In Público, columnist João Miguel Tavares takes a critical view of the Gaza supporters’ brand of activism:
“For some, these are courageous people putting themselves at the service of a great cause. For others, they are privileged children who can afford the luxury of demanding that the state pay to get them out of the prison they insisted on putting themselves in. The flotilla activists are vehemently opposed to the Israeli government, but trust that Israel will quickly provide them with a plane to take them home. If these are the great humanitarian gestures of today’s world, then humanity is in a bad way.”