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Tunis: The beating heart of the fight for Gaza
Tunis: The beating heart of the fight for Gaza

L'Orient-Le Jour

time11-08-2025

  • Politics
  • L'Orient-Le Jour

Tunis: The beating heart of the fight for Gaza

'We cannot accept that in 10 or 20 years our children will read in history books that there was a genocide and that we did nothing,' said Maria Elena Délia, an Italian member of the Global Movement to Gaza's organizing committee. Speaking from Tunis at an Aug. 4 press conference, she addressed journalists and activists about the international citizens' movement, which unites thousands worldwide to break the Gaza June's Global March for Gaza, accompanied by the Maghreb caravan Soumoud from Tunis, Tunisia's streets have become the loudest voice in the Maghreb demanding an end to what protesters call genocide. In other countries, such as Algeria, recent demonstrations have been banned. At the end of July, Tunisian President Kais Saied showed photos of starving children to Massad Boulos, adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump,...

Largest civilian flotilla to challenge "Israeli" Gaza blockade in late August
Largest civilian flotilla to challenge "Israeli" Gaza blockade in late August

Roya News

time06-08-2025

  • Politics
  • Roya News

Largest civilian flotilla to challenge "Israeli" Gaza blockade in late August

A massive civilian flotilla involving activists from over 40 countries is set to launch at the end of August in an unprecedented attempt to breach "Israel's" blockade on Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid by sea. The initiative was announced during a press conference in Tunis, organized by the Joint Action Coordination for Palestine, a civil society platform coordinating the international campaign. According to organizers of the Global Sumud Flotilla, dozens of boats of varying sizes will depart from ports worldwide and converge on Gaza in what they describe as the largest civilian maritime effort in history aimed at confronting the siege. 'This summer, the world will witness a coordinated civilian uprising at sea,' said Haifa Mansouri, one of the lead organizers. 'Our goal is to break the illegal blockade, establish a humanitarian corridor, and stand against the genocide unfolding in Gaza.' The flotilla merges four separate movements: the Maghreb Sumud Flotilla, the Global Movement to Gaza, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, and Sumud Nusantara. The first fleet is scheduled to depart from Spanish ports on August 31, followed by another from Tunisia on September 4. Over 6,000 activists have already signed up to join the effort, according to Seif Abu Keshk, another flotilla organizer. 'Participants will receive training at departure points, and solidarity encampments and public events are planned along the journey,' he said. 'This is more than a protest—it's a civilian mission to challenge global indifference and apply pressure on governments to end the blockade,' Abu Keshk added. The announcement comes just days after "Israeli" naval forces intercepted the Handala aid ship on July 26, diverting it to Ashdod port as it approached Gaza's coast. The ship had reached about 70 nautical miles from shore, further than many previous attempts.

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