The media's script on the Madleen aid ship is uniform not because it is rooted in any discernible reality. It is uniform because it is rooted in propaganda, the need by western governments to spin their crimes as "humanitarianism" and in defence of a supposed "superior civilisation".

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Israel commits an act of piracy in international waters on a UK-flagged vessel trying to reach Gaza, abducting its crew and forcibly taking them to Israel. Guardian: Israeli forces take control of Gaza aid boat BBC: Israeli forces intercept Gaza activists' aid boat NYT: Israel intercepts Gaza aid ship carrying Greta Thunberg ABC: Israel diverts aid boat CBS: Israel stops Gaza aid ship, detains Greta Thunberg Search any establishment media outlet and it's the same entirely bogus, implicit narrative being peddled: of Israel supposedly taking necessary, even legal, actions to restore order in a situation of dangerous rule-breaking and anarchy. Who would know from the coverage: * That Israel is breaking maritime law by seizing the boat and kidnapping its crew? * That the UK should be seeking urgent answers from Israel, not staying tight-lipped, on how a boat under its protection was seized in international waters? * That there is a clear legal (as well as moral) obligation on all states to be doing what the activists have tried to do and break Israel's genocidal aid blockade? * That the most pertinent issue in this story is not Thunberg's supposed "egotism" – a pathetic Israeli canard that has dominated western reporting – but the fact that Israel is exterminating 2 million people in Gaza by starving them of food and water? The media's script on the Madleen aid ship is uniform not because it is rooted in any discernible reality. It is uniform because it is rooted in propaganda, the need by western governments to spin their crimes as "humanitarianism" and in defence of a supposed "superior civilisation".

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