VIDEO: Democracy Now! talks with one of the Freedom Flotilla organisers, Huwaida Arraf 30 April 2024
Hundreds of activists aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla were blocked in Turkey on Saturday as they attempted to set sail for the besieged Palestinian territory with 5,500 tons of aid. Organizers say Guinea-Bissau withdrew its flagged ships under pressure from Israel and the United States.
The Gaza Freedom Flotilla brings together a “cross-section of humanity” in hundreds of community leaders from all walks of life to raise awareness of Israel’s blockade of Gaza and rally support for its end. “We are determined to stop this by direct action” where international governments “have sadly failed,” says one of the organizers of the Freedom Flotilla, the Palestinian American human rights attorney Huwaida Arraf. “This is not the end. We are pursuing this legally and politically,” she says about this latest “minor setback.” Arraf was part of the previous iteration of the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla, in which 10 participants were killed in an attack from the Israeli Navy when it raided the ships in international waters.
Ed: Our Kia Ora Gaza team of 3 Kiwi doctors are due to return home this week, until the flotilla is able to sail again.
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Any updates ?
Im trying to find any source of updated news about Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Unfortunately I know no other website. I hope you tell us what the situation right now.
FFC is reaching out to other countries for a flag for the flotilla boats to sail under.The flotilla will then regroup and set sail to break the illegal siege of Gaza & deliver over 5,500 tons of humanitarian aid.
Inshallah this illegal siege will be broken