Under widespread condemnation for its vicious treatment of Flotilla activists, the Israeli government released and deported all 430 participants it had abducted from sailboats earlier in the week. They arrived in Istanbul at around 10:30 am EDT today, Thursday, May...
Six Flotilla Boats Are Still Sailing Toward Gaza; 64 Were Illegally Intercepted
This post, finally edited at 6:03 pm EDT on May 19, was initially written during the final hours of the flotilla campaign while Israeli gunmen were illegally seizing and boarding one sailboat after another of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and the Global Sumud...
Flotilla Boats Again Under Attack by Israeli Forces
At this moment Israeli military forces are illegally attacking and boarding the sailboats of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) and the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) in international waters east of Cyprus. As this article is being written, the heavily armed Israeli...
New Phase of Gaza Flotilla Mission Launched
Yesterday, five Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) sailboats joined up with 54 Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) boats departing from Marmaris, Türkiye, to set sail to Gaza in a new phase of the flotilla mission. This new phase continues the mission to break the siege of Gaza...
Freedom Flotilla Coalition Boats Continue Voyage to Gaza
Each of the four boats belonging to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) continues to sail toward Gaza. As of this writing, the vessels have completed approximately 10% of their journey since departing from Siracusa, Sicily, at 4:15 PM on Saturday, May 2. Live...
Freedom Flotilla Defies Israeli Piracy, Launches 4 New Vessels from Siracusa Italy
Just days after the Israeli government’s assault on 22 unarmed civilian vessels of the Global Samud Flotilla (GSF) as they sailed toward Gaza in international waters west of Crete, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) is pressing forward with new vessels. On Saturday...


