The Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s (FFC) ship Handala arrived at the port of Malmö, Sweden on Wednesday, May 8. Malmö is one of thirty stops on the flotillas journey to break the siege on Gaza. Handala remained docked in Malmö to support protests against Israel’s participation in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. We were inspired by […]
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{:en}{:en}{:en}{:en}{:en} Bremerhaven Welcomes Handala as Part of the Freedom Flotilla Initiative On Monday 13.05 the Handala was greeted by local support group including Palestine Community from Bremenhaven, Seeds of Palestine from Bremen and Palestine Speaks Hamburg. On Tuesday 14.05 In the evening there was a Nakba exhibition and speeches by: Ivesa Lübben (ongoin Nakba) Dr.
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May 6, 2024. The Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition strongly supports the students and staff of universities across the world who are courageously advocating for an end to their universities’ and their governments’ complicity with Israel’s genocide in Palestine. The situation in Gaza is a human-made humanitarian crisis of immense proportions. For decades, Palestinians in Gaza
Handala arrived at 15:00 04/05 at the docks by the opera house in Gothenburg and was welcomed by a large demonstration that had marched through the city. Chairwoman of Ship to Gaza Sweden Jeanette Escanilla spoke for the crowd when Handala arrived. She talked about the history of Ship to Gaza, our struggle to break
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Handala arrived in Lysekil just after 16:00 with the Palestinian flags waving in the wind. A hundred people received the boat with music, food and plenty of Palestinian flags on the port side as well. The warm welcome in the afternoon sun lasted two hours and the children were invited on board to see the
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OSLO, NORWAY: The Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s (FFC) vessel Handala set sail to several Northern European countries today. Handala’s “For the Children of Gaza” mission departs from Norway to challenge and break the inhumane blockade of Gaza and to shed light on the consequences of the inhumane measures taken against Palestinian children by Israel, with the
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Join Handala during its Swedish Stops 1.Lysekil: The port of Lysekil will be Handala‘s first stop in Sweden. The boat is arriving on May 3 at 4 pm at Anderssons Kaj. Please stay posted for the Lysekil programme as it gets updated. 2. Gothenburg which is Sweden’s second largest city is receiving Handala for two
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For immediate release, Saturday April 27 ISTANBUL, TÜRKİYE: On Thursday afternoon, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition was contacted by the Guinea Bissau International Ships Registry (GBISR), requesting an inspection of our lead ship – Akdenez. This was a highly unusual request as our ship had already passed all required inspections; nevertheless, we agreed. The inspector arrived
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GENEVA (26 April 2024) – UN experts today demanded safe passage for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, whose ships departing Türkiye will be carrying 5,500 tonnes of humanitarian aid and hundreds of international humanitarian observers to the besieged Gaza Strip. “As the Freedom Flotilla approaches Palestinian territorial waters off Gaza, Israel must adhere to international law,
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The Freedom Flotilla Coalition was ready to set sail on April 26, 2024 when Guinea Bissau withdrew its flag from two of the flotilla ships. We are working on re-registering the ships so that we can deliver the more than 5,000 tons of life-saving aid to the starving population of Gaza and break the 17
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