A ship piloted by pro-Palestinian activists that was attempting to break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip is now “safely making” its way to Israel, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced.
In a statement on X, the foreign ministry referred to the Madleen, the ship operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, as a “selfie yacht” and its passengers, which include activist Greta Thunberg and a minister of the European Parliament, as “celebrities” staging a “media provocation whose sole purpose was to gain publicity.”
The statement noted that the passengers would be expected to return to their home countries after the ship docks in Israel. It also said the “tiny” amount of aid the activists were attempting to deliver to Gaza would be transferred “through real humanitarian
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