"A ripple effect- They may not have reached Gaza's shores, but the crew still delievered... For the first time sine October 2023 Palestinain could fish without being shot at by the Israeli navy (they've been too busy chasing the flotillas)."

OFFICIAL UPDATE FROM GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA 

Organization CONFIRMS the Israeli naval forces illegally intercepted and boarded the Global Sumud Flotilla’s vessel Sirius along with other boats in international waters. 

 38 PEOPLE from 16 COUNTRIES KIDNAPPED

The people of Gaza thank the Global Sumud Flotilla for giving them an opportunity to fish by distracting the occupation forces whose mission is genocide by hunger.

 Global Sumud Flotilla Commentary

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Images of activists Rima Hassan and Greta Thunberg have emerged as they are being deported — both smiling defiantly. 

 

Their courage exposes the injustice of a system that deports those bringing aid, while protecting those enforcing an illegal siege. 

 

You can detain people, but you can’t deport the truth

 

Middle East Eye

@MiddleEastEye

“From the sea to Gaza - we will not forget you. We will not let you be forgotten. This is the voice of humanity.” 

 

These were the last words recorded from the Marinette, the last active boat of the Global Sumud Flotilla, before Israeli forces intercepted them on Friday. 

 

With roughly 500 participants from different countries aboard at least 42 vessels, the Global Sumud Flotilla set out carrying humanitarian aid in an historic effort to open up a humanitarian corridor in the Gaza strip.   

 

It was the largest civilian-led initiative ever to try and break Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza.   https://x.com/MiddleEastEye/status/1974069720119656459

  

 

Israeli Embassy in Athens under siege last night as the city comes out to protest the holocaust in Gaza and the IDF kidnapping of comrades on the Global Flotilla.

The European Union, the United Nations, and all signatories to the Geneva Conventions must now answer: Will you uphold the laws you claim to defend, or will you look away while one of your own is disappeared at sea?

@RimaHas   French-Palestinian Member of the European Parliament and refugee from 1948, now stands before an Israeli court in al-Ramleh. Israel offered her deportation and a 100-year ban. She refused to sign. She chose prison over submission.

 

The European Union, the United Nations, and all signatories to the Geneva Conventions must now answer: Will you uphold the laws you claim to defend, or will you look away while one of your own is disappeared at sea?

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt

@FranceskAlbs

·@RimaHas , a Member of the @EUparliament is illegally detained by Israel. Seized in international waters while part of a humanitarian convoy, she was taken by the Israeli army to Israel, which she had not tried to enter — and is now deprived of her liberty for refusing to sign a document pledging never to return to the land of her ancestors. This is the essence of Israel’s apartheid: institutionalized anti-Palestinian racism at work. It is also an affront to France, Europe and its institutions, history and all of us.

 

 The Right of Return 

UN Resolution 194 from 1948 "The refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbours should be permitted to do so..."