There Freedom Flottilla coalition He has no intention of letting himself be intimidated and throwing the sponge. The activists team left on board the boat Handala To reach Gaza and bring humanitarian aid, but also a message of solidarity from that part of the world that does not want to remain silent in the face of a genocide that is taking place live.
The boat has sailed in the past few hours by Gallipoli among the applause of the Apulian citizens. On board there are 21 people, including volunteers, journalists, lawyers and artists; Among these also two Italians: The journalist, professor and pacifist Antonio Mazzeo and the Human Rights activist Antonio “Tony” La Piccirella.
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“We are not governments. We are people who act where the institutions have failed” the volunteers underline who will try to reach the Gaza Strip.
The mission starts again about a month from the kidnapping by the Israeli forces of the Madleen boat, with 12 activists of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition on board, including Greta Thunberg and the French MEP of Palestinian origin Rimaana. Their “crime”? Wanting to bring food and medicines to the Palestinian population tormented by bombs and hunger. But now they are considering and are ready to face any obstacle.
“A few hours before departure, the Handala had to face two alarming accidents: a top wrapped around the propeller and a delivery labeled as water containing a corrosive chemical, which wounded the crew members. These could be planned to damage and stop our mission. – the volunteers say – we will not let ourselves be intimidated. massacre.
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In the name of the children of Gaza
The former fishing fish sailed from Gallipoli takes its name from Handalacharacter of the Palestinian comics created by the artist Naji al-Aali. Handala is a refugee child who turns bare feet and who always shows his back on those who look at him as a sign of protesting the situation; The baby swore not to turn until Palestine returns free.
“This boat brings with him his spirit and that of every child of Gaza to whom security, dignity and joy have been denied. This mission is for them.” explains the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. In 2023 and 2024, the Handala boat landed in the ports of Europe and the United Kingdom to break the silence on the Israeli employment and the trampled rights of the Palestinian people, involving the public with events and artistic installations. Now he wants to go further.
