The humanitarian ship with Greta Thunberg on board is approaching Gaza – Liberation
THE Madleen, humanitarian ship which carries on board twelve activistsof which Swedish ecologist activist Greta Thunbergreached the Egyptian coasts and is getting closer to the Gaza Strip, the organizers announced this Saturday, June 7.
The sailboat of the « Freedom Flotilla Coalition » (the coalition of the flotilla for freedom)left on Sunday, May 31, from Sicily to Gaza to provide humanitarian aid and « Breaking the Israeli blockade » imposed on the Palestinian territory threatened with famine according to the UN.
« We are currently sailing off the Egyptian coast, said German human rights activist Yasemin Acar. Everything is fine. »
In a press release published this Saturday from London, the International Committee to break the headquarters of Gaza – an organization member of the coalition of the flotilla – said that the ship had entered the waters of Egypt, close to the Gaza Strip.
He said he was in contact with international legal bodies to guarantee the safety of people on board, warning that any interception would constitute « A blatant violation of international humanitarian law ».
THE Madleen take away from « Fruit juice, milk, rice, preserves, protein bars offered by hundreds of citizens of Catania », wrote the journalist Andrea Legni who went on board. In addition to Greta Thunberg, the LFI Franco-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan is also part of the trip.
On Thursday, the boat had deviated from its route to rescue four Sudanese migrants at sea. The sailboat was then in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Greece and north of Libya and Egypt.
The coalition of the flotilla for freedom, founded in 2010, is an non -violent international movement of solidarity with the Palestinians, with a humanitarian dimension and political plea against the blockade of Gaza, under the almost continuous fire of Israel since the terrorist attack led by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
In early May, a ship with which the coalition of the flotilla for freedom hoped to recover sympathizers – including Greta Thunberg – in Malta, then going to Gaza, had been damaged. Activists said they suspected an attack on Israeli drones.
