As a result of that action, she was kidnapped by a foreign government outside of their territory. That's kinda fucked up.
Yet she openly proclaimed to the entire world exactly what her mission was, followed by her actions of sailing within 100 miles of the conflict zone clearly demonstrate that she intended to complete her mission.
I actually kind of wonder what would have happened had the Madleen succeeded. There's definitely potential that the activists could have gotten mobbed, hurt, or killed.
attempted to bring humanitarian aid to help millions of people not die from the incoming famine
They brought a few pallets. They admit it was purely symbolic. A few pallets for millions of starving people... That's about as symbolic as Trump throwing paper towels to Puerto Ricans.
Specifically here is the cargo:
unspecified amount of baby formula, 100 kg (220 lb) of flour, 250 kg (550 lb) of rice, diapers (nappies), medical kits, and crutches
1kg of rice can feed approx: 6-8, lets say 7 people. 250x7 = 1750 people
1kg of flour can make 2 large loaves of bread, lets say 5 people. 100x 5 = 500 people
2250 people out of 1,900,000 people means .1% of the population gets to eat for maybe 1 day. I agree it's better than nothing, but Israel confiscated the cargo and now it's still going to be distributed through the pre-established channels, probably slower than had it just been donated...
with the threat of murder and incarceration looming
Murder? I'm not gonna say it's a zero chance, but I think your chances are pretty low when you're openly carrying an EU diplomat on a peace mission and live streaming everything on instagram.
All I'm saying is the entire thing was a publicity stunt. If she was REALLY trying to get aid into Palestine, she would have not advertised to the world about breaking a naval blockade.
Let me ask. What did she actually accomplish with this stunt?
Did she increase awareness? To who?
Did she illuminate previous unknown fucked up-ness of Israel? - I'm pretty sure the whole world knows that Israel putting people into ghettos and concentration camps while committing illegal land grabs is more than ironic and rings a strong parallel to Nazi Germany. Pretty sure the world knows this without Greta. I could be wrong.
I think she accomplished little aside from distracting the world for a day or 2.