Looks like the Sumud Flotilla has reached Tunisia to join up with other boats...📂 Archived Message
Posted by Ed on September 8, 2025, 6:03 am
The latest bits of news I could find, not much of it about, to be sure! The disgusting BiBiC just dropped a "report" on the flotilla but won't bother linking to it...suffice to say that even now, at this late stage, they still feel obligated to repeat the nazi's lies that this latest attempt to break the Gaza blockade is all a publicity stunt, that there is no starvation in Gaza and that Hamas steal all the aid, despite these lies being thoroughly debunked. Such immoral bastards!
quote: Tunisia flotilla eager to join Global Sumud mission to break Gaza siege Activists want to end Israel’s blockade of Gaza and expect to set sail on Sunday when the flotilla from Spain arrives. Tunis, Tunisia – At 61 Station Street, downtown Tunis, volunteers are busy receiving and documenting donations for the Maghreb Sumud Flotilla – one of four organising groups of the Global Sumud Flotilla, aiming to break Israel’s siege on Gaza.
The initial plan was for the boats to set sail from Tunis on Thursday. But the Tunisian boats will have to wait until the Spanish flotilla – led by, among others, the Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg – that set off from Barcelona on Monday arrives, having been delayed as a result of a storm.
Another flotilla leaving from Sicily is expected to join the Tunisian one on Sunday, with all the vessels then departing together towards the eastern Mediterranean.
On board the vessels will be doctors, activists, convoy organisers, lawyers and social media influencers. Inside the holds: cardboard boxes full of medicine and infant milk – and some touching messages and gifts from Tunisian children to their counterparts in Gaza.
quote: Ship’s log: A day on board the Global Sumud Flotilla heading for Gaza For the volunteers on one boat trying to reach Gaza, crew duties and history lessons, hope and anxiety coexist.
With the Global Sumud Flotilla en route to Gaza, Colombian journalist Mauricio Morales, who has been covering the flotilla’s journey for Al Jazeera, describes a typical day at sea for the two dozen or so volunteers on board his boat...