People are shooting at Israelis from the Gaza strip.
Israel creates a floating blockade to make it harder to shoot at them.
People try to bring supplies in the name of humanitarian aid.
The Israelis say, Take your stuff to this port over here instead. Don’t try to break the blockade because if you do, bad things will happen.
They try to break the blockade anyway, making it seem less about providing aid and more about, well, breaking the blockade.
Bad things happen.
It’s all Israel’s fault.
Got it.
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Article relevant to this discussion: Never mind the ‘Freedom Flotilla.’ Is Israel’s Gaza blockade legal?, at the Christian Science monitor.