The Gaza Flotilla That’s Under Attack

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🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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With Gaza cut off from food and aid, activists have taken matters into their own hands, and are attempting to circumvent Israel’s blockade themselves via the Mediterranean. Guest: Zue Jernstedt, member of About Face: Veterans Against the War and participant on the Veterans Boat of the Global Sumud Flotilla. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.3	Zoo has been learning to sail by bobbing around in a 46-foot sailboat in the middle
0:56.6	of the Mediterranean.
1:01.0	Zoo, where are you right now?
1:03.5	I am off the coast of Crete.
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1:09.8	Oh, it's gorgeous. This is the bluest water I've ever seen.
1:12.9	I've never been to Crete, so it looks very magical place.
1:18.6	And you can kind of see the dusty blue, like, mountains of it off in the distance.
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