To Try to Deliver aid to Gaza, Activists Are Planning a Larger Flotilla
On Thursday, activists who were part of a flotilla that Israel stopped at sea last year while attempting to deliver aid to Gaza said they will try again this year, anticipating more than twice as many boats with up to 1,000 medical personnel. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and around 450 other participants were arrested after the Israeli military stopped the approximately 40 boats in the Global Sumud Flotilla in October as they tried to enter blockaded Gaza.
The organisers said they plan to bring 100 boats for their next try when they met Wednesday at the Johannesburg location of the late South African leader Nelson Mandela’s foundation. Mandela’s grandson, Mandla Mandela, who was one of the activists arrested the last time, told the crowd, “It is a cause for those who want to rise and stand for justice and dignity for all.” “We want to mobilise the … global community to join forces with us.
The effort last year and earlier smaller-scale attempts to enter Gaza by boat were regularly criticised by Israeli officials as publicity gimmicks.Israel, which is in charge of all entry into the Gaza Strip, denies denying its more than two million inhabitants supplies.
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