The Freedom Flotilla achieved its mission | Israel-Palestine conflict

In the early hours of June 9, Israeli forces intercepted the Madleen ship in international waters, near the coast of the Gaza Strip. The yacht, carrying 12 activists from seven countries and humanitarian aid and food supplies, had been sailing for just over a week. Among the activists was Greta Thunberg, who has been consistently demonised and mocked by Israeli politicians and others for her support of the Palestinian struggle.

The aid on board was a symbolic quantity, and it would not have…