The ships have already resumed their march after making a technical stop. This has announced in a video the former mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, who travels on the same ship as the activist Greta Thunberg, among others. “We finally left Menorca’s coasts behind and 17 ships of the Global Sumud Flotilla we left for Gaza; next stop: Tunisia”Colau has pointed out.
The vessels that are part of the Greater attempt to break the Israeli block of Gaza by sea They were forced to dock in Menorca after leaving Barcelona “to perform security checks” after suffering “strong storms.” As the former mayor of Barcelona has pointed out, the two -night break has been forced by “the technical needs of some small ships.” However, as Colau has assured, the stop has been useful to organize better and make formations to face “different emergency situations” that may arise.
Colau has also said having been following all the mobilizations that happen throughout the world in support of the Palestinian people. Among other things, the former mayor of Barcelona He has highlighted the protests during the cycling return to Spain or the speeches of Italian stibisters who have warned with paralyzing the ports of Europe If the Israel army finally attacks the ships of the flotilla. “We have much more power than they make us believe. We are going to get governments, especially Europeans, who fill their mouths with democracy and human rights, cannot continue to profile. We continue later convinced than ever. It is necessary to build hope not only for the Palestinian people but for the whole of humanity, “Colau concluded.
This Thursday, in addition, the organization of the Global Sumud Flotilla has Condemned “vigorously” the threats of the Israeli Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who assured that his country will treat all the members of the flotilla as “terrorists”. “These threats are not only unfounded and unfair, but they constitute a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions,” they have denounced. For the organizers, these tactics are what Israel usually use “against the Palestinian people, criminalizing it, as well as silenced peaceful protests and humanitarian solidarity with the Palestinians in a desperate attempt to repress international claims of justice.”
The Global Sumud Flotilla has recalled, on the other hand, that the Gazatí people control “the 40 kilometers of Gaza Mediterranean coast.” “They have the right to receive ships, goods and people through their territorial waters. The Palestinians should have a sovereign right to use their own sea for trade, fishing and transport. However, Since 2007 they have been victims of a maritime, aerial and illegal land blockade“.
Before the Israelis threats of intercepting the flotilla, The UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, recalled that the mission “fully complies with international law”. “Any attempt to intercept the flotilla constitutes an aggression and a violation of cruise law under international maritime law,” Albanese recalled, who has defined the members of the Global Sumud Flotilla as “moral warriors while the states remain inactive and complicated.” “I am with you,” he detailed on his social networks.
