Thanks to Freedom Flotilla Coalition member Kia Ora Gaza out of New Zealand who have been leading the FFC support on this ambulance project. They report: Soon after the ‘Peace Train’ solidarity convoy of 27 ambulances broke through the siege and rolled in to Gaza yesterday, convoy representative Abdullah Al-Hajjar from ‘Miles of Smiles’ partner, […]
New Ambulances Arrive in Gaza! Lire la suite »
27 new and fully-equipped ambulances have been loaded on trailers and are traveling through the Sinai towards Gaza. These ambulances, headed to bomb-ravaged Gaza from Egypt, are part of an international solidarity mission to help resurrect the besieged enclave’s health services devastated by Israel’s siege and recurring brutal bombardments. <p?Kia Ora Gaza out of New
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The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), consisting of 12 international partner campaigns, expresses its profound sadness regarding the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza and our outrage at its political causes. In 2012, the UN declared that the Gaza Strip would be uninhabitable by 2020. One year later and once again, Israel has led another brutal aerial,
The Humanitarian Disaster in Gaza Requires Ending the Blockade Lire la suite »
On December 3, 2020, the UN General Assembly passed resolution 75/236 entitled: \ »Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources.\ » The resolution passed with 153 countries voting in favor, 6 against, and 17 abstaining. The
UN General Assembly Reaffirms Palestinian Sovereignty Lire la suite »
On July 29 and August 3, 2018, two Freedom Flotilla boats heading peacefully towards Gaza to challenge the illegal Israeli blockade were attacked and hijacked by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) navy in international waters. Participants on board Al Awda (The Return) and Freedom were assaulted and robbed of personal property while in IOF custody.
Two years later, supplies still not delivered and Freedom Flotilla boats neglected Lire la suite »
La prochaine flottille de la liberté (pour les enfants de Gaza) a été reportée pour cause de pandémie de covid-19. Nous reprendrons la mer quand les restrictions sanitaires générales actuelles sur les déplacements et les rassemblements le permettront, assurant ainsi la sécurité et la faisabilité pour nos campagnes de faire des escales dans divers ports.
Reprendre la mer contre le blocus illégal de Gaza Lire la suite »
In May 2020, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition sponsored a series of webinars to commemorate those killed on the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla and the thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel that have been killed by the Israeli military and the inhumane policies of the Israeli government. May 31, 2020 is the
Online Flotilla events during May 2020 Lire la suite »
In light of global health restrictions on travel and public gatherings, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition has decided to delay our planned departure towards Gaza. We had initially planned to visit several southern European ports in April and May of this year, and head for Gaza at the end of May, to coincide with the 10th
Freedom Flotilla will sail against the illegal blockade of Gaza later than planned Lire la suite »
“This is not over yet, we are calling on Judges of the International Criminal Court to step in.” On December 2 2019, the International Criminal Court (ICC)\’s Public Prosecutor\’s Office decided not to open an investigation into war crimes committed by members of the Israeli military in the boarding of the Mavi Marmara, and its
While International Law fails, the Freedom Flotilla sails Lire la suite »
After joining other civil society organizations in The Hague on Friday November 29 calling on the International Criminal Court to take action and prosecute Israeli crimes against Palestinians, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition met in Rotterdam this weekend to plan our May 2020 sailing towards Gaza with these important goals: To challenge and end the illegal
Freedom Flotilla 2020: For the Children of Gaza Lire la suite »