Israel attacks Palestinian fishers while pillaging gas under Palestinian waters off Gaza According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), between 1 January and 15 May 2017, the Israeli Occupation Force (IOF) opened fire on Gaza fishers 133 times. On 15 May, the IOF Navy shot at two fishing boats about …
Too many years of occupation and blockade: Freedom Flotilla statement Read More »
The Women\’s boat to Gaza is a Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) initiative. By launching a women’s boat, women from all over the world aim to highlight the undeniable contributions of Palestinian women who have been central within the Palestinian struggle in Gaza, the West Bank, inside the Green Line and in the diaspora, and …
Women\’s Boat to Gaza: A message of hope and solidarity Read More »
Barcelona, November 1, 2015for immediate release In light of the extremely deteriorated situation in Palestine, the Israeli oppression and the continued blockade of Gaza, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) met in Barcelona to evaluate past actions and plan for future work. The following strategic plan was adopted: 2016: Women\’s Boat to Gaza will sail to …
New strategic plan adopted by Freedom Flotilla Coalition Read More »
Statement from the FFC re. Freedom Flotilla III The plan for Freedom Flotilla III was to have three boats challenging the blockade and two accompanying/supporting boats. Of the three, the Marianne was on its way from Sweden since May while the Juliano was being prepared in Corfu and the Agios Nikolaos was being prepared in Athens, to …
Israel has not only taken over the sky, borders and Palestinian territorial waters, but has also extended its blockade in the Mediterranean Sea up to 100 nautical miles, violating international and maritime law. During the operation of hijacking \”Marianne\” Israeli soldiers used violence, threats and abuse against crew and passengers. The IDF referred to the …
Freedom Flotilla Coalition makes a call to restore the international law Read More »
[UPDATED: 2015-07-01 18:16 GMT+2] It has been more than 50 hours since Israeli navy attacked the “Marianne” in international waters, 100nm from Gaza, during one of its usual acts of State piracy, always behaving as the bullying state of eastern Mediterranean. 18 participants on board were kidnapped and brought by force and against their will …
Press Release: \”Marianne\” sailors still imprisoned in Israel [UPD] Read More »
Freedom Flotilla III, consisting of four boats, the converted fishing trawler \”Marianne of Gothenburg\” and the supporting sailing vessels “Rachel”, “Vittorio” and “Juliano II”, carrying 47 people from 17 countries, has been sailing since Saturday morning (Gaza time) to challenge the blockade of 1.8 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Our primary goal is to …
#FreedomFlotilla III: 47 Participants on Four Boats Sailing Now | #NextPortGaza Read More »
Passengers transferred to boats on Friday afternoon / Photo: D. Lampropoulos Today, June 27th 2015, four boats of the 2015 the Freedom Flotilla III set sail from their final European points of departure. Through nonviolent resistance they will challenge the illegal blockade of the Palestinian Gaza strip, which is running on its 9th year, sailing …
More than three boats, with more than 50 crew and passengers from about twenty countries are prepared to reach the port of Gaza and call on the international community to open it This year’s mission, organized by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition against the blockade and the siege of Gaza, is about to sail to highlight …
Freedom Flotilla III is Sailing to Open the Port of Gaza Read More »
Former Tunisian President affirms that he will be on board Tunis, March 30, 2015 Representatives of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) and partner organizations traveled to Tunis last week where they participated in the World Social Forum. During the WSF they met with several Palestinian and Tunisian civil society organizations. FFC representatives were also received …
Freedom Flotilla III will sail during the first half of 2015 Read More »