[News] International solidarity with Global Sumud Flotilla, intercepted by Israel

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International solidarity with Global Sumud Flotilla, intercepted by Israel
Carlos Cabrera
October 1, 2025
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The flotilla of 45 boats was transporting humanitarian aid to the Gaza
Strip.

Various organizations, trade unions, and governments are speaking out in
favor of the safety of people on board the international flotilla Global
Sumud, following the interception by Israel’s genocidal forces, in
international waters of the eastern Mediterranean.

RELATED:

Israel is Intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla
<https://www.telesurenglish.net/israel-is-intercepting-the-global-sumud-flotilla/>

After boarding several of the 45 vessels transporting humanitarian aid to
the Gaza Strip, President Gustavo Petro, from his social media account,
warned about Global Sumud’s monitoring.

“Global and Latin American alert. Alert for the people of Colombia,” the
president said when sharing a video of Luna, one of the Colombian members
of the flotilla.

The Colombian Commission in the Global Movement to Palestine, remarked that
Zionist ships intercepted the HIO ship in international waters of Palestine.

“There are Manuela and Luna, two Colombians who have gone to Gaza to put
their bodies on the line in resistance to genocide. Let’s not stop talking
about Palestine,” the entity stressed.

The Brazilian government also expressed its concern and condemned the
attack on the flotilla, while holding Israel responsible for the safety of
the people on the boat.

France also requested respect and guarantee the safety of the members of
the Sumud Global Flotilla. Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said that “we
demand that the Israeli authorities guarantee the safety of the
participants, ensure their right to consular protection and allow them to
return.” In solidarity with the flotilla, the Italian General Confederation
of Labour stressed that the attack on civilian boats carrying Italian
citizens represents an extremely serious matter.

It is a blow to the constitutional order itself that prevents humanitarian
action and solidarity with the Palestinian population, subjected by the
Israeli government to a real operation of genocide.

It is a direct attack on the safety of the workers and volunteers on board.
Not only is it a crime against defenseless people, but it is also serious
that the Italian government has abandoned Italian workers in open
international waters, violating our constitutional principles,” he said.

 Meanwhile, hundreds of students from Italian cities such as Padua or
Romahan occupied several university faculties today to support the flotilla
and demand an end to collaboration agreements between Italian and Israeli
universities. “For Gaza, for Palestine, for the ‘Sumud’ Flotilla.

Let’s close the universities, the cities, the country. It is no longer the
time to look the other way,” was the position of the student association of
the University of Padua.

Likewise, the Articulation of Social and Popular Movements towards ALBA
(ALBA Movements) denounced and held the State of Israel responsible for the
safety of our comrades in the Flotilla, just 90 miles from Gaza.

The Flotilla detected more than 20 unidentified vessels on its radar, just
3 nautical miles ahead of them.

The multiplatform Telesur was broadcasting live a conversation with Néstor
Prieto, one of the members of the expedition, when the signal was abruptly
cut off after confirming the arrest and assault on the ship “Alba¨

Author: HGV

Source: Global Flotilla Sumud
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