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)
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I hate how people at the same time accuse her of not doing enough and then say missions like these are useless.
She tries. That’s the most important.
They’re absolutely not worthless missions imo. Every ship that’s intercepted puts egg on Israel’s face and takes time, resources, and money out of their pockets. People like Greta also make it near impossible for western media to completely ignore. It’s also grown the movement. They bombed the Conscious. They didn’t back down. She got forcefully taken and held with the crew of the Madleen and Egypt showed their true colors blocking the March to Gaza. All which taught the activist community, and the world, a valuable lesson. They captured the Handala with other notables aboard, who western news outlets interviewed and gave airtime.
Now they’re going again and this time with a fleet at their back.
Every mission has grown the movement to break the blockade and expose the truth. They can say what they want but actions speak louder than words.
