In 1948 Albert Einstein foresaw the Israeli terrorism in Palestine that would eventually bring a catastrophe on the Jewish colonists.
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FREEDOM FLOTILLA & CONSCIENCE TRACKER (11 boats)
(globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/)
Informazioa, hemen:
Global Sumud Flotilla Commentaary@Globalsumudf
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Jackson Hinkle 
@jacksonhinklle
Demonstrators in Copenhagen, Denmark, demand an end to the genocide of Gaza and the freedom of the Flotilla activists!
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1974097110057562550
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Cllr Martin Abrams 
@Martin_Abrams
Still not a single word from the UK Government about the 13 British Citizens that have been abducted by Israeli forces and held in International Waters and currently held captive.
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Cllr Martin Abrams @Martin_Abrams
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My dear friend and comrade @kieran_andrieu has been illegally kidnapped by Israel whilst sailing in International waters with @gbsumudflotilla. There were 13 UK Citizens on-board the flotilla but there has not been a
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Mary Kostakidis@MaryKostakidis
Israel’s interception of the Gaza aid flotilla is a clear violation of international law
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Israel’s interception of the Gaza aid flotilla is a clear violation of international law
The Israel Defence Force has intercepted a flotilla of humanitarian vessels seeking to deliver aid to Gaza, taking control of multiple vessels and arresting activists, including Greta Thunberg.
The interceptions took place in the Mediterranean Sea between 70-80 nautical miles off the Gazan coast. These are international waters where international law recognises high seas freedom of navigation for all vessels.
Israel has countered by arguing it has a maritime blockade which prohibits entry to Gaza by foreign vessels. Israel has also suggested the flotilla was supported by Hamas – an assertion the flotilla organisers have rejected.
Gaza humanitarian aid flotillas
The Global Sumud Flotilla was comprised of more than 40 boats carrying humanitarian aid (food, medical supplies and other essential items), along with several hundred parliamentarians, lawyers and activists from dozens of countries.
The flotilla departed Spain in late August and has been making its way eastwards across the sea, with stops in Tunisia, Italy and Greece. Along the way, the Italian and Spanish governments deployed naval escorts to ensure their safe passage.
Passengers on the boats alleged they had been harassed by drones at mulitple points in the voyage.
This flotilla campaign is the latest iteration of a movement that has existed for over 15 years to challenge Israel’s long-running blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Earlier this year, a ship called the Conscience carrying activists and aid bound for Gaza was hit by explosions off the coast of Malta.
Israel then intercepted the Madleen, with Thunberg and other activists on board, in June, and the Handala in July.
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg talks to journalists after being deported from Israel on June 10 following her arrest. Anders Wiklund/TT/EPA
And in 2010, a flotilla tried to reach Gaza carrying humanitarian relief and hundreds of activists. Israeli commandos boarded the Turkish-flagged Mavi Marmara, leading to a violent confrontation that resulted in the deaths of ten activists. The deaths drew widespread condemnation and strained Israeli-Turkish ties for years.
The legality of Gaza’s naval blockade
The international law related to the actions of the flotilla vessels and Israel’s capacity to intervene is complex.
Israel has imposed blockades of Gaza in various forms for nearly 20 years.
The legal basis for the blockades and their consistency with international law, particularly the law of the sea, has been contentious, which was highlighted during a UN inquiry that followed the Mavi Marmara incident.
While Israel’s legal relationship with Gaza has varied during this time, Israel is now considered an occupying power in Gaza under international law.
The roles of occupying powers were codified in the Fourth Geneva Convention in 1949 and built upon the legal obligations that Allied powers assumed in Germany and Japan at the end of the second world war. The Geneva Convention outlines the clear legal framework for occupying powers.
In recent decades, Israel has been both a de jure (recognised under the law) and de facto occupying power in Palestine.
In 2024, the International Court of Justice ruled Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories was illegal under international law.
As an occupying power, Israel controls all access to Gaza whether by land, air or sea. Aid trucks are only permitted to enter Gaza under strict controls. Foreign air force aid drops that have occurred in recent months have only been permitted under strict Israeli control, as well.
Very little aid has arrived by sea since the war began because Israel has severely restricted maritime access to Gaza. The United States built a floating pier off the coast to deliver aid in 2024, but this was soon abandoned because of weather, security and technical issues.
This clearly indicated, however, that Israel was prepared to permit the flow of maritime aid from its closest ally, the US. This exception to the blockade was not applied to other humanitarian actors.
Intercepting ships in international waters
While delivery of aid by sea is legally problematic at the moment, there are limits to Israel’s ability to disrupt flotillas. The freedom of navigation is central to the law of the sea. As such, the flotilla is entitled to sail unimpeded in the Mediterranean Sea.
Any harassment or stopping of the flotilla within the Mediterranean’s international waters is therefore a clear violation of international law.
Crucial to this is the actual location where Israeli forces intercept and board flotilla vessels.
Israel can certainly exercise control over the 12 nautical mile territorial sea off Gaza’s shores. Its closure of the territorial sea to foreign vessels would be justified under international law as a security measure, as well as to ensure the safety of neutral vessels due to the ongoing war.
Flotilla organisers said their ships were intercepted between 70 to 80 nautical miles from shore, well beyond Gaza’s territorial sea.
No doubt this was done for operational reasons. The closer the flotilla came to the Gazan coast, the more difficult it would be for the Israel Defence Force to successfully intercept each ship, raising the possibility that at least one vessel may make landfall.
This image taken from video released by the Israeli Foreign Ministry claims to show activist Greta Thunberg, right, as she is removed after the Israeli navy intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla. Israeli Foreign Ministry/AP
Scores of activists onboard the ships have reportedly been detained and will be taken into custody in the Israeli port of Ashdod. They will then likely be quickly deported.
The activists have protections under international human rights law, as well, including access to foreign diplomats exercising consular protection for their citizens.
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BREAKING: NEW WAVE of SHIPS SAIL with GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA A New Wave of 9 Ships is Currently on the way to Gaza in an attempt to break Israel’s decades-long illegal Siege
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Ryan Rozbiani@RyanRozbiani
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A touching moment – Palestinians in Gaza, watching one of the ships of the Global Sumud Flotilla arrive in the waters of Gaza. x.com/RyanRozbiani/s…
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Two of my constituents have been detained by Israel, following the illegal interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla. I have written to the Foreign Secretary to ask what steps the UK government is taking to secure their immediate and safe release.
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Eight sailing boats carrying almost 70 people from more than 20 countries left Sicily on Saturday, with a ninth much larger vessel expected to catch them up today.
The flotilla is expected to reach the interception zone early next week. 68-metre passenger ship the
Conscience tried to sail to Gaza in May with @GretaThunberg on board, but it was attacked by drones off the coast of Malta, leaving it too severely damaged to continue. It has now been repaired and is sailing with dozens of medics and international journalists on board.
The first eight boats, meanwhile, are carrying elected politicians from France, Belgium, Ireland, Spain, the United States and Denmark; Irish author @NaoiseDolan, who had to pull out of the Global Sumud Flotilla after her boat was cancelled in Tunisia; and French-Malian racial justice activist Assa Traore.
Speaking from on board, Dolan said that given Israel has been committing a genocide for the past two years, everyone was well aware of the risk when they signed up, and – far from being deterred by the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla on Wednesday – they were “sailing faster”.
“Every boat we launch is a direct challenge to the blockade and a declaration of solidarity,” organisers said in a statement. “We sail not as charity, but as part of the global struggle to end apartheid and affirm the right of the Palestinian people to live free.”
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), which coordinated the Madleen and Handala missions earlier this year, has been sending boats to Gaza for 15 years, while Thousand Madleens to Gaza (TMTG) is a grassroots initiative it inspired.
Many of the boats, which can all be tracked online, are named after Palestinians, including Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who was targeted and killed by Israel in August, and paediatrician Alaa Al Najjar, whose husband and nine children were killed in an Israeli airstrike while she was at work.
“For nearly two years, the illegal Israeli occupation has blocked international journalists from entering Gaza, creating one of the most dangerous press blackouts in modern history,” the FFC said. “This boat is our challenge to that silence.”
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MP: “Within the past 24 hours, a party colleague of mine has been kidnapped by the Israeli government”
BBC’s Fiona Bruce: “When you say ‘kidnapped’, they have been detained. Have they not?”
MP: “You can’t arrest somebody in international waters! Let’s call this what it is
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1974099051395363261
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A new 11-boat convoy of The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) carrying 100 activists called “Thousand Madleens to Gaza” departed to challenge Tel Aviv’s 18-year blockade on Palestine’s Gaza. Israel further tightened the siege in March, when it closed border crossings and blocked food and medicine deliveries, pushing the enclave into famine. FFC, established in 2008, has launched dozens of prior missions aimed at delivering aid to Gaza and drawing global attention to the humanitarian crisis there.
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1974069462396502097
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Jackson Hinkle @jacksonhinklle
A massive demonstration is taking place in front of the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, to call for a free Palestine and the release of the Flotilla hostages
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1974142402995818507
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Artists Against Apartheid@artistsagainst_
Brother of @gbsumudflotilla activist, @carsieblanton , speaks out tonight in NYC—demanding the release of the flotilla activists, acknowledging their resolve and highlighting that the world is waking up to demand an end to the brutal genocide in Gaza!
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1973916411413012862
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“We are 3-4 days from Palestine. The ship Conscience has joined our flotilla. Since I filmed the video, Israeli planes have started circling over our flotilla. It feels incredibly unsafe.”
“Thank you to all of you who are keeping an eye on the flotilla & sharing our content”
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1974460825227407843
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The fear is gone! Supporters of Israel’s genocide are increasingly failing to intimidate people into silence.
Here’s football legend Pep Guardiola calling on the people of Barcelona to flood the streets tomorrow at noon to demand an end to the genocide.
Expect a sea of people!
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1974245173531193657
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One after another, the new wave by @GazaFFlotilla is on its way to Gaza with 11 ships. Leading the way is the beautiful Conscience.
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Today I’m doing 14 @cbcradio interviews across Canada on Israel’s unlawful blockade of Gaza, and its illegal interceptions and abductions of hundreds of @gbsumudflotilla civilian volunteers. As we speak, more boats from the @GazaFFlotilla are on their way to break the blockade. x.com/gbsumudflotill…
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Global Sumud Flotilla@GlobalSumud
Freedom Flotilla Coalition: 11 vessels are sailing right now from Italy towards Gaza. Like the Global Sumud Flotilla, they carry humanitarian aid.
Tracker: https://freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tmtg-conscience-tracker/
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erabiltzaileari erantzuten
We are coming to
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Global Sumud Flotilla@GlobalSumud
Fact Check by Mathilda Mallinson: Claims that the Global Sumud flotilla carried no aid are FALSE. 
Humanitarian supplies were onboard, verified firsthand. .
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1974433918603448410
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Global Sumud Flotilla Commentary@Globalsumudf·
Spontaneous protests have continued all over the world. From Malaysia to Canada, Australia to Scotland. Students, workers, traders, activists – now is the time.
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1974196716711592450
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Global Sumud Flotilla Commentary@Globalsumudf
A Message from Gaza: Over 450 volunteers of the Global Sumud Flotilla have been taken — another blow to a people already under siege. Yet even beneath the bombs, we still believe in the free people of the world. Your solidarity is our light. We dream of sails returning to Gaza, carrying justice and compassion
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1974303144575218112
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Global Sumud Flotilla@GlobalSumud
“My name is Sadie, and I am currently aboard the Conscience Freedom Flotilla ship. I am here because the Canadian government has made me complicit in a genocide, and I have a duty to take action against that…
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1974400852569010636
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Israeli propaganda, easily debunked yet again.
#repost 
hannah.claire.smith (IG)
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1974449728776556801
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Dr. Ghada Sasa, PhD @drghadasasa
How stunning 
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Hüseyin Dişli@hsyn_eleutheron·
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One after another, the new wave by @GazaFFlotilla is on its way to Gaza with 11 ships.
Leading the way is the beautiful Conscience. x.com/heidi__matthew…
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1974193648188469334
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Global Sumud Flotilla@GlobalSumud
LIVE: Freedom Flotilla Coalition sails toward Gaza
Bideoa:https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1eaJbjBvZaBJX
(4:33:38)
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The Freedom Fleet Coalition launched a new flotilla toward Gaza, including the Ship of Conscience, with activists from numerous countries participating, aiming to break Israel’s suffocating siege.
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1974489614464204824
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Anadolu English
@anadoluagency·
Turkish activist and Sumud Flotilla participant Ersin Celik:
— They tortured Greta very severely. Right before our eyes.
— They persecuted Greta. Greta is just a little child.
— They made her crawl
— They forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. In other words, they did exactly what the Nazis did.
— They did it deliberately to her because she was a popular character. That’s how it was, but thank God we made it back
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1974490880611377423
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11 ships from our flotilla are heading to Gaza now, and content restrictions are keeping the world from knowing. SHARE NOW and let the world know.
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11 ships from our flotilla are heading to Gaza now, and content restrictions are keeping the world from knowing. SHARE NOW and let the world know.
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Global Sumud Flotilla Commentary@Globalsumudf
Hundreds of Global Sumud Flotilla crew members are being held for the “crime” of delivering food and medicine to Gaza. They stood up for humanity — now we must stand up for them.
Use your voice, Demand their release.
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1974441909738430516
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Italian artists gather in musical concert in solidarity with Gaza:
Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1974536024073359522
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Heading to Gaza.
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ICBSG | اللجنة الدولية لكسر الحصار عن غزة@ICBSOFGAZA
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ساعات ونكون شمالي مدينة الاسكندرية.
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The Freedom Fleet Coalition has set sail toward Gaza with the Ship of Conscience, carrying activists from multiple countries determined to challenge Israel’s ongoing siege on Gaza. This mission comes after Israeli occupation forces intercepted and detained participants of the previous mission. It is now just hours away, north of Alexandria.
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Quds News Network@QudsNen
Breaking | The International Committee to Break the Gaza Blockade announces that two additional vessels, Ghassan Kanafani and Al-Awda, have joined the latest wave of ships aiming to break the Israeli siege on Gaza, bringing the total to 11 ships.
Carrying around 170 activists, the fleet has already passed Greece’s Crete Island and is now positioned north of Egypt’s Marsa Matrouh.
Among the most prominent vessels is the large Doctors and Journalists ship, labeled as Al-Dameer, transporting international doctors and journalists from across the globe.
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Ikasleen ekimenez Global Sumud Flotillaren aldeko elkarretaratzea egin dugu patio orduan ikasleok eta irakasleok.
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Right now:
Go to: FREEDOM FLOTILLA & CONSCIENCE TRACKER
(https://globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/#help)
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Geure herriari, Euskal Herriari dagokionez, hona hemen gure apustu bakarra:
We Basques do need a real Basque independent State in the Western Pyrenees, just a democratic lay or secular state, with all the formal characteristics of any independent State: Central Bank, Treasury, proper currency1, out of the European Distopia and faraway from NATO, being a BRICS partner…
Euskal Herriaren independentzia eta Mikel Torka
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Esadazu arren, zer da gu euskaldunok egiten ari garena eta zer egingo dugun
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MTM: Zipriztinak (2), 2025: Warren Mosler
(Pinturak: Mikel Torka)
Gehigarriak:
MTM klase borrokarik gabe, kontabilitate hutsa da
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1 This way, our new Basque government will have infinite money to deal with. (Gogoratzekoa: Moneta jaulkitzaileko kasu guztietan, Gobernuak infinitu diru dauka.)
