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muriel_volestrangler

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9. According to the UN special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian territories

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 09:50 AM

Jun 9

as I said. Also according to the tracking site for the boat: https://freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tracker/ (stopped about 200km west of Gaza, roughly north of the Suez Canal).

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Israeli forces halt Gaza-bound aid boat and detain Greta Thunberg and other activists [View all] Omaha Steve Jun 9 OP

Selfie yacht! Richard D Jun 9 #1

More "self-defense"? claudette Jun 9 #2

Greta Thunberg Detained, Ordered to Be Shown Oct. 7 Footage After Gaza-Bound Flotilla Seized Beastly Boy Jun 9 #7

8 Recs to 1 at this time. Whose side are you on? Exp Jun 9 #13

You've got to be kidding. Beastly Boy Jun 9 #16

This is a matter of right and wrong. Too bad you can't see that. Some people are blinded by hate. Exp Jun 9 #20

So why turn it int o a popularity contest? Beastly Boy Jun 9 #24

It proves that your ideas are not popular by 8 fold. Exp Jun 9 #25

There is a hell of difference between popular and right. Beastly Boy Jun 9 #28

Hmm, then you think that the majority of people responding to your post are wrong. You are very enlightened. Exp Jun 9 #29

Don't put words into my mouth. Beastly Boy Jun 9 #33

Yeah, Fucking Traitor in the WH is so called "popular" Cha Jun 9 #31

Agree. AloeVera Jun 10 #80

You should take a peek at this thread... sheshe2 Jun 9 #36

Kidnapped, fed sandwiches and sent home within hours. Beastly Boy Jun 9 #39

It is almost as if it was a staged event. sheshe2 Jun 9 #46

I'm not clear. Are you giving an opinion about this vanlassie Jun 9 #53

Once they realized... Richard D Jun 9 #57

She is a child. A brave child. vanlassie Jun 9 #62

She used to be a child, she is currently 22yo nt EX500rider Jun 10 #63

Were she brave... Richard D Jun 10 #66

Seriously? How about the truth of hundreds of days of atrocities, air strikes, starvation and deaths... brush Jun 10 #76

This. Exp Jun 9 #12

This is a third rail topic. BidenRocks Jun 9 #3

This apparently started while the boat was in international waters muriel_volestrangler Jun 9 #4

According to who? Beastly Boy Jun 9 #8

According to the UN special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian territories muriel_volestrangler Jun 9 #9

"But communications were jammed when the yacht still in international waters, she says." Beastly Boy Jun 9 #14

It shows the last location, before the boarding muriel_volestrangler Jun 9 #17

According to whom? Beastly Boy Jun 9 #21

Go to the site, and reset the time slider to about 16 hours before now muriel_volestrangler Jun 9 #22

I did just that, and let me count the ways you are wrong. Beastly Boy Jun 9 #32

Last movement was around 2350 BST, which is 0150 local time, or 1850 EDT muriel_volestrangler Jun 10 #73

Israel has the right to defend itself from baby food and diapers. AloeVera Jun 9 #5

Mission accomplished. Beastly Boy Jun 9 #6

It was halted by the Fuckers. That is why food and aid did not get through. Exp Jun 9 #11

It was never intended to get through. The whole enterprise was meant to be "symbolic" from the beginning Beastly Boy Jun 9 #15

It wasn't a freighter! Still had rice and formula aboard. So why stop the boat then? Exp Jun 9 #18

According to the organizers, it was a a publicity stunt, not a bona fide delivery of aid. Beastly Boy Jun 9 #23

Enough to save more than a few children. AloeVera Jun 9 #42

Enough to symbolically feed a few children. Maybe. Beastly Boy Jun 9 #45

I fear you will never get it. AloeVera Jun 9 #47

No, I will not. I will never get the hypocrisy of using starving children for no other purpose than to boost egos. Beastly Boy Jun 9 #52

It helped bring more attention to the plight of the people of Gaza who need help. Do you think that is a bad thing? Doodley Jun 10 #65

I think helping bring more attention to the plight of the people of Gaza who need help is good. Beastly Boy Jun 10 #72

The utter lack of compassion BuddhaGirl Jun 10 #79

Such is the power of indoctrination and zealous adherence to ideology. AloeVera Jun 10 #81

Well said BuddhaGirl Jun 10 #88

That's why I fear for the fate of Palestinians. AloeVera Jun 10 #99

Reuters: sheshe2 Jun 9 #48

Shame on Greta?? WTF ??? Have you observed the last two years??? Exp Jun 9 #51

Yes, shame on her for self promoting. sheshe2 Jun 9 #56

Hmmm, ya know, I don't think she murdered any kids or is involved in a genocide operation.. hmmm Exp Jun 9 #60

Is that suppose to mean something in response to my post? sheshe2 Jun 9 #61

You said you has observed a lot in 2 years. Surely you observed over 50,000 Palestinians killed muriel_volestrangler Jun 10 #74

It was about a truckload, according to other Israeli sources. AloeVera Jun 10 #78

Indeed. We're talking about the genocide and ethnic cleansing aren't we? AloeVera Jun 10 #83

We are takling about Greta plastered all over the news media. Beastly Boy Jun 10 #84

That's unintentionally funny. In light of what I said. AloeVera Jun 10 #85

The funny part was totally intentional. Beastly Boy Jun 10 #86

Not sure you understand the concept of standing up for your beliefs, even at personal cost. AloeVera Jun 10 #87

It is ironic to the extreme to bring up personal cost in the context of a publicity stunt. Beastly Boy Jun 10 #90

Nice of you not to object to autistics. AloeVera Jun 10 #94

Why would I object to autistics? And why are you presuming I know nothing about autism? Beastly Boy Jun 10 #95

Aspergers was eliminated as a separate condition years ago. AloeVera Jun 10 #96

It was not eliminated. It was included in the spectrum. Beastly Boy Jun 10 #97

FUCKERS!! The citizens of the U.S. must demand that we STOP supporting the IDF! This is and has always been Exp Jun 9 #10

Setting all comments regarding IDF's carnal dexterity aside, Beastly Boy Jun 9 #19

It's long past time for economic sanctions and an arms embargo Rob H. Jun 9 #26

Hamas supported propaganda photo op. nt LexVegas Jun 9 #27

If Israel didn't refuse reporters access iemanja Jun 9 #40

"which is among the deadliest and most destructive since World War II" I doubt it makes the top 10 EX500rider Jun 9 #30

I'm sorry, but I'm not following the point you are trying to make. Doodley Jun 10 #67

That was a quote from the article EX500rider Jun 10 #71

Wrong. Gaza is worse than the previous record-holder, the Second Congo War. AloeVera Jun 10 #89

Wrong If a Pacific Island with 2 people on it has one killed that is not worse then the estimated 5 million in the Congo EX500rider Jun 10 #91

Pls see my edit just now. AloeVera Jun 10 #92

The 5 million comes from the follow-on deaths from disease and malnutrition. AloeVera Jun 10 #93

It breaks my heart MorbidButterflyTat Jun 9 #34

Starving and burning babies is a deliberate act of genocide. AloeVera Jun 9 #37

What's wrong with a publicity stunt to bring attention to people being maimed. starved, displaced or slaughtered? Doodley Jun 10 #68

Did the Greensboro Four stage a publicity stunt? AloeVera Jun 10 #82

The cowardly "selfie yacht" publicity stunt crew. . . Richard D Jun 9 #35

In the past week while this "aid flotilla" was underway Mosby Jun 9 #38

What makes a "real human rights organization"? iemanja Jun 9 #43

Link Mosby Jun 9 #50

Thank you iemanja Jun 9 #58

How many days in a week are there? And how many people in Gaza? Doodley Jun 10 #70

This is about feeding starving people iemanja Jun 9 #41

This is about a publicity stunt. Beastly Boy Jun 9 #44

No, it wasn't.. Richard D Jun 9 #49

Israel children enid602 Jun 9 #54

Any. Richard D Jun 9 #55

I suppose Gazan children are killed for publicity stunts too? iemanja Jun 9 #59

So Greta Thunberg is the problem? There's no benefit in bringing more attention to what is going on in Gaza? Doodley Jun 10 #69

There are clearly many people around the world who want no attention on Gaza at all muriel_volestrangler Jun 10 #75

We are all Democrats here, so why can't we at least agree that what is happening in Gaza is unacceptable? Doodley Jun 10 #64

Having read a great many of these threads, the answer presents itself. Orrex Jun 10 #77

Maybe Israel did her a favor. What if that boat had landed in Gaza? JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 10 #98