Take to the Streets in Support of the Flotilla and for the Freedom of the Activists!
Right now, the Zionist operation that blocks the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) to prevent it from reaching Gaza with humanitarian aid is underway and activists have been detained.
Ruben Tzanoff
The alert on the radars with ships heading towards the flotilla at high speed activated the security protocols. At around 8.40 pm on October 1st, the Israeli forces began the operation by surrounding the flotilla with their ships and speedboats, to prevent them from continuing to sail. Some ships received communications from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and all suffered communiatins interference.
The characteristics and magnitude of the operation and difficulties with communication cause confusion and it is hard to know exactly how events are developing on each ship.
he Israeli commandos are boarding the ships and detaining activists on board. These are the images of those dramatic moments that we received from our comrade Cele Fierro who is on board the “Adara” representing the International Socialist League (ISL).
Zionists prevent all communication from the flotilla, so from now on, it will be essential to follow the GSF official information.
According to the modus operandi that the aggressors deployed on other occasions, the steps following the boarding and the illegal detentions of the activists, would be their transfer to navy ships and further interrogation.
They would then have to opt for compliance or refusal for their voluntary extradition. Those who sign should be immediately repatriated to their countries of origin. Those who do not do so would be arbitrarily imprisoned in Israel.
Although this has already been done, that does not mean that it will develop under the same conditions. The Israeli military forces are used to acting violently and with impunity against defenseless people, something that they could also do with the peaceful and supportive civilian mission which attempts to bring food and medicine to the besieged people in Gaza. It is no surprise. They are commiting genocide, ethnic cleansing and occupation in Palestine; murdering, starving and displacing Palestinians and totally defenseless children.
According to reports, up to 600 police officers would also be deployed in the operation and there are seven hospitals on alert in the port of Ashdod, the closest to Gaza, to manage arrests and medical emergencies.
From the ISL we call to hold demonstrations in solidarity with the GSF right now and demanding the immediate freedom of all its activists.
- We repudiate the Zionist operation and demand that the authorities of the European Union, their governments and all countries that have citizens in the GSF take responsibility for their security and integrity.
- Cease fire in Gaza and all of Palestine! No to the occupation! Let the governments break relations with Israel! Let’s reject genocide, ethnic cleansing and the blockade on humanitarian aid! Let’s defend the GSF!
- Let’s mobilize all over the world to defeat Israel and its imperialist accomplices! For a unique, secular, non-racist, democratic and socialist Palestine! Free from the river to the sea.