An estimated Twenty-seven ships to set sail for Gaza from multiple ports to break Israel’s siege on the enclave.

This will be activist Greta Thunberg’s second mission, having been taken captive by Israel earlier this year when her ship and fellow crew members were sprayed with illicit chemicals and boarded unlawfully in international waters. The Handala and her crew also suffered a similar fate earlier this summer.

Dozens of people gathered on Saturday at the port of Barcelona where a flotilla will set sail for Gaza on Sunday. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is hoping to break… the naval blockade imposed by Israel along the coast of the Gaza Strip since 2007… (AP video and production by Hernan Munoz)

Additional information:

The Global Sumud Flotilla

The Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza: Everything you need to know

Largest flotilla for Gaza hopes to pressure Israel to end blockade

  • unconsequential@slrpnk.netOP
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    Ok. I hope that’s the case. I don’t mean to be defensive. It just seems that’s often the implication with these kind of remarks.

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      Definitely the case, sorry for not being more clear

      I’m hoping they can avoid the terror and death that Israel is wreaking on so many civilians and journalists