US EditionGlobal Sumud Flotilla now in Tunisia, expected to sail to Gaza in 2 days – Mohd Na'im
The Global Sumud Flotilla, involving 300 activists from 44 countries, challenges Israel's 17-year blockade causing severe famine for over 2 million Palestinians, with 28.5% malnourished, UN reports.
- On Sunday, the Global Sumud Flotilla docked in Tunisia at the port of Sidi Bou Said, where organizers said the ships will stock up for two days before departing for Gaza on September 10, 2025.
- Facing a 17-year blockade, Gaza suffers under Israel's blockade, with UN Relief and Works Agency reporting 28.5% malnutrition and international monitors declaring famine last month.
- The mission brings about 300 activists from 44 countries, starting from Barcelona, Spain on August 31, 2025 with 20 vessels, facing weather setbacks and resuming on September 5 after repairs.
- Israeli authorities have warned they will decisively intercept vessels and arrest crew, with detainees held in Ketziot and Damon prisons under Itamar Ben-Gvir; the final leg is seven to nine days, says U.N. agency.
- Framed as a political act, the Global Sumud Flotilla, invoking sumud, represents the largest civilian initiative challenging Gaza's blockade and cites the Rome Statute on war crimes.
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From SA to Gaza. A young activist carries on family tradition of fighting oppression – The Mail & Guardian
At 22, Nurain Saloojee is one of the youngest people on the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian fleet of more than fifty boats attempting to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza. For her, the journey is not a sudden act of conscience but the outcome of years of steady involvement. “Palestine has been part of my life my whole life,” Saloojee says. “It didn’t just happen overnight. Even as a child, when the last flotilla sailed, I remember making paper b…
Over the past few weeks, several flotillas have been increasing in order to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. Many personalities, such as the Swedish Greta Thunberg or French actress Adèle Haenel, join in. For our columnist Isabelle Barbéris, these humanitarian aid workers who have no chance of arriving at a good port are part of the show.
Global Sumud Flotilla continues its journey, the largest independent initiative to bring humanitarian aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip. Dozens of boats on board...
Tens of thousands of people went down to the square in Rome to defend Palestine once again and to ask for the end of the attacks in Gaza by Israel. An oceanic crowd that from Piazza Vittorio has reached Porta San Paolo carrying torches, cartels and waving flags. "We are the ground crew of the Flotilla " screams at the microphone Giorgina Levi, of the Global Movement to Gaza, the movement that organized the mission of the Global Sumud Flotilla " …
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