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"The head of the World Health Organization said Monday that two million people were starving in the Gaza Strip while tons of food were being blocked at the border."
AFP: lbcgroup.tv/news/israelgazawar…
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"UN warns 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in next 48 hours without aid"
theguardian.com/world/live/202…
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The latest from Doctors without Borders (MSF) UK now:
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Aid instrumentalised, health system under fire: Gaza is being deliberately asphyxiated by Israeli forces

An insufficient amount of aid is being allowed into the Strip, merely a smokescreen to pretend the siege is over. Meanwhile, at least 20 medical facilities in Gaza have been damaged, or forced partially or completely out of service in the past week by advancing Israeli ground operations, intensified airstrikes, and widespread evacuation orders. As people remain in desperate need of medical care and aid, Israeli authorities must stop the deliberate asphyxiation of Gaza and the annihilation of its healthcare system, that is underpinning their campaign of ethnic cleansing
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Read the rest on their website, here:
prezly.msf.org.uk/aid-instrume…

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YALLAH!! LETS GOOOOOO!!! damn, i wish i could come along! HURRA HURRA!!! 🇵🇸
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More on that 'Aid ship Madleen sails for Gaza to challenge Israeli blockade
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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham mocked the mission on social media with a veiled threat, writing on X: “I hope Greta and her friends can swim!” — an apparent reference to the Israeli military’s past use of force against similar flotillas.'
medyanews.net/aid-ship-madleen…
So funny, Lindsey. War crimes, genocide, military attacks against civilian ships and drownings.
Ha... ha?
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‘Stand on right side of history,’ says activist Greta Thunberg sailing to Gaza in defiance of siege
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“We have yet again set sail towards Gaza – not carrying weapons, but food and medical supplies,” Thunberg added. “Systematic starvation and deprivation of basic needs are some of many methods of warfare Israel is using against Palestinians.”
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medyanews.net/stand-on-right-s…
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"Freedom Flotilla’s Response to Israels Threats to Attack"
freedomflotilla.org/2025/06/04…
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'The IDF decided that the "Madleen," which is sailing to Gaza and carrying 12 pro-Palestinian activists, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, will not be allowed to approach or dock in the Gaza Strip, KAN reported on Wednesday'
jpost.com/breaking-news/articl…
On the other hand, it is not Israel's territorial water and neither IDF nor any other State of Israel entity has any right under any applicable definition to decide that.
That is like... the whole point of those heroes of humanity sailing to break the illegal siege imposed for the purpose of using starvation against the civilian populace as a method of warfare, which is a textbook definition war crime and likely crimes against humanity, part of the genocidal warfare.

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'UN experts* today called for safe passage for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ship carrying essential medical aid, food, and baby supplies to Gaza which departed from Italy on 1 June 2025.
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“The people of Gaza have the right to receive aid through their own territorial waters even under occupation, and the Coalition ship has the right to free passage in international waters to reach the people of Gaza,” they said. “Israel must not interfere with its freedom of navigation, long recognised under international law.”'
10 Special Rapporteurs/Experts/etc
of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Their full statement: ohchr.org/en/press-releases/20…

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Thank you for mentioning Rima Hassan. She is an elected member of the European Parliament and is the crew member with most political consequence. Yes,the others are heroes too! And we all love Greta, of course. But if the ship goes down there is one name that comes before all others. Because if European politicians are murdered in broad daylight in international waters that would be a game changer for Gaza. Lets keep all eyes on the #FreedomFlotilla

See my post: mastodon.nl/@Zatarra/114603382…

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The Freedom Flotilla boat Madleen has reached the coast of Egypt on its voyage to break Israel's illegal siege against the people of Gaza. reports the TT news agency now.

I went and edited down a livestream for you, where they show how close they are.

There is literally nothing between the waters of Egypt and the water of the Gaza Strip of Palestine.

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"Defense Minister Israel Katz directed the IDF on Sunday not to allow Greta Thunberg's flotilla to reach the shores of Gaza and to take any measures necessary to ensure that."
Jerusalem Post

Well, they are in Egypt's waters and after that (estimated tomorrow) Palestine's waters outside the Gaza Strip. In neither location does Israel have any kind of jurisdiction against a civilian humanitarian aid convoy.

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Freedom Flotilla Coalition's crew on the Madleen sailing to break Israel's illegal siege against the people in the Gaza Strip of Palestine, ~1h ago:
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Israel’s Defense Minister has once again threatened unlawful force against civilians, attempting to justify violence with baseless smears. We will not be intimidated.

The 'Madleen' is a peaceful civilian vessel, unarmed and sailing in international waters with humanitarian aid and human rights defenders. This mission is independent, guided only by conscience and solidarity with Gaza.

We are currently about 160 nautical miles from Gaza. Earlier signal jamming briefly disrupted our location, but our tracker is functioning again.

We remain calm and prepared in the face of possible Israeli aggression.

We call on world governments to demand Israel stand down. It has no right to obstruct our mission or enforce its illegal and brutal blockade.
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@KormaChameleon Yes.
The ability to calmly respond non-violently when violently attacked may be the only way to respond which then in turn doesn't give the aggressor false legitimization of further and potentially lethal violence against them and in worst case any other response may even actually lead to them losing their protected status as civilians.
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@KormaChameleon There is no plausible scenario where a civilian sailing ship would be able to out-violence all of Israel's military, with its entire navy, air force and tanks. That is not a possible route.
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@KormaChameleon Israel has attack jets, bombers, destroyer ships, main battle tanks, nukes. What do you think they should do? Punch the nukes?
This is reality, not some Hollywood movie.
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Support rally to be held in Paris today, Monday, 18:00, for the Freedom Flotilla sailing a civilian ship to break Israel's illegal siege on Gaza.
Place de la République, foot of the statue.
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Unknown chemical substance dropped on the Freedom Flotilla ship Madleen in the middle of the night.

Also their statement now:
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The Madleen is currently under assault in international waters. Quadcopters are surrounding the ship, spraying it with a white irritant substance. Communications are jammed, and disturbing sounds are being played over the radio.
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From the Freedom Flotilla:
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Connection has been lost on the ‘Madleen’. Israeli army have boarded the vessel.
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A boarding emergency prerecorded video has been released by the Freedom Flotilla:
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SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Reva Viard is a citizen of France.
Pressure their foreign ministries and help us keep them safe!
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E-mails: alertes.cdc@diplomatie.gouv.fr & courrier.scec@diplomatie.gouv.fr
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Another boarding emergency prerecorded video released by the Freedom Flotilla:
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SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Thiago Avila is a citizen of Brazil.
Pressure their foreign ministries and help us keep them safe!
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Email : portal@itamaraty.gov.br
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Emergency boarding videos released for all of the Freedom Flotilla crew on the Madleen, prerecorded:
youtube.com/watch?v=wjMdY-r55g…
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Freedom Flotilla official statement now:
"Israeli Military Attacks Madleen in International Waters — Weeks After Bombing of Conscience"
freedomflotilla.org/2025/06/09…

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"Communications lost with Gaza-bound aid ship"
Live-blog coverage:
theguardian.com/world/live/202…
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Just a good previous photo (Stella Pictures/Avalon) of Greta on board the now boarded Freedom Flotilla ship Madleen, because I hadn't seen it before it was now used by Expressen, one of the two major evening papers in Sweden, when they now report about the boarding of the ship.
They used the cropped version, but I also found the uncropped version:
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'Israel’s foreign ministry has said that the Madleen is “safely making its way to the shores of Israel.”'
theguardian.com/world/live/202…
Yeah, but they weren't going to Israel though, before you illegally abducted them, they were going to Palestine.
Also, you are not allowed to obstruct humanitarian aid, nor to repurpose it as your own. You may in some circumstances be allowed to inspect the content before continuing on, but not to steal it.
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Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories
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While #Madleen must be released immediately, every Mediterranean port should send boats with aid, solidarity, and humanity to Gaza. They shall sail together—united, they will be unstoppable.

#BreakingTheSiege is a legal duty for states, and a moral imperative for all of us.
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theguardian.com/world/live/202…

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Now there is also a full-sized article on that "Israeli forces take control of Gaza aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg" during the night to today.
theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…
It is... not a good article, probably because they based it according to themselves on Reuters, which has problems with their reporting when it is related to Israel. Hopefully they'll rewrite it.

Otherwise, check back in this long thread which is dedicated to the topic of that particular humanitarian aid convoy, where I have been tooting the events as they happened all through the night.
Goodnight (or "good day" I suppose, but I'm going to sleep)!

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On the illegal boarding of the Freedom Flotilla's ship Madleen and illegal abduction of its humanitarian aid civilian crew:
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Katja Van Rennes is the sister of Marco Van Rennes - a volunteer on the 'Madleen'. Marco, along with 11 others, was abducted by Israel whilst in international waters at around 0300 EEST 9 Jun 2025. All 12 of the 'Madleen' crew continue to be held by the Israeli military. Pressure the Dutch Foreign ministry and all other foreign ministries of the volunteers who were taken against their will from the 'Madleen' as she was sailing to break the seige of Gaza.
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Video from another of the relatives of the crew of the Freedom Flotilla ship Madleen after it was illegally boarded and the crew illegally abducted for attempting to break Israel's siege as States' Governments are required to but haven't done:
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J. Acar is the brother of Yasemin Acar - a volunteer on the 'Madleen'. Yasemin, along with 11 others, was abducted by Israel whilst in international waters at around 0300 EEST 9 Jun 2025. All 12 of the 'Madleen' crew continue to be held by the Israeli military. Pressure the German Foreign ministry and all other foreign ministries of the volunteers who were taken against their will from the 'Madleen' as she was sailing to break the seige of Gaza.
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The response to Greta Thunberg being illegally abducted by Israel, people calling the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Sweden to pressure them to actually do their jobs this time, has now been commented by the MFA being outraged that "A campaign has started where one calls the MFA to a large extent and thus blocks calls for others who ae in urgent need of consular aid" (my translation)... blaming the people worried and upset about this repeat violation against another citizen of Sweden for the MFA's own failure to properly staff their lines, address the concerns in an appropriate and proactive manner and most of all to take open and clear action to fulfill their jobs.

It's not the public's job to create some queue-system deciding whose turn it is to get the great honor of calling the Ministry. It's the Ministry's job to... do their jobs.

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Regarding the illegal abduction of Greta, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden declared that it was the intl laws compliant human rights defenders' "clear own responsibility" when Israel again violated international law by illegally boarding and illegally abducting people outside its jurisdiction.
You hear that, world? If Israel violates intl law, it's your fault if you outside Israel are the target.
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Freedom Flotilla's latest official update, ~1h ago:
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Freedom Flotilla Official Update: It's time for our governments to do their jobs and sanction Israel. Its illegal attack on 'Madleen' while sailing in international waters is a small extension of their war crimes in Gaza. Governments, institutions, media, and corporations must stop protecting Israel, now. They must stop prioritising profit over human lives, now. Protect our volunteers while protecting Palestinians in Gaza and wider Palestine.

#BreakIsraelsSiege #EndTheBlockade #Madleen #FreedomFlotilla #Volunteers #IOF #StandWithGaza #StandWithPalestine
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Trump made a new statement regarding Greta Thunberg after talking to the main illegal abduction responsible, Netanyahu, over the phone.
Trump said about Greta:
"She's a young, angry person. I don't know if it's real anger – it's hard to believe, actually. But I saw what happened. She's certainly different."
I'd call that a 10 out of 10 score. :-)
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"Israel preparing to deport Gaza aid boat activists, including Greta Thunberg"
theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…
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Freedom Flotilla, ~5h ago:
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Madleen is in Ashdod Port

We have just received confirmation that all 11 volunteers and one Al Jazeera reporter from the ‘Madleen’ are currently at Ashdod Port. They are being processed and transferred to detention. They are expected to be moved to the Ramleh detention facility unless they agree to leave immediately, in which case they may be permitted to fly out of Tel Aviv as early as tonight. We continue to demand the immediate release of all volunteers and the return of the stolen aid. Their kidnapping is unlawful and a violation of international law.
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According to the Adalah human rights organization and legal center, which represented/represents the illegally abducted Freedom Flotilla crew of the Madleen, Greta has left Israel and is on the way home, they told the TT news agency.
The same is therefore probably true for other crew members too... is my guess.
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Amnesty International:
'Israel’s interception of Madleen and detention of crew bound for Gaza flouts international law
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"During its voyage over the past few days the Madleen’s mission emerged as a powerful symbol of solidarity with besieged, starved and suffering Palestinians amid persistent international inaction"
Agnès Callamard,
Amnesty International’s Secretary General'
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/202…
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Pics from Paris protest against Israel's illegal abduction of the Freedom Flotilla's crew on the Madleen:
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New update now from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition:
"Four Deported, Eight Detained – Israel Holds ‘Madleen’ Group Illegally
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Each of the volunteers was given two options: sign documents consenting to deportation, or remain in detention and appear before a tribunal. The FFC had encouraged some volunteers, if given the option, to agree to expedited deportation in order to restore access to communication—including the ability to speak freely and advocate for their fellow participants."
freedomflotilla.org/2025/06/10…

Greta Thunberg has stated that the reason for accepting the deportation uncontested was that will enable doing more, more effectively while no longer detained by Israel,
so that's in line with this group statement.

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Greta Thunberg has landed in Paris on the way home after being illegally abducted to and the deported from Israel.

This was the first time flying after many years of refusing due to the particularly severe environmental impact of flying, as now flying was imposed by Israel through their deportation.

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New update from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition:
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Some snippets from Greta’s interview after being deported by Israeli authorities. Continue fighting for Palestinians in Gaza, including those in wider Palestine who are unlawfully imprisoned, including over 400 children.

#Madleen #IOF #GretaThunberg #FreedomFlotilla
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Now an update via the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, from the human rights organization and legal center, which represented/represents the illegally abducted Freedom Flotilla crew of the ship Madleen:
"Adalah Update on Detention Tribunal Hearing of Madleen Freedom Flotilla Volunteers"
freedomflotilla.org/2025/06/10…
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Greta now back home in Sweden, landed at Stockholm Arlanda Airport.

Asked if it feels good to be back home, Greta replied (my translation):
"What I feel most of all is concerned about the continued development, the violations of international law and the war crimes that Israel is committing."

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Another picture of Greta being received when returning home, at Stockholm Arlanda Airport.
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Trump on Tuesday called Greta "a young, angry person" (todon.eu/@b9AcE/11465539900481…).
Yesterday Greta responded "In my opinion the world needs many more young, angry women" (my translation).

Here seen on arrival home to Stockholm yesterday evening, after being illegally abducted by Israel, to Israel, then deported by Israel for "illegally" entering Israel.


Trump made a new statement regarding Greta Thunberg after talking to the main illegal abduction responsible, Netanyahu, over the phone.
Trump said about Greta:
"She's a young, angry person. I don't know if it's real anger – it's hard to believe, actually. But I saw what happened. She's certainly different."
I'd call that a 10 out of 10 score. :-)

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A new update from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, from Yasemin Acar, crew member of the ship Madleen, abducted to and by Israel when they illegally boarded the civilian ship attempting to break Israel's illegal siege against the people of Gaza:
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Palestinians in Gaza are being starved, denied aid, genocided- and this is all on live stream and on our watch. A statement from Yasemin Acar, FFC volunteer on ‘Madleen’ who was kidnapped by IOF, forcibly taken to Israel and currently being held in detention is delivered by her brother J. Acar. This is the real story.

#FreeGaza #BreakTheSiege
#Madleen #EndTheGenocide
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(the message is in the video)

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As the next convoy to break Israel's illegal siege against the people in the Gaza Strip of Palestine approaches, this time by land, Israel urges its lapdog military coup dictator al-Sisi of Egypt to keep Egypt's part in the war crime blockade, as without Egypt's direct complicity at the Gaza/Egypt direct border, there would be no siege of Gaza.
lbcgroup.tv/news/middleeastnew…

The atrocious al-Sisi regime would not be initially able to stand against the oppressed people if it was not for USA's military and economic "aid" which is received on condition of aiding Israel against Palestine (as agreed in the Camp David Accords of 1978 when Sadat was the second regional leader to sell out Palestine, only after Turkey was the first).
That was why USA chose to ignore the rule that it is officially no allowed to give aid to coup regimes, but after a pretty long public debate where that was the key point, it was... just done anyway, to as Israel wants it keep the people in Gaza starving and dependent on Hamas.

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yes lets talk about the Global March to Gaza no one is covering it the press and those 1000's of not-famous people need visibility.

marchtogaza.net/

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@natacha I do intend to do that, yes.
Hopefully the Freedom Flotilla Coalition will mention March to Gaza again when things are getting closer to the main event, which should then bring the needed attention to this one too.
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And another update from the Freedom Flotilla Collation:
"Freedom Flotilla Volunteers on the ‘Madleen’ face Solitary Confinement – Update from Adalah Legal team"
freedomflotilla.org/2025/06/11…
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"The Diplomatic Humanitarian Convoy is an international initiative grounded in international law, aimed at breaking the siege on aid entering Gaza and restoring humanitarian access."

Diplomatic Humanitarian Convoy to Gaza – Q&A: law4palestine.org/diplomatic-h…
More: law4palestine.org/category/gaz…

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New update from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition:
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"The governments of the world failed to provide safe passage to the Madleen, to allow humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, who have been facing ethnic cleansing for 80 years and an illegal blockade for 18 years. To prevent ongoing Israeli war crimes they must immediately step up, oppose the apartheid regime of Israel and provide safe passage to the Sumoud convoy in Egypt. The time to act is now. Free Palestine!"
Mark Van Rennes

#FreePalestine #SumoudConvoy #MarchToGaza #Madleen #StandWithGaza #StandWithPalestine #FreeMadleen #WeWillSail #BreakTheSiege #BreakIsraelsSiege #EndTheBlockade
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Six more of the heroes of humanity deported out of those illegally abducted by Israel into Israel only to then claim they entered illegally, crew members of the Madleen of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) in international waters,
according to Israel's MFA anyway so who knows if that's true.
They only explicitly named one, Rima Hassan.
I recognized several others in the Israel MFA's propaganda-photos, but I won't forward their propaganda and I'll wait naming them until FFC releases some official announcement, which I haven't seen yet.
By my count that would leave two more still abducted.
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Kongra Star, the largest feminist organization in autonomous North and East Syria, which self-liberated through the Women's Revolution/Rojava Revolution, today on the Freedom Flotilla's crew member on board the Madleen:
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I followed my conscience,” Yasmin Acar said before her arrest by occupation forces aboard a Gaza-bound ship. With her brave stance, she voiced the conscience of free peoples. We stand in solidarity with Yasmin, a voice of humanity against oppression .

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From the Freedom Flotilla Coalition just now:
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Thousands of people are rising across continents - on foot, in boats, in streets and squares - to say no more.

No more siege. No more starvation. No more occupation. No more genocide. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. Follow and support March to Gaza today.

#BreakTheSiege #MarchToGaza #EndTheBlockade #GlobalMarchToGaza #StandWithPalestine
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The Global March to Gaza which they mention is here:
marchtogaza.net
Also see previously in this thread for more on them, e.g. many of them being stopped and deported by Egypt.

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Freedom Flotilla Coalition, now: "Rima Hassan and Reva Viard arrive in Paris June 12. The struggle continues ✌🏾🇵🇸"
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The Freedom Flotilla Coalition also shared this link without anything else:
"Israel has sent 3 Flotilla volunteers back to prison", a contact template for sending to Ambassador/Embassy of France/the Netherlands.
humantiproject.org/israel-has-…
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"Egypt deports more Global March to Gaza participants"
madamasr.com/en/2025/06/13/new…

The Global March to Gaza website: marchtogaza.net

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A new update, urgent call to action, from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition:
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Three members of the Madleen team—Pascal Maurieras, Yanis Mhamdi, and Marco van Rennes—are still illegally detained by Israel and may be held for another month.

Arrested unlawfully in international waters and denied basic rights, they are being held in inhumane conditions, with only one hour of light per day and severe skin infections from bed bug infestations.

This is not detention. It is hostage-taking.

We urge the French and Dutch governments to take immediate action to secure their release and safe return home—especially with airports now shut due to Israel’s aggression on Iran.

We demand they be held together, treated humanely, and that international law be upheld.

The struggle continues until Palestine is free.
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...and another update from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition:
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Yanis Mhamdi, from his prison cell: “If I had to do it all over again, I'd do exactly the same thing”.
Illegally detained in Israel since the attack on the “Gaza Freedom Flotilla” in international waters, journalist Yanis Mhamdi sent us a letter, written from his prison cell, before news had reached him of a possible one month extension due to Israel's attacks on Iran.
#BreakIsraelsSiege #EndTheBlockade #WeWillSail #IsraelIran #IOF #Madleen #FreedomFlotilla #RimaHassan #YanisMhamdi
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From the Freedom Flotilla Coalition now;
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Israeli airports may be closed due to its aggression against Iran, but there are other options. The bridge crossing into Jordan remains open and internationals can and have been deported via this route in the past. Three of our volunteers, Mark (Netherlands) and Pascal and Yanis (France) are still imprisoned. Please continue pressuring their governments to bring them home. Contact Embassies in Tel Aviv for both the French and Dutch governments and ask them to do their job.
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"To set sail again and again and again until Gaza is free: Huwaida Arraf on the Freedom Flotilla Coalition"
madamasr.com/en/2025/06/16/fea…
A long article, by the only remaining free press in neighbor and siege-participant Egypt under military coup dictator al-Sisi.
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Latest update from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition: "Finally Free – The Last Three Head Home – Ask You to Keep Mobilizing"
freedomflotilla.org/2025/06/16…
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"Global March to Gaza tells delegations to leave Egypt, demands release of arrested participants"
madamasr.com/en/2025/06/16/new…

"Sumud caravan to Gaza suspends operations after Cairo, LNA [=Libyan National Army] block movement"
madamasr.com/en/2025/06/16/new…

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"Global March to Gaza coordinator arrested amid ongoing police crackdown"
madamasr.com/en/2025/06/17/new…
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New update from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition just now:
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On June 20, #WorldRefugeeDay, Palestinian climate campaigners, Search and Rescue workers, and civil society & activists launched The Madleen Declaration!

The Freedom Flotilla in the Mediterranean showed us clearly that border violence, environmental destruction, and the genocide in Palestine are all connected.

Civil society organisations and activists call for a transformative social, environmental and political alternative to a Mediterranean Sea torn apart by state, corporate, and neocolonial violence.

Together, we demand a shared home in which we all can thrive. In place of death and despair, we demand life and hope.

Read & Sign The Madleen Declaration:
palclimateinstitute.org/madlee…
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"Six Egyptians arrested from homes as prosecution investigates support for Global March to Gaza"
madamasr.com/en/2025/07/02/new…
The military coup dictator continues the firm pro-genocide, pro-war crimes stance, which is what enables the "aid" from USA which is what enabled and maintains the crushing of the people in Egypt.
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remarkable how she stays so focussed on what matters.
i would not be at all surprised if the israeli government put her on a plane just to humiliate her.
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@kathimmel Yes, as far as I have seen it is always like "Hello, press! No... don't look at me, look over there, interview them, they're the important ones here". Very good use of the news-media having decided Greta to be "the environment person".

Yes, I thought so too. They did publish many pictures of placing Greta on the plane, effectively forcing a break of the flying-boycott, so they probably thought it was a PR-win. I very much doubt it.

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fucking IDF doing the same thing they bomb the living shit out of Arabic people for doing!
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tbh i'd mention mention Greta Thunberg, member of European parliament, and mayor actor of Game of Thrones in the title or at least the byline.

Maybe that depends on the audience, but like for a general audience, yes.

Might consider it 'biased' but so-called 'apolitical' topics, i bet they'd to similar without question. It peaks peoples interest, no?

Too much to ask.. the dutch news calls GHF "controversial", how many people were shot trying to get food from them? Over 100?

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@jasper I don't know what you are saying is missing in the current sentence "Among the 12 international volunteers were Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, French-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan and Irish actor Liam Cunningham"? That it was Game of Thrones?
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i know, but it's in the fourth paragraph?

Like maybe not for the audience of medyanews but for the general public, these names/positions ring a bell, and many people read titles & bylines, and not whole articles.

Though i am hardly for clickbait, i don't think it is, in this case. These people are also on the boat because of it..

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@jasper I believe this boarding has become top headline news in most worldwide or directly affected countrywide news-media, so I think almost all people who ingest any news should have an idea of who was abducted by now.
I thought the article was better than the other equivalents I have seen at covering more depth of the matter more quickly, instead of as Reuters and others just regurgitating its almost 2 year old accumulating standard phrases to placate Israel, same as they do related to Turkey, pure copy/paste paragraphs.
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@markjcarney When will enough be enough? When will CANADA say no more? When will we condemn #Israel and the #genocide?
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@CanadianCrone Just in case you didn't know:
That "bird.makeup" is a one-directional bridge to eX-Twitter.
The account-holders don't get the messages you @-mention to here trough that bridge, because Twitter and then Musk decided to not join the Fediverse even though they easily could have (although nowadays I'm pretty sure they would be rejected by almost every Mastodon-instance, due to hate-mongering, etc).
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@CanadianCrone Good that I wasn't explaining something you already knew. :-)
Well, you can still yell at the bird.makeup pseudo-accounts, knowing it won't reach the person, like screaming in a pillow to "let off steam"... can be very good for one's own health. ;-D
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True, but I prefer not to waste my energy, screaming into the void. I want to reach the person to whom I am directing the comment, not just vent. I’ll find a way. There’s always a solution. In the case of our Prime Minister, #MarkJCarney, I will reach his office one way or another. That anyone should stay on X is beyond me. Let’s hope it doesn’t take too long for him to get the message.
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@CanadianCrone Yeah, I deleted my account over there. 14 years of 217k tweets. Letting it remain there would only further strengthen Musk's hate-mongering, etc through drawing more people to Elon's personal platform.
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I did the same in 2022. My logic was simple: If you say you’re not a Nazi and simply go into their bar because you like the beer, you’re a Nazi. I’ve lost friends b/c of their refusal to drop out of Twitter. So FYI, I’ve just sent my letter to the Prime Minister‘s office. I will follow up until he makes his presence known on Mastodon. I’ve also included my address on Mastodon. Here’s hoping he responds sooner than later! 🤞
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@CanadianCrone It seems actually a likely and reasonable development considering the current political situations related to Canada, Trump and Musk, in my opinion anyway.
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"I'm going to come back to this life. I need a second [life]."

Last words of an activist aboard Madleen, attacked with a chemical weapon.

#Madleen
#FreedomFlotilla
#FFC
#quotes

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@appassionato Israel's forces of the illegal boarding in 2010 of a similar civilian humanitarian aid convoy did murder 10 people, out of which according to a witness one through headshot.
There certainly is precedent to fear for one's life through that entire situation.
But Erdoğan sold that court case for a petroleum deal with Netanyahu, so it can never be brought back to court again as part of their agreement.
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see above post with link to article from Jerusalem Post -
Freedom flotilla will not be allowed to dock in Gaza, Israeli sources confirm to 'Post'

A senior Israeli defense source confirmed the matter to the 'Post,' adding that Defense Minister Israel Katz is expected to make more decisions on Thursday.

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@Sofie_unlabeled Well, I have been amplifying almost everything they have released on their website and elsewhere for years, so I'm not going to stop now... even though I am very fatigued by my cough depriving me of sleep.
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@Sofie_unlabeled Yes, hope your stomach stops being annoying soon.
I'll try to sleep for a bit again.
See ya!
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@tuga Everything they published themselves on all official accounts of theirs that I am aware of is in my toots from the time.
The one with Yas holding the camera after the chemical was dropped but before the boarding was live at the time, but it's cut short.
Maybe one of the participants did something longer on a personal account.
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@Shadedlady Last I saw it (or heard about it), the abductors had docked the boat in Israel's harbor.
I would guess they stole it too, alongside the humanitarian aid.