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Spain has announced it will send a naval “action ship” from Cartagena to the eastern Mediterranean to defend the Global Sumud Flotilla on its mission to break Israel’s illegal siege of Gaza.

The decision follows a night of Israeli drone attacks—14 strikes in total—that targeted humanitarian boats and left several vessels damaged.

Defense Minister Margarita Robles said Spain has both a legal and moral duty to act, stressing that unarmed humanitarian workers cannot be abandoned to repeated assaults in international waters.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, one of Europe’s clearest voices condemning Israel’s genocide in Gaza, has now taken a bold step by directly committing Spanish military protection to those risking their lives to deliver aid.

Italy earlier deployed a Navy frigate under the same justification, also calling the protection of humanitarian workers a legal obligation. With both Rome and Madrid now standing openly against Israel’s war crimes at sea, pressure is building on other European governments to move from words to action in defense of Palestinian life and dignity.

God1000:
But why is Israel attacking unarmed aid workers heading to Gaza on international waters, this is unacceptable behavior

God1000:
Interesting times, these are big European/NATO countries with powerful military


The other countries that expressed their support for a two state solution also need to step up and follow the example set by Spain and Italy.

Spineless Arab countries are just there watching, their unwillingness to act has emboldened so much

Fiscus105:
I never read any of Arab nation doing this oooo, but they can give expensive aircraft for a president of the richest nation. Anyway they will prefer if they buy guns and ammunition instead.



Islam is somehow complex to understand.

God1000:
Interesting times, these are big European/NATO countries with powerful military


The other countries that expressed their support for a two state solution also need to step up and follow the example set by Spain and Italy.

Spineless Arab countries are just there watching, their unwillingness to act has emboldened so much

Fiscus105:
I never read any of Arab nation doing this oooo, but they can give expensive aircraft for a president of the richest nation. Anyway they will prefer if they buy guns and ammunition instead.



Islam is somehow complex to understand.

Curious345:
The fight is not with the Jewish state of Israel, the fight is with the Zionist entity headed by Benjamin Netanyahu

God1000:
But why is Israel attacking unarmed aid workers heading to Gaza on international waters, this is unacceptable behavior

God1000:
But why is Israel attacking unarmed aid workers heading to Gaza on international waters, this is unacceptable behavior

God1000:
Interesting times, these are big European/NATO countries with powerful militaries


The other countries that expressed their support for a two state solution also need to step up and follow the example set by Spain and Italy.

Spineless Arab countries are just there watching, their unwillingness to act has emboldened Israel so much

Kukutente23:
The money they are spending fuelling those ships should be better used to get Hamas to release the hostages
All these European nations are becoming so weak and fickle that they don't even have a moral compass anymore. Their only concern is political correctness
Very shameful for a once great continent

CLRF:
Any move by Arab countries might be termed act of war, so it is better that European take the initiative while the Arabs continues the diplomatic path.

In the meantime, Hamas should be outlaw and gaza handed back to Palestinians Government. If this is not done, the conflicts will not end

ajalawole:
If they like they should send all NATO army to Gaza nothing will still change till all hostage are freed dead or alive.