Following Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, organizers have vowed that they will continue “to sail until Gaza is free.” They’ve already announced that the next mission will send a thousand ships to Gaza.
Veterans for Peace member Phillip Tottenham speaks to Mondoweiss about why he joined the Global Sumud Flotilla that is sailing to Gaza in protest of the genocide and in an attempt to break the Israeli siege.
U.S. labor activist Chris Smalls has been released from jail after being abducted by Israeli forces as part of a Gaza aid ship. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition says Smalls had been assaulted by seven uniformed Israeli soldiers.
We called it the Gaza Sea even though it is part of the Mediterranean, because Israel isolated us from the world and made us believe that it was unreachable. The Freedom Flotilla broke that spell.
At 2 a.m. local time, Israeli forces boarded the Madleen on its way to Gaza to deliver vital humanitarian aid. “To know there are people willing to break the siege is beyond words,” a Gazan who speaks to the boat’s crew daily told Mondoweiss.
A ship carrying aid to Gaza was hit by a drone in international waters off the coast of Malta. Many are accusing Israel of being behind the attack.
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition and Ship to Gaza-Norway are launching ships to Gaza to send its people a message: they are not alone, and people all over Europe are struggling for their freedom.
Orientalist media coverage of the war in Ukraine reflects the worldview inherent in Western governments’ policies.
On May 4, activists are staging a star-studded event at UMass Amherst about their refusal to bow to intimidation tactics and shut up about Palestinian human rights. Titled “Not Backing Down,” the forum will feature Roger Waters, Linda Sarsour, Dave Zirin and Marc Lamont Hill.Sponsors had hoped to bring Hanan Ashrawi from Palestine. But she did not receive a visa over several weeks during which the event was organized. “I think this is something new from the Trump administration,” Professor Sut Jhally said of the delay on Ashrawi’s application. He linked it to the denial of entry to Omar Barghouti last week and said that Trump is “doing the bidding of the Israeli government.”
Larry Commodore, a First Nations activist aboard the al-Awda boat to Gaza, speaks to Kim Jensen about the sing-a-longs on the Freedom Flotilla, his treatment once detained in Israel, and how he fell into activism to support Palestinians.