The vessels that form the Global Sumud Flotilla They have sailed again. They have done it after hearing for a week in ports of Tunisia and after suffering several setbacks. First the difficult climatic conditions, mechanical, logistic or bureaucratic problems, and then the two attacks they suffered when they were standing in the Maghreb country. Currently, there are 15 vessels that already browse, according to the live monitoring offered by the initiative website, which is expected to join another 18 ships waiting in Sicily and later other Greek vessels.
Last week, the activists denounced that two vessels of the flotilla were attacked in two consecutive nights. As they explained, they were drones that launched an flammable material on the deck. In none of the occasions there were injured, only “minor” material damage. The two ships that suffered it, the Alma and the Wood Familythey have been able to sail again and are already heading to Gaza. The activists They have pointed to Israel as responsible And they have announced an investigation. Tunisian authorities after the first incident pointed to a fire produced by a “button”, but after the second, they announced an investigation and qualified the act of “premeditated.”
Airspace violation
“The drones has previously happened with other floats, what had not happened is the violation of the airspace of another country,” said the autonomous deputy of Compromís in statements to Efe Juan Borderamember of the flotilla. It does not rule out that in the attempt to get to Gaza they can be intercepted or “attacked again.” “Nothing has changed, our determination is to continue towards Gaza, we will not stop,” he said Saif abukeshekmember of the organization. In his opinion, what they have suffered is another sample of how Israel tries to “psychologically terrorize” people who sympathize with Gaza. In addition, it has claimed that they are not the protagonists, that the focus has to be “the war crimes, the genocide suffered by the Palestinians.”
This solidarity initiative, in which activists from 40 countries participate, came out at the end of August in Barcelona with the aim of breaking the blockade that Israel imposes on the entrance of Humanitarian aid In Gaza. During the journey, dozens of boats are joining the initiative. The ships carry food and medicines, although they explain that it is above all about a symbolic and political actionto make visible and denounce the Israeli aggression. Among the members, are the activist Greta Thunbergor the former mayor of Barcelona There is colau. It is not the first attempt to reach the Palestinian coast, in June, the ship Mased, In which 12 activists were intercepted by the Israeli naval forces in international waters, the crew was arrested and transferred to Israel.
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