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Greta Thunberg's Gaza flotilla was never going to help Palestinians

JL;DR SUMMARY The article critiques Greta Thunberg's involvement in a protest flotilla aimed at breaking the Israeli blockade on Gaza. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ProtestGazaPalestiniansActivismMedia CoverageInternational RelationsStanding TogetherGreta ThunbergIsraeli Blockade

Places mentioned

Catania, Italy
"Greta Thunberg with part of the crew of the ship Madleen, shortly before departure for Gaza on June 1 in Catania, Italy."
Sweden
"My name is Greta Thunberg, and I am from Sweden."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Thunberg and her fellow humanitarian crew may have aimed to draw attention to the punishing Israeli blockade on Gaza, which has been in place since 2007, and the devastating decline of humanitarian conditions within the strip..."
Israel
"Compare that failure to another protest with a predictable outcome: The repeated protests of Standing Together, a joint Israeli and Palestinian political movement that has, since mid-May, repeatedly marched to the Gaza border carrying aid."

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