it seems like the goal was actually to challenge the blockade
OK, this raises an interesting question: Suppose you want to challenge the blockade. What is the best way to do it?
Well, the blockade's official purpose is to keep weapons out of Gaza, because such weapons will surely be used to attack Israel. The blockade's purpose isn't to keep the Gazan people in poverty -- that would be evil and counterproductive of Israel. It just happens to have that effect.
So the number one goal would be to challenge the blockade with materials that are purely humanitarian. This is complicated by the fact that Israel bars certain ambiguous materials from reaching Gaza, like cement and other building materials.
If I were going to challenge the blockade, I would want to carry items that were indisputably humanitarian.
But maybe it's a better challenge to the blockade if the IDF shoots and kills some of the people on the aid flotilla. But something tells me that there won't be any real changes as a result of this event.
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OK, this raises an interesting question: Suppose you want to challenge the blockade. What is the best way to do it?
Well, the blockade's official purpose is to keep weapons out of Gaza, because such weapons will surely be used to attack Israel. The blockade's purpose isn't to keep the Gazan people in poverty -- that would be evil and counterproductive of Israel. It just happens to have that effect.
So the number one goal would be to challenge the blockade with materials that are purely humanitarian. This is complicated by the fact that Israel bars certain ambiguous materials from reaching Gaza, like cement and other building materials.
If I were going to challenge the blockade, I would want to carry items that were indisputably humanitarian.
But maybe it's a better challenge to the blockade if the IDF shoots and kills some of the people on the aid flotilla. But something tells me that there won't be any real changes as a result of this event.