Global Resilience Flotilla announces date of its next journey to break the siege on Gaza from Barcelona

The organizing committee of the Global Resilience Flotilla to break the siege on Gaza announced today, Thursday, the date of its next journey towards the Strip, and also revealed the ports from which the flotilla's ships will sail. The committee stated - during a press conference in Johannesburg, South Africa - that the flotilla's ships will sail on March 9th from the Spanish city of Barcelona and other ports in the Mediterranean Sea towards Gaza.

The committee also revealed the organization of two land convoys from North Africa and Asia towards the Gaza Strip in March as well, explaining that the convoy will carry medical and food aid. Regarding the flotilla, the organizers said they plan for the next flotilla to include more than 100 boats carrying thousands of activists.

They added that more than a thousand doctors, environmental and health experts, and war crimes investigators are scheduled to participate in the upcoming mission to break the siege on Gaza. The organizing committee called on people from all countries and from all specializations, from doctors to engineers, to join the land convoy that will set off simultaneously with the naval flotilla to help the people of the Gaza Strip.

Regarding the threats that the flotilla's ships may face from Israel, the organizers said that they are not comparable to those borne by the children of Gaza and what Palestinians have suffered for 8 decades due to the apartheid system, demanding the international community to protect international law and confront any attempt to attack the flotilla.

They stressed that the suffering of the people of the Gaza Strip is unimaginable, especially the thousands of sick and wounded who are waiting to travel for treatment, while those returning to the Strip are subjected to inspections by the occupation authorities. The organizing committee of the Resilience Flotilla called on the international community to act to end the genocide and support Palestinians in obtaining their freedom, noting that Palestine has become a symbol of resilience in the face of oppression and a source of inspiration for action for freedom and justice.

The organizers also said that it is time for humanity to fight genocide and colonial plans, especially Israel, which deliberately starves children in Gaza to death despite its claim of being the most democratic in the Middle East.

Last October, Israeli navy ships attacked dozens of boats belonging to the Global Resilience Flotilla while they were sailing in international waters towards Gaza, seized them, and arrested hundreds of international activists on board.

The threats that the flotilla's ships may face are not comparable to those borne by the children of Gaza and what Palestinians have suffered for 8 decades due to the apartheid system.