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Greta Thunberg to Depart Sunday for Gaza on Freedom Flotilla

The voyage aims to challenge Israel’s maritime blockade by denouncing alleged genocide in Gaza.

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Greta Thunberg während einer Demonstration von Fridays for Future im Jahr 2024

Overview

  • Thunberg will embark on Sunday aboard a Freedom Flotilla vessel alongside EU parliamentarian Rima Hassan.
  • Participants intend to break the blockade to highlight Gaza’s humanitarian crisis and protest what they describe as genocide.
  • This marks Thunberg’s second Gaza-bound attempt after an early-May mission was halted when the convoy’s ship was damaged.
  • Rima Hassan, a member of La France insoumise who has faced Israeli entry bans over her statements, announced the plan and will join the protest.
  • The Freedom Flotilla movement has previously sought to breach the Gaza blockade, most notably during the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident.