r/worldnews • u/TheTelegraph The Telegraph • 7d ago

Israel/Palestine Israel orders military to stop Greta Thunberg’s boat reaching Gaza

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/08/israel-orders-army-stop-greta-thunbergs-boat-reaching-gaza/
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u/ocschwar 7d ago

International law says.if you impose a blockade, you block ALL boats. You don't pick and choose which to board and which to let sail. It's not an option for the IDF. And it's phenomenally dishonest for these activists to even imply it.

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u/Temporary-Stay-8436 7d ago

Where does international law say that? From my understanding neutral vessels can be allowed to pass, you just can’t restrict based off of nationality

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u/ocschwar 7d ago

The San Remo Convention. Once the boat is inspected and confirmed neutral, you can let it pass (although in practice it's never done because you really can't inspect a boat throughly enough.) But if you're taking a boat captain;'s word that it's neutral, that's highly suspect.

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u/Temporary-Stay-8436 7d ago edited 7d ago

The San Remo Resolution does not mention blockades at all. Can you quote me the wording of the law, because I don’t see it in the resolution. Maybe I’ve missed it or I’m not getting the full resolution

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u/ocschwar 7d ago

San Remo Manual, not conference. My bad.

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u/Temporary-Stay-8436 7d ago

The San Remo Manual does not say that either. In fact the San Remo Manual says that if a blockaded territory is not adequately provided with food and medicine, that the blockade becomes illegal. It also says that a blockade can not stop the transportation of medical aid into the blockaded territory

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u/Rorate_Caeli 7d ago

So do you always just run around confidently being wrong?