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EX500rider

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4. What did you expect? Spain & Italy to go to war with Israel over this?

Reply to Bayard (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 2, 2025, 10:11 AM

Yesterday

Israel plainly stated the flotilla could dock at the Port of Ashdod to have the supplies off loaded and delivered by Israel.

Israel for obvious reason does not want unexamined cargo delivered to Gaza as soon it would be hidden shipments of weapons from Iran etc.

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Israeli naval forces board pro-Palestinian flotilla 75 miles from Gaza [View all] muriel_volestrangler Wednesday OP

Netanhayu with a "buffer zone" moniss Wednesday #1

Post removed Post removed Wednesday #2

Italy and Spain war ships were escorting them, Bayard Wednesday #3

What did you expect? Spain & Italy to go to war with Israel over this? EX500rider Yesterday #4

Oh yeah chernabogg Yesterday #5

Wow, she personally inspected the cargo on all 44 vessels? EX500rider Yesterday #6

The fact is chernabogg Yesterday #7

And if the object was really to bring in food EX500rider Yesterday #8

To encourage more people to do the same chernabogg 23 hrs ago #9

"I hope Israel will release the hostages now." What hostages? Hamas has hostages.. EX500rider 22 hrs ago #11

Yes, the hostages. chernabogg 22 hrs ago #12

Yes, I hope Hamas releases the hostages too! nt EX500rider 21 hrs ago #13

It's PR, but it's no "stunt" - drawing attention to the authoritarian Israeli state and their illegal muriel_volestrangler 23 hrs ago #10