Illogical approach
- Last updated: October 6, 2025 | 08:36
People gather on a boat from a flotilla that had been carrying aid to Gaza until it was intercepted by Israel, docked in the port of Larnaca, Cyprus. Reuters
The approach by Israel to the latest Gaza aid flotilla seems illogical. Stoping them and boarding the boats in international waters is a crime and probably a war crime as weapons were there as a threat.
As a number of the people on the flotilla were well known more international attention is created and this portrays the boarding of the boats poorly.
It seems that a more practical approach would have been to let them continue on, under escort, land and then arrest them, making sure that any food and medicine is passed on to one of the charities operating there.
Of course this war, and any war, is illogical. Too many people are being killed or displaced. A better solution must be found.
Dennis Fitzgerald
Melbourne, Australia