The activists aboard the Madleen aid ship couldn’t break the siege of Gaza. But Greta Thunberg and her colleagues have powerfully drawn attention to Israel’s blockade — and the West’s refusal to do anything about it.

We feared that it would turn out even worse. The latest Gaza aid flotilla set off from Sicily on June 1 after last month’s mission was seemingly bombed by Israeli drones off Malta. Responding to this latest launch, Senator Lindsey Graham tweeted that he “hoped Greta and her friends can swim,” ostensibly cheering for a repeat attack. Many will still remember when, in 2010, Israeli speedboats and helicopters attacked a similar civilian aid convoy to Palestine, murdering nine activists.

Today the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is shattering ever more skulls and deliberately starvi

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