They put their bodies at risk because they do not believe their lives are more valuable than the lives of Palestinians.

It is shameful that government ministers express indignation for Canadians when they have utterly failed to show it for Palestinians, who have endured untold cruelty for the better part of a century.

But that’s the world we live in, and the bravery of the flotilla participants shows the glaring double standard, and helps build pressure to rein in the rogue state of Israel.

It’s an extreme tactic in response to extreme impunity.

And the goal is to stop the genocide and dismantle Israeli apartheid.

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