Overview

• Greta Thunberg announced that the Global Sumud Flotilla will launch from Spain on August 31 and link up with additional vessels departing Tunisia on September 4
• Organizers plan to involve dozens of boats and mobilize participants from more than 44 countries to deliver humanitarian supplies and draw attention to Gaza’s acute shortages
• Public figures including Susan Sarandon, Gustaf Skarsgård and Liam Cunningham are slated to take part in the independent campaign
• Organizers and human-rights advocates label Israel’s naval restriction unlawful and have pledged synchronized demonstrations across dozens of countries in solidarity with Palestinians
• Israeli authorities maintain the blockade as a security measure and say past flotilla aid was minimal, with remaining supplies transferred through authorized humanitarian channels