The ship that Israeli soldiers stormed, killing and wounding a still unclear number of civilians, including activists, was part of the humanitarian aid project of Freegaza.
The flotilla of initially eight ships carried around 10,000 tonnes of aid in the form of medical equipment, construction material, as well as stationery supplies for schools. The supplies were collected with the help of donations from around the world. In addition, nearly 800 activists, representing a total of 40 countries travelled aboard the ships. Although it had been widely expected that Israel would try to intercept the ships, no-one had predicted an armed take-over by Israeli commandos, let alone the loss of civilian lives.
Almost incredibly, this horrific development - not to mention massive political faux pas - comes only days after Israel boycotted talks aimed at establishing a nuclear-arms free Middle East. Almost 200 states are signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and Israel's provocative stance did not go down well with many leaders. It seems that the Israeli government are among those who have read and are applying enthusiastically the How to Lose Friends and Infuriate People manual.
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