Swedish activist Greta Thunberg announced that on August 31, one will depart from Spain, according to a publication that made this Sunday on Instagram.
“On August 31, we launched the greatest attempt to break the illegal Israeli siege over Gaza with dozens of ships that browse. We will meet with dozens more on September 4 sailing from Tunisia and other ports,” says the announcement, in which in addition to Thunberg several proportional activists participate.
The campaign indicates that the mobilization of “more than 44 countries in simultaneous manifestations and actions to break the complicity in solidarity with the Palestinian people is also sought.” Thunberg was one of the members of the Freedom Flotilla that tried to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza but was intercepted on June 8 by the Israeli army.
Arrested on board the ‘Madleen’ and deported by Israel
Of the twelve activists traveling aboard the Maseda ship of the Fleeta de la Libertad that sought to break the Israeli block over Gaza and deliver a symbolic amount of humanitarian aid in the enclave, four (among them Thunberg) agreed to be deported after the interception of the ship by the Israeli army.
The rest of the activists refused to sign their voluntary deportation and were arrested and taken before a court to ratify the expulsion orders, since under Israeli law, when a person receives deportation orders it is arrested for 72 hours or more before being expelled from the country.
The lawyers of the activists said that the authorities of Israel “intercepted and seized by force” of the ship and “arrested the volunteers, violating their will and their fundamental rights according to international law.” Another ship from the Fleeta de la Libertad, the To give uphe was also intercepted by the Israeli army on July 27.
One of the crew members of the To give upthe Franco-South deputy in the European Parliament Emma Fourreau, then wrote in X that the ship was approached by the Israeli army 115 kilometers from the coast of Gaza and that the crew threw its phones into the water as a safety measure.
“He To give up He carried a shipping of critical humanitarian aid for the Palestinians in Gaza that included formula milk for babies, diapers, food and medications. The entire load was non -military, civil, with the aim of being distributed directly to a population that faces a deliberate famine and a medical collapse under the illegal blockade of Israel, “the organization said.
