The Freedom Flotilla Is Sailing Into Its Most Dangerous Waters Yet


by The Nation

The Nation— Saliha Bayrak The humanitarian convoy is trying to deliver vital aid to Gaza at a time when the stakes—and the risks—could not be higher.

NBC News—Medical freedom vs. public health: Should fluoride be in our drinking water?. The culture wars have a new target: your teeth. Communities across the U.S. are ending public water fluoridation programs, often spurred by groups that insist that people should decide whether they want the mineral — long proven to fight cavities — added to their water supplies. The push to flush it from water systems seems to be increasingly fueled by pandemic-related mistrust of government oversteps and misleading claims, experts say, that fluoride is harmful. “The anti-fluoridation movement...

The Times of Israel—Gaza ‘Freedom Flotilla’ blocked in Turkey after being denied use of 2 ships. A “Freedom Flotilla” aimed at delivering aid to Gaza without Israeli coordination or approval was blocked in Turkey Saturday after being...

Zero Hedge—Gaza Aid Flotilla With 1,000 Passengers, Tons Of Supplies Poised To Sail. Gaza Aid Flotilla With 1,000 Passengers, Tons Of Supplies Poised To Sail - As IDF Awaits A flotilla of ships packed with a thousand activists, human rights observers and more than 5,500 tons of food and medical supplies is ready to sail from Istanbul to for Gaza. To do so, they'll need the Turkish government to let them leave the port, and then run the risk of being subjected to a deadly Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) attack -- as their predecessors were in an infamous 2010 incident. ...