Israeli soldiers seized 447 volunteers as they boarded the flotilla of 40 boats with 500 people on the high seas on its way to Gaza.
Screenshot of Flotilla members being arrested.
The flotilla organizers released this statement on Thursday morning:
“The Global Sumud Flotilla reports that over 443 volunteers from 47 countries were unlawfully seized in international waters after Israel intercepted the fleet. Activists were hit with water cannons, doused with sewage, and had their communications disrupted.”
Read the full statement here. See X feed for updates on Israeli abductions on the flotilla in international waters as protests erupt in Europe.
Progressive International, whose co-general coordinator David Adler was onboard one of the boats, reported that the Spanish, Italian and Turkish naval vessels that had accompanied the flotilla, shied away from confrontation with Israel. Adler wrote:
“Fearing a repeat of the massacre carried out by Israeli naval commandos on the Turkish MV Mavi Marmara in 2010, which killed nine activists in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Italy, Spain and Turkey deployed naval escorts to accompany the Flotilla. But they were ultimately unprepared to enter into a confrontation with Israeli forces in defence of the mission and its participants — with Italy using its vessel in an attempt to demobilise the Flotilla and Spain abandoning the “accompaniment” as the Flotilla entered the so-called ‘red zone’, an arbitrary boundary defined by Israeli forces.”
DIn another reminder of Israel’s fundamental settler-colonial nature, a Jewish male occupation soldier from Britain arrests passengers on the Sumud flotilla pic.twitter.com/100cLYhZvz
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) October 1, 2025
In a reminder of Israel’s settler colonial nature, a Jewish female occupation soldier from the American suburbs threatens a Global Sumud Flotilla ship entering the zone of siege pic.twitter.com/aDOccQlvST
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) October 1, 2025
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) October 1, 2025
So the Spanish, Turkish, and Italian governments are cowards and frightened of a tiny little country full of sociopathic nazis.
Gaza and the West Bank are The Heart of Darkness, and inevitably, these stalwart and compassionate souls wouldn’t go unmolested before reaching their destination. Many of us find ourselves gazing into the abyss that Nietzsche warned about. How to witness this absolute evil, and not wish every last sulphurous monster to descent back from wence they came. I despise this pox, this repulsive malignancy that tortures and murders with impunity and demonic glee. But all the signs of Israel’s imminent collapse are evident. The Zionist colonial project has doomed itself through maniacal bloodlust and greed. A war with Iran will be it’s epitaph, but the Samson Option should terrify everyone. I hope those abducted from The SUMUD Flotilla are repatriated as soon as possible. Everyone should be shouting at the useless cowards of the EU, UK, and America that sat idly by, allowing this kidnapping of the best and bravest among us.
Everything Israel does is illegal, so why be surprised? No wonder decent opponents resort to what Israeli allies call “terrorism”.
Why so mealy mouthed? These ‘illegal arrests’ are brutal piracy sanctioned by a rogue state and its supporters, bent on genocide, invasion, theft and murder. You make it sound like challenging shoplifters in Harrods.
The world had better wake up and figure out this little rogue nation is going to continue causing major problems for all of us if it is not disabused of its arrogant impression that it can commit any crime anywhere for any reason.
The fact that its ambitions are tied to the expansionist pursuits of the white Anglo colonialist states makes the problem even worse. We are headed in a frightening direction. How do we stop and reverse course?
Lois Gagnon, You consistently “speak to me”. Always, reassured by your viewpoint. Thank you for sharing it. it matters. You matter. And your question shouts! Demanding answers from each of us world citizens, and especially, USA citizens. Have you heard Ret Col. Wilkerson on Dialogue Works? He was Powell’s Chief of Staff. He’s an old hand. Intelligent, impassioned, knowing. He does not mince words. Highly recommended.
And, “REASON COMES OF AGE,“ Gerald “the BEST of” Celente, 9.27.25, “A Rally for Sanity!!!” And, [Kingston, NY], “together, these ordinary people, together, they will turn this ship around. Oh, Yeah.” Rogers Waters
“And then across the great divide, Come men and women unafraid to dash in loss their bracelets at the wall. When voices join in harmony; And, we turn the final page, when man evolves beyond the crass; And, reason comes of age. And Dogma
And Witchcraft, And Cant, And Propaganda, And Palantir, And Lockheed, And Grumman, And Chevron, And Exxon, And Pffizer, And the Oligarchs and Misers say, “We’re sorry that we done it Mummy. We only done it for the f*cking money.”
“Oh yeaaaaaah, just for the money. Oh yeaaaaaah, just for the cash.. When voices join in harmony. We will make a joyful sound. We will follow our own moral compass. We won’t let their sleight of hand trump us. We will find ten thousand new voices. In every crowd; And, when all those new voices join us in harmony. Standing shoulder to shoulder from the river to the sea, people from every nation will hear that joyful sound. Ordinary people. Just standing their ground; And, together, these ordinary people, together, they will turn this ship around. Oh, Yeah.” Rogers Waters
… “There is a word in Arabic Sumud. It means steadfast, perseverance. Particularly, in resistance to the occupation of your homeland. I just want that thing when voices join in harmony; And, in that fleeting moment, when meaning coalesces there. All dark dissolving. Clouds the alleyways no more.” Roger Waters, “SUMUD” @ hxxps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K6dcS6SOYZc&list=RDK6dcS6SOYZc&start_radio=1&pp=oAcB
Leo Sun….many thanks for giving us here – Roger Waters’ wisdom.
Hear ! Hear!!! “Oh yeaaaaaah,” Selina Sweet. “Oh yeaaaaaah,” Roger Waters’ wisdom & love. “One, Heart. One, Love.” Bob Marley. “One, Phone Call!!!” Ralph Nader/ Bruce Fein.
… 9.24.25, “As far as the mass slaughter, starvation and blocking of U.S.-funded humanitarian aid trucks is concerned, everybody agrees that you are the one person who can stop it with “one phone call.” Yet week after week since March, when Netanyahu broke the ceasefire that you took credit for, you have only displayed an inexplicable and cowardly fear of Netanyahu leading to widespread rumors in Israel and the United States that he has a dossier on you.” Ralph Nader/Bruce Fein @ hxxps://nader.org/2025/09/24/urgent-message-to-president-trump-protect-the-flotilla/
“Join us, in harmony.” Roger Waters. “To repeat, [ONE PHONE CALL], from you; and, the children, mothers and fathers, in Gaza, can experience a ceasefire and immediate humanitarian aid on the border from thousands of waiting trucks paid for by American taxpayers.” Ralph Nader/Bruce Fein.
… “What are you waiting for?” Regards, Ralph Nader and Bruce Fein.
“[QUESTIONS] the right ones, have a power all their own.” Patrick Lawrence @ “Cui Bono?” @ hxxps://consortiumnews.com/2025/09/19/patrick-lawrence-who-benefits-from-kirk-murder/
TY, Selena Sweet, Ralph Nader, Bruce Fein, Francesca Albanese, Chris Hedges, Roger Waters, Joe Lauria, Consortium News dot com, “Kingston, NY’s Gerald Celente’s “Rally For Sanity,” the heart & bones of emotional & otherwise, intelligence, CN’s Readership; &, the brave, bold, moral, absophknlutely, righteous journey, of The Global Sumud Flotilla! “Join Us! Join US, In Harmony.” TY!!! “Keep It Lit!”
Netanyahu appears to be determined to “…finish the job.”, a chillingly reminiscent echo of Hitler’s ‘Final Solution’. Everyone knows how that grisly and macabre horror played out. The more things change, the more they remain the same, with the rich and powerful inflicting unbelievable horrors on those less powerful to satisfy an unholy bloodlust. When will we ever learn, indeed?
So ultimately the Spanish, Italian and Turkish Navy’s are just pretend Disney type forces who are good for transporting illegal immigrants into Europe but useless against any real display of power. I’m sure Mr Putin and Xi are watching and choking on their popcorn. The mighty EU in action … not.
Saludos.
¿Qué ha conseguido la flotilla?
Quitarle la careta de la religión a ese gobierno GENOCIDA. Desobedecieron el mandato de la celebración del Yon kippur para secuestrar a las personas, pacificas-con las manos en alto-, que iban en son de Paz.
Un día más, un día menos, AVANT
PascuaL
These courageous flotilla people of peace are the flowers protesters give the National Guardsmen sent by the spirit of dark chaos – in its human voice – to rid the city of its (supposed) “enemies within.” Netanyahu and Trump create in the outer world the profound disturbance of their inner world. Flowers grow in cracks. Such courage and fidelity this Flotilla of Peace People! Imagine. Joining! Getting on board. Determining what direction we must take! Isn’t Israel today, Israeli Zionists, the IDF, Netanyahu, today,slaughtering Palestinians? attacking our nervous systems? Isn’t Stephen Miller, Trump, the adolescent Hegseth, billionaire Zionists, Christian Zionists attacking our nervous systems? Stealing our inheritance of Democracy?