies and life-saving assistance - constituting the longest total siege Gaza has ever experienced.
[...]
Despite this catastrophic reality, over 3,000 aid trucks and 116,000 metric tonnes of food are ready and waiting to enter Gaza – obstructed solely by Israel.
[...]
We therefore call for the immediate organization and deployment of a Diplomatic Humanitarian Convoy to Gaza through the Rafah Crossing.

We urge states to join the humanitarian convoy by dispatching official diplomatic missions -at the highest possible level- to accompany the aid trucks already waiting at the Rafah Crossing, and to enter Gaza alongside them. This act is grounded in states’ legal obligations, moral courage, and human solidarity.
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/19/unified-call-confront-famine-gaza-launch-diplomatic-humanitarian-convoy-now

Unified Call to Confront Famine in Gaza: Launch the Diplomatic Humanitarian Convoy Now

Palestinian civil society, joined by humanitarian and human rights organizations worldwide, issues this urgent and unified call: The manufactured famine in Gaza must be halted. The international community must act decisively, immediately, and with full moral and legal responsibility.

Human Rights Watch

b9AcE May 20, 2025

At the end of the day,
'Israel still blocking aid for Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says UN' and
"the leader of the country’s centre-left Democrats party said his country was becoming a pariah nation that “kills babies as a hobby”.

Only five trucks of aid had reached Gaza by Tuesday afternoon and aid workers had not been given permission to distribute even that token shipment, Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN humanitarian office (Ocha) told a Geneva press briefing.

Israeli authorities have approved “around 100” other trucks to enter Gaza but not yet let them cross, he said.'
More: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/israel-still-blocking-aid-for-gaza-despite-promise-to-lift-siege-says-un

I believe the ordinary conditions needs are in the several hundred trucks for the millions of people.
Now after long self-admitted Israel-manufactured intended famine the need is extraordinarily high, not less.
If the number let in is 5 or 93, whether allowed to distribute all, some or nothing, it would at their best claim STILL be not even remotely enough and STILL an actual textbook war crime to keep blockading the humanitarian relief standing by to save more than tens of thousands indisputably 100% civilians.

Israel still blocking aid for Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says UN

Continued restrictions come as opposition leader says Israel is becoming pariah nation that ‘kills babies as a hobby’

The Guardian

b9AcE May 20, 2025

The latest from Doctors without Borders (MSF) UK now:
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Aid instrumentalised, health system under fire: Gaza is being deliberately asphyxiated by Israeli forces

An insufficient amount of aid is being allowed into the Strip, merely a smokescreen to pretend the siege is over. Meanwhile, at least 20 medical facilities in Gaza have been damaged, or forced partially or completely out of service in the past week by advancing Israeli ground operations, intensified airstrikes, and widespread evacuation orders. As people remain in desperate need of medical care and aid, Israeli authorities must stop the deliberate asphyxiation of Gaza and the annihilation of its healthcare system, that is underpinning their campaign of ethnic cleansing
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Read the rest on their website, here:
https://prezly.msf.org.uk/aid-instrumentalised-health-system-under-fire-gaza-is-being-deliberately-asphyxiated-by-israeli-forces?utm_source=prezly.com&utm_medium=campaign&utm_campaign=Aid%20instrumentalised%2C%20health%20system%20under%20fire%3A%20Gaza%20is%20being%20deliberately%20asphyxiated%20by%20Israeli%20forces&utm_id=1697e2ed-922d-43fe-9ca8-1b1f902c7d00&utm_content=story%20title

Aid instrumentalised, health system under fire: Gaza is being deliberately asphyxiated by Israeli forces

Jerusalem, 20 May 2025 – An insufficient amount of aid is being allowed into the Strip, merely a smokescreen to pretend the siege is over. Meanwhile, at least 20 medical facilities in Gaza have been damaged, or forced partially or completely out of service in the past week by advancing Israeli ground operations, intensified airstrikes, and widespread evacuation orders. As people remain in desperate need of medical care and aid, Israeli authorities must stop the deliberate asphyxiation of Gaza and the annihilation of its healthcare system, that is underpinning their campaign of ethnic cleansing, says Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

MSF UK

b9AcE May 20, 2025

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Joint Statement – We Are Headed to Gaza: By Land, Sea, and Air

The Overland Convoy to Break the Siege on Gaza – Sumud, the Global March to Gaza (an international initiative comprising 25 delegations from around the world), and the Freedom Flotilla Coalition jointly announce their coordinated efforts in support of initiatives aimed at ending the siege imposed on Gaza. We have established a Joint Coordination Committee, which includes several other international initiatives and organizations, with the aim of following up and coordinating the planned movements toward Gaza in mid-June.

We call on all freedom-loving people around the world to join and actively participate in these initiatives, in order to break this unjust siege and stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people.

Let us break the siege on Gaza — by land, sea, and air!

Freedom Flotilla Coalition
Overland Convoy to Break the Siege on Gaza – Sumud
Global March to Gaza
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https://freedomflotilla.org/2025/05/20/joint-statement-we-are-headed-to-gaza-by-land-sea-and-air/

Absolute heroes of humanity.

Meanwhile the politicians ponder the Palestinians to eradication for personal political profit purposes.

b9AcE Jun 3, 2025

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A Month After Conscience Attack: [...] Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) launched the Madleen, a civilian ship now sailing toward Gaza carrying humanitarian aid and international human rights defenders in direct defiance of Israel’s illegal and genocidal blockade.
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On board are volunteers from multiple countries, among them Member of the European Parliament Rima Hassan, and climate justice activist Greta Thunberg. The ship is carrying urgently needed supplies for the people of Gaza, including baby formula, flour, rice, diapers, women’s sanitary products, water desalination kits, medical supplies, crutches, and children’s prosthetics.
[...]
“I am aboard Madleen because silence is not neutrality—it is complicity, The Palestinian people in Gaza are being starved and slaughtered, and the world watches. This ship is not just carrying aid, it is carrying a demand: End the blockade. End the genocide.” Rima Hassan

“We are seeing a systematic starvation of 2 million people. The world cannot be silent bystanders, Every single one of us has a moral obligation to do everything we can to fight for a free Palestine.”
Greta Thunberg
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https://freedomflotilla.org/2025/06/01/a-month-after-conscience-attack-freedom-flotilla-ship-madleen-sets-sail-for-gaza/

My thread on the attack is https://todon.eu/@b9AcE/114436806517388954 there.

b9AcE Jun 3, 2025

More on that 'Aid ship Madleen sails for Gaza to challenge Israeli blockade
[...]
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham mocked the mission on social media with a veiled threat, writing on X: “I hope Greta and her friends can swim!” — an apparent reference to the Israeli military’s past use of force against similar flotillas.'
https://medyanews.net/aid-ship-madleen-sails-for-gaza-to-challenge-israeli-blockade/
So funny, Lindsey. War crimes, genocide, military attacks against civilian ships and drownings.
Ha... ha?

b9AcE Jun 3, 2025

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‘Stand on right side of history,’ says activist Greta Thunberg sailing to Gaza in defiance of siege
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“We have yet again set sail towards Gaza – not carrying weapons, but food and medical supplies,” Thunberg added. “Systematic starvation and deprivation of basic needs are some of many methods of warfare Israel is using against Palestinians.”
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https://medyanews.net/stand-on-right-side-of-history-says-activist-greta-thunberg-sailing-to-gaza-in-defiance-of-siege/

b9AcE Jun 4, 2025

"Freedom Flotilla’s Response to Israels Threats to Attack"
https://freedomflotilla.org/2025/06/04/freedom-flotillas-response-to-israels-threats-to-attack/

b9AcE Jun 5, 2025

'The IDF decided that the "Madleen," which is sailing to Gaza and carrying 12 pro-Palestinian activists, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, will not be allowed to approach or dock in the Gaza Strip, KAN reported on Wednesday'
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-856590
On the other hand, it is not Israel's territorial water and neither IDF nor any other State of Israel entity has any right under any applicable definition to decide that.
That is like... the whole point of those heroes of humanity sailing to break the illegal siege imposed for the purpose of using starvation against the civilian populace as a method of warfare, which is a textbook definition war crime and likely crimes against humanity, part of the genocidal warfare.

b9AcE Jun 5, 2025

'UN experts* today called for safe passage for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ship carrying essential medical aid, food, and baby supplies to Gaza which departed from Italy on 1 June 2025.
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“The people of Gaza have the right to receive aid through their own territorial waters even under occupation, and the Coalition ship has the right to free passage in international waters to reach the people of Gaza,” they said. “Israel must not interfere with its freedom of navigation, long recognised under international law.”'
10 Special Rapporteurs/Experts/etc
of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Their full statement: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/06/gaza-un-experts-demand-safe-passage-freedom-flotilla-coalition

b9AcE Jun 5, 2025

Greta on (and in) the current Freedom Flotilla ship sailing to break Israel's illegal siege of Gaza:

b9AcE Jun 5, 2025

Freedom Flotilla's "‘Madleen’ Responds to Mayday for Refugees at Sea"
https://freedomflotilla.org/2025/06/05/madleen-responds-to-mayday-for-refugees-at-sea/

b9AcE Jun 6, 2025

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European civil society calls for the protection of the freedom flotilla and an end to the Gaza blockade

A vessel attempting to carry medicine, food, and infant supplies to Gaza is currently sailing across the Mediterranean. A previous attempt at such a voyage was ended following an attack by armed drones. A letter so far signed by 220 organisations and 4,700 individuals calls on European and other governments to take action to ensure the protection of the vessel, and an end to the siege [...]

On board are 12 humanitarians and activists – including MEP Rima Hassan and climate activist Greta Thunberg – carrying essential aid: medicine, food, and infant supplies, destined for a Palestinian population subjected to an illegal blockade and enduring an ongoing genocide.

On 2nd June 2025, ten UN experts, including nine Special Rapporteurs, demanded that this vessel be granted safe passage, reminding the international community that:

• Gaza has the right to receive humanitarian aid by sea, even under occupation;
• The Flotilla is navigating entirely legally in international waters, in accordance with maritime and international humanitarian law;
• UN member states have both a legal and moral obligation to end the famine and the crimes being committed in Gaza.
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https://www.statewatch.org/news/2025/june/european-civil-society-calls-for-the-protection-of-the-freedom-flotilla-and-an-end-to-the-gaza-blockade/

b9AcE Jun 7, 2025

The Freedom Flotilla boat Madleen has reached the coast of Egypt on its voyage to break Israel's illegal siege against the people of Gaza. reports the TT news agency now.

I went and edited down a livestream for you, where they show how close they are.

There is literally nothing between the waters of Egypt and the water of the Gaza Strip of Palestine.

b9AcE Jun 8, 2025

"Defense Minister Israel Katz directed the IDF on Sunday not to allow Greta Thunberg's flotilla to reach the shores of Gaza and to take any measures necessary to ensure that."
Jerusalem Post

Well, they are in Egypt's waters and after that (estimated tomorrow) Palestine's waters outside the Gaza Strip. In neither location does Israel have any kind of jurisdiction against a civilian humanitarian aid convoy.

b9AcE Jun 8, 2025

Freedom Flotilla Coalition's crew on the Madleen sailing to break Israel's illegal siege against the people in the Gaza Strip of Palestine, ~1h ago:
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Israel’s Defense Minister has once again threatened unlawful force against civilians, attempting to justify violence with baseless smears. We will not be intimidated.

The 'Madleen' is a peaceful civilian vessel, unarmed and sailing in international waters with humanitarian aid and human rights defenders. This mission is independent, guided only by conscience and solidarity with Gaza.

We are currently about 160 nautical miles from Gaza. Earlier signal jamming briefly disrupted our location, but our tracker is functioning again.

We remain calm and prepared in the face of possible Israeli aggression.

We call on world governments to demand Israel stand down. It has no right to obstruct our mission or enforce its illegal and brutal blockade.
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b9AcE Jun 8, 2025

Greta Thunberg on board the Madleen sailing to break Israel's illegal siege against the people in the Gaza Strip of Palestine, interviewed by Aftonbladet, which is one of the tho major evening papers of Sweden.
Here is parts of that interview (in my translation), beginning with commenting that Israel's Minister of War, Israel Katz, ordered the military to stop the entirely civilian humanitarian aid ship:

"We have the capacity to get ourselves to Gaza tomorrow. It is up to Israel if they want to violate international law.
The Palestinians have the right to decide what gets into their water and it is illegal to stop a civilian ship with humanitarian aid.
We will not turn back. We are en route to Gaza."

If Israel's military attacks, they are ready.
"We have done non-violence-training and have protocols for how we will act at a potential attack, at hijacking of the ship, arrests, violence or other scenarios.
We will respond non-violently to maximize our security and for us to succeed with out mission."

Aftonbladet: "Are you scared?"
Greta: "I am terrified that people can see what happens in Gaza and actively choose to not act. I am terrified of that."

b9AcE Jun 8, 2025

Support rally to be held in Paris today, Monday, 18:00, for the Freedom Flotilla sailing a civilian ship to break Israel's illegal siege on Gaza.
Place de la République, foot of the statue.

Korma Chameleon Jun 8, 2025

@b9AcE is nonviolence training the right type of training for this situation?

Aral Balkan Jun 8, 2025

@b9AcE Alt text: MADLEEN' UPDATE
We're getting closer to Gaza.
We expect interception and an attack from
Israel at any moment - contact the foreign
ministries of those aboard on 'Madleen'
Demand they protect their citizens - now.

Israel Katz
@Israelkatz

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"I instructed the IDF to act so
that the hate Flotilla 'Madleen'
does not reach the shores of
Gaza - and to take any measures
necessary for this purpose.
To the anti-Semitic Greta and her
friends who speak Hamas
propaganda, I say clearly: you
should turn back - because you
will not reach Gaza.
Israel will act against any
attempt to break the blockade or
assist terrorist organisations - at
sea, in the air and on land."
Israel Katz,
Israel Minister of Defence

b9AcE Jun 8, 2025

@aral Thank you!

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Steve Holden Jun 8, 2025

@b9AcE you think that will matter to Israel?

b9AcE Jun 8, 2025

@holdenweb No. It might matter to others when it doesn't, though.

Steve Holden Jun 8, 2025

@b9AcE 🤞🤞🤞🤞

René Jun 8, 2025

@b9AcE jurisdiction is for others not for #israel #gaza

Zatarra Jun 6, 2025

@b9AcE
Thank you for mentioning Rima Hassan. She is an elected member of the European Parliament and is the crew member with most political consequence. Yes,the others are heroes too! And we all love Greta, of course. But if the ship goes down there is one name that comes before all others. Because if European politicians are murdered in broad daylight in international waters that would be a game changer for Gaza. Lets keep all eyes on the #FreedomFlotilla

See my post: https://mastodon.nl/@Zatarra/114603382726654153

Zatarra (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 video #FreedomFlotilla #gaza Rima Hassan, Member of the European Parliament is sailing to Gaza tomorow with humanitarian aid. These are the heroes of our time!

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Aral Balkan Jun 5, 2025

@b9AcE Alt text: photo of Greta Thunberg sitting at the bow of the ship.

b9AcE Jun 5, 2025

@aral Thank you!

Aral Balkan Jun 5, 2025

@b9AcE Anytime :)

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Jun 5, 2025

see above post with link to article from Jerusalem Post -
Freedom flotilla will not be allowed to dock in Gaza, Israeli sources confirm to 'Post'

A senior Israeli defense source confirmed the matter to the 'Post,' adding that Defense Minister Israel Katz is expected to make more decisions on Thursday.

@palestine

@glynmoody @b9AcE

LukefromDC Jun 5, 2025

@Peter_Link @palestine @glynmoody @b9AcE How much force is Isra-Hell prepared to use, and how far is the Freedom Flotilla prepared to push?

theNameless May 21, 2025

@b9AcE YALLAH!! LETS GOOOOOO!!! damn, i wish i could come along! HURRA HURRA!!! 🇵🇸

ellie (slut arc) 🖤

@b9AcE before the genocide began, gaza required about 500 trucks of stuff a day

b9AcE May 20, 2025

@roadblock161_ That was the number I remembered, but I wasn't sure enough to put it in my toot.
Thanks!