Have you ever asked yourself WHY there is a need for the flotilla to deliver goods to Gaza?

I guess it must be because Israel is not allowing any delivery of goods into the Gaza strip, right?
To be perfectly honest. I didn’t know, as German media rarely write anything about it.

BUT aunty Google was glad to help.

Flotilla Humanitarian Cargo Loaded Unto Trucks / source: IDF

How to Deliver Goods to the Gaza Strip
[...] On a daily basis, Israel transfers approx. 6,000 tons of goods and materials into Gaza via the Kerem Shalom Crossing. [...]

[...] In June 2011, the European convoy, “Miles of Smiles 3,” arrived at the Rafah land crossing. At the Egypt-Israel border crossing, the convoy’s ten European human rights organizations transferred 30 tons of medical supplies, 12 ambulances, baby food, and wheelchairs to the Gaza Strip by coordinating efforts with the Egyptian Red Crescent. The transfer of goods and materials did not entail violence [...]

Source: http://idfspokesperson.com

German media do write a lot about the flotilla. The only thing they forget to mention is that there is a legal way and that there is an illegal way to bring those goods into Gaza. This is quite strange, thinking that media should report in an unbiased way. Looking into the German reporting on the flotilla you could get the impression that media reporting is “somewhat” biased (to phrase it politely). But to be fair to the media … emotional pictures of soldiers seizing a ship sell much better than a photo from the Kerem Shalom Crossing. They are doomed to use those pictures that have the highest news value. Circulation figures reign supreme, right?

So what should I think about the flotilla?
Is it only a big public relations stunt, to deliver the “right” pictures to the press?