It’s a simple equation. Israeli ships are defended by armed security crews. Pirates attack ship, security crews fire on pirates, pirates retreat.
Pirates, apparently from Somalia, attempted to hijack a Zim “Africa Star” ship on Saturday near the Republic of Djibouti, reported the Israeli shipping company, which is owned by the Ofer family.
Security guards aboard the ship returned fire and repelled the pirates, who surrounded the vessel as it was sailing in the Red Sea.
[…] The incident ended with no casualties among the Zim crew. A similar attempt to hijack a Zim vessel on Thursday also ended without injury.
Perhaps the rest of the world might learn from the Israeli example, instead of having to pay millions in ransom.
“Without injury.” I hope that referred to the crew and not the pirates.
I would recommend being more cautious on this issue.
There is always a first time for everything.
Not all Israeli owned ships have Israeli security guards on them, or any guards, or any Israelis.
That was the case with the first Israeli ship that was attacked by pirates. They failed because there was barbwire around the bow; they had nothing to hold on to. But the pirates are savvy enough to overcome this.
There is a good chance that Israeli cargo ships in that part of the world are not as attractive as other ships.
Arrogance and over confidence begets bad surprises.