Israeli leaders’ threats to treat flotilla activists as “terrorists” is, paradoxically, a powerful acknowledgment of the international solidarity movement’s growing influence, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Former U.K. fighter pilot Malcolm Ducker has joined the largest aid flotilla to Gaza in history and is calling on the RAF to end intelligence support to Israel, writes John McEvoy.
Dozens of small civilian vessels carrying activists, parliamentarians, doctors and trade unionists, along with humanitarian cargo, are preparing for departure.
From organizing an Amazon.com shop to be being arrested on an aid ship bound for Gaza, Chris Smalls has become a dynamic political figure speaking for a new generation of American dissidence.
The ship symbolizes the spirit of Palestinian resilience and the growing global resistance to Israel’s collective punishment and starvation policies, says Ann Wright.
The Gaza Freedom Flotilla has been postponed because the flag state of the vessels withdrew registration, but why did organisers proceed with unreliable Guinea Bissau?
The bold journey of the 2018 Freedom Flotilla Coalition dared Palestinians and the world to dream of peace, dignity and freedom for all. Now, we must keep working to build a culture of nonviolence, writes Elizabeth Murray.