Israel’s PR stunt backfires, guides focus to humanitarian deprivation in Gaza
Ramona Wadi- Israel’s accomplishment was to consolidate global attention on depriving Palestinians of humanitarian aid in Gaza.
“All the passengers of the ‘selfie yacht’ are safe and unharmed. They were provided with sandwiches and water. The show is over,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry posted on X. The images of Israeli commandos handing out packets of sandwiches and bottles of water to the 12 activists on board the Madleen was prominent on social media. But the activists were not starving, unlike the Palestinian people under siege and genocide in Gaza.
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