But one little boat, the Mikeno, may have broken through the blockade and actually entered Gaza’s waters, coming as close as 9.3 miles away from shore. There is a number above which the boats would be able to break the blockade and make it to Gaza. It is hard to think of a cause more unambiguously noble than sending humanitarian aid to desperately needy people. Yet despite the moral lines being drawn so clearly, the world has failed to support the Sumud Flotilla. What if they had gone beyond empty words and UN resolutions and decided, like the Sumud Flotilla members, to take direct action?