Breaking the Gaza Embargo and Israeli Piracy .By Gabriel Matthew Schivone, Huwaida Arraf and Noam Chomsky http://www.zcommunications.org/breaking-the-gaza-embargo-and-israeli-piracy-by-gabriel-matthew-schivone 

Threatening to hijack boats in international waters and kill or kidnap passengers is...a serious crime. But Israel’s threats and actual uses of force are nothing new. For decades, Israel has been hijacking international vessels throughout the Mediterranean and kidnapping or killing passengers. To understand the current situation involving civil resistance to Israeli policy, a glance at Israel’s aggressive history in international waters is in order.