1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,920 Speaker 1: Look, I reckon we shouldn't panic too much on behalf 2 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:04,320 Speaker 1: of those three New Zealand citizens who've been intercepted by 3 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: the Israeli military and the flotilla, because I mean, obviously 4 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:10,799 Speaker 1: we want international law to be followed. But it's pretty 5 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 1: clear that these guys knew what they were getting themselves 6 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: into and did it anyway. I mean, they are absolutely 7 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: milking this for all that it's worth, with the social 8 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: media posts claiming they've been kidnapped and all that kind 9 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: of stuff by the Israelis. By the way, but they 10 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: knew this was going to happen and they were prepared 11 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: for it, because it is what happened to Greta in June. 12 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: She was on the flotilla that got stopped by the 13 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: IDF and they took her to ash Dodd and they 14 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: kept her for a few hours, and then they tried 15 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: to make her watch a video of the October seven massacre. 16 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: She didn't want to. Then they put her on a 17 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 1: plane in the back row right in front of the toilets, 18 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: so there wasn't even any reclining space for her. And 19 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 1: then they packed her off home and that was fine, 20 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: and so they got on some warships, and they tried 21 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: to do it again, so it was always going to 22 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: play out in exactly the same way, and for that reason, 23 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 1: I think it is fair to call this the stunt, 24 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: being that what they're doing is something that they know 25 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: has no reasonable chance of success, which is delivering aid 26 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: to Gaza, but they're doing it anyway to draw attention 27 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: to Gaza. That's a stunt. Now. I'm not going to 28 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: criticize them for wanting to draw attention to Gaza because 29 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: it is horrific and intolerable what's happening there. And if 30 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: there is any doubt that the Israelis are deliberately constraining 31 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: the flow of aid, I think that was quite quite 32 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: obviously dispelled this week when the Trump Peace Plan was 33 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 1: released and it promised that if Hamasis accepts the deal, 34 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: then full aid will be immediately sent into the Gaza strip, 35 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 1: which is essentially I think you can see an admission 36 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: that full aid is currently being withheld from the Gaza Strip. 37 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: So I understand why they want to draw attention to it, 38 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 1: but I still don't have much time for stunts like this, 39 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: because generally they don't actually draw attention to the thing 40 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: that they're trying to draw attention to which is the 41 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: starvation in Gaza. They only really draw attention to themselves, 42 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: which is Greha and her mates. That's what we're talking about. 43 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: We're not talking about Gaza today, are we We're talking 44 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: about Greha and her mates. The whole thing becomes about 45 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: the safety and the treatment of the activists, not the 46 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: safety and the treatment of the people of Gaza. And frankly, 47 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: they are, in my opinion, of no value whatsoever to 48 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: the people of Gaza right now. Now. Obviously, I do 49 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: hope the IDEF treats these kids well our diplomats. 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