Consequently, the catastrophe on the Mediterranean and the catastrophic blockade of Gaza are related. Both are caused by misanthropic policies, despotic regimes, crumbling states. Both are caused by an ‘international community’ that prefers to look the other way rather than take its responsibility. In this situation, humanitarian organisations like Ship to Gaza and Doctors Without Borders are forced to act by sending boats to Tripoli and Gaza City to advance human dignity.