Hmmm...yeah, you're right--that is importantly different from telling the ship to turn around.
Of course, the people on the ship might say that they don't trust that the supplies would get there through Israel (although apparently Israel did offer to allow them to observe the transit, so I don't know how much weight that holds).
More importantly, as I understand it, it seems like the goal was actually to challenge the blockade (which the people on the ship considered unjust in itself, I think?), rather than just to deliver one ship's worth of aid. But then, I guess that might lead to a negotiating position that's just about as inflexible as the Israelis'.
I don't know--as with most things involving Israel, it's hard to really know which side is more right, without much more knowledge than is easily obtainable...but yet, people (e.g., on my Facebook news feed) tend to want to take a black-and-white position anyway...
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Of course, the people on the ship might say that they don't trust that the supplies would get there through Israel (although apparently Israel did offer to allow them to observe the transit, so I don't know how much weight that holds).
More importantly, as I understand it, it seems like the goal was actually to challenge the blockade (which the people on the ship considered unjust in itself, I think?), rather than just to deliver one ship's worth of aid. But then, I guess that might lead to a negotiating position that's just about as inflexible as the Israelis'.
I don't know--as with most things involving Israel, it's hard to really know which side is more right, without much more knowledge than is easily obtainable...but yet, people (e.g., on my Facebook news feed) tend to want to take a black-and-white position anyway...