Reply #129: This report states clearly that there wasn't one sole motivation for the flotilla..

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There are some 'supporters' of Israel who are falsely claiming that the motivation for the flotilla wasn't a humanitarian one. This is clearly misleading, as it's clear from reading the report that there wasn't one motivation, and that there were humanitarian motivations as well as the main one of breaking the blockade.

79. The stated aims of the Flotilla, as testified by the leaders of the Free Gaza
Movement and IHH, were threefold: (a) to draw international public attention to the
situation in the Gaza Strip and the effect the blockade; (b) to break the blockade; and (c) to
deliver humanitarian assistance and supplies to Gaza. All participants interviewed by the
Mission shared their aims, although most placed emphasis on the delivery of humanitarian
aid.

80. The Mission notes a certain tension between the political objectives of the flotilla
and its humanitarian objectives. This comes to light the moment that the Government of
Israel made offers to allow the humanitarian aid to be delivered via Israeli ports but under
the supervision of a neutral organization. The Mission also notes that the Gaza Strip does
not possess a deep sea port designed to receive the kind of cargo vessels included in the
flotilla, raising practical logistical questions about the plan to deliver large quantities of aid
by the route chosen. Whilst the Mission is satisfied that the flotilla constituted a serious
attempt to bring essential humanitarian supplies into Gaza, it seems clear that the primary
objective was political, as indeed demonstrated by the decision of those on board the
Rachel Corrie to reject a Government of Ireland-sponsored proposal that the cargo in that
ship to be allowed through Ashdod intact.

http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/15session/A.HRC.15.21_en.pdf

For anyone who hasn't read the report yet, it really is worth reading...