Blockade, Belligerence, and the Politics of Aid The latest incident in the ongoing struggle to deliver aid to the besieged Gaza Strip has once again highlighted the complexities and contradictions at play in this decades long conflict.
Israeli forces have begun intercepting vessels from a Gaza bound aid flotilla, sparking widespread condemnation from rights groups and humanitarian organizations.
More than 50 ships departed from the Turkish port city of Marmaris last week, bound for the Gaza Strip, as part of the final stage in a journey aimed at challenging Israel's blockade of Gaza, which has been in place since 2007.