Coordinators, organizers, and participants from the Maghreb Sumud Flotilla, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition*, Global Movement to Gaza, and the Sumud Nusantara have united under a common goal: to break the illegal siege on Gaza by sea, open a humanitarian corridor, and end the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. This Summer, dozens of boats will set sail from ports around the world, large and small, converging toward Gaza in the largest coordinated civilian flotilla in history.
Daily Archives: 31. August 2025
Live: Global Sumud Flotilla launches from Barcelona to challenge Gaza blockade
Streamed live 9 hours ago
Barcelona, Spain – The Global Sumud Flotilla is launching from Barcelona, with international activists, artists and human rights advocates taking part in a symbolic journey to challenge Israel’s blockade of Gaza.
Speakers at the event include Greta Thunberg, Saif Abukeshek, Thiago Ávila, and actors Liam Cunningham and Eduard Fernández. The flotilla, named after the Arabic word sumud (steadfastness), sets sail as part of a broader call for solidarity with Palestinians under siege.
Global Sumud Flotilla Departs from Barcelona to Gaza, to join Tunisia convoy on Sep 4
The global fleet of boats departed from Spain’s Barcelona on Sunday for Gaza as part of an international maritime initiative aimed at delivering humanitarian aid to starving people in Gaza.
In support, thousands of people turned up to show solidarity with Gaza and support the members who will embark on this journey.
The first convoy, consisting of dozens of small civilian vessels carrying activists, humanitarians, doctors, seafarers, and humanitarian supplies, is scheduled to depart from Spanish ports on August 31 to meet up in Tunisia with a second wave on September 4.
Over 210 journalists killed in Gaza: RSF and Avaaz call on media worldwide to stage major operation on 1 September
On 25 August, one of these strikes targeted a building in the al-Nasser medical complex in central Gaza, a known workplace for reporters, killing five journalists and staff members of local and international media outlets such as Reuters and the Associated Press. Two weeks earlier, on the night of 10 August, an Israeli strike killed six reporters, including Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, who was the intended target.
According to RSF data, more than 210 journalists have been killed by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip in nearly 23 months of Israeli military operations in the Palestinian territory. At least 56 of them were intentionally targeted by the Israeli army or killed while doing their job. This ongoing massacre of Palestinian journalists requires a large-scale operation highly visible to the general public. With this unprecedented mobilisation planned for 1 September, RSF renews its call for urgent protection for Palestinian media professionals in the Gaza Strip, a demand endorsed by over 200 media outlets and organisations in June. The NGO also calls for foreign press to be granted independent access to the Strip, which Israeli authorities have so far denied.
VIDEO: Meet the symbol of Gaza’s famine – and target of Israel’s propagandists
(August 6, 2025)
After Mohammed appeared on the front page of the New York Times and several other major papers, Israeli propagandists accused the media of misinformation, claiming his pre-existing muscular condition explained away the hunger crisis.
We spoke to his mother, Hedaya, to get the full story. We also spoke to the Al-Foul family, Gaza City residents who are also struggling to feed their young son as Israel blocks the aid they depend on.
More than 63,450 killed since start of Israel‘s war on Gaza
31 August 2025 11:57 BST
The Palestinian health ministry has reported 88 Palestinians killed and 421 wounded across the blockaded Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours.
The death toll since Israel began its war in October 2023 has risen to 63,459, with more than 160,256 people injured.
Palestine: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union
The EU has learned the decision to refuse and revoke entry visas for members of the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization ahead of their participation in the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September.
In light of the existing headquarters agreements between the UN and its host state, we urge for this decision to be reconsidered.
Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers: press remarks by High Representative Kaja Kallas after the meeting
(August 30, 2025)
Q. Can you point to one concrete step regarding Israel that the countries actually agreed on today. After today‘s meeting, do you expect a more unified EU putting pressure on Israel and taking concrete steps?
First, we had an informal Council, so that means that we actually do not adopt decisions here, but we really have the political debates on where is the room. So, no decisions today.
Gaza death toll surges to 63,371 amid ongoing Israeli genocide
GAZA, August 30, 2025 (WAFA) – At least 66 Palestinians were killed and 345 others were injured in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours as a result of the ongoing Israeli genocide in the region, according to medical sources.
Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 2023 has risen to 63,371 fatalities, with an additional 159,835 people sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.
Chinesischer Außenminister trifft UN-Chef
China unterstütze die Vereinten Nationen beim Aufbau eines effektiveren Weltordnungssystems durch Reformen, um eine glänzende Zukunft des Friedens, der Sicherheit, des Wohlstands und des Fortschritts für die Welt zu schaffen, fügte der chinesische Außenminister hinzu.
Guterres sagte, die Länder des Globalen Südens, mit China als Vertreter, spielten eine immer wichtigere Rolle bei der Förderung des globalen Friedens und der Entwicklung. Er lobte Chinas Engagement für den Multilateralismus und seine starke Unterstützung für die Vereinten Nationen.
Xi Jinping trifft Präsident der Malediven
Am selben Tag traf Xi in Tianjin außerdem mit dem aserbaidschanischen Präsidenten Ilham Alijew, dem armenischen Premierminister Nikol Paschinjan, dem belarussischen Präsidenten Alexander Lukaschenko und dem kirgisischen Präsidenten Sadyr Dschaparow zusammen, die ebenfalls an den oben genannten Veranstaltungen in China teilnehmen werden.
Was ist die „Shanghaier Organisation für Zusammenarbeit“?
Von den Zahlen her ist sie ein Schwergewicht: Etwa 40 Prozent der Weltbevölkerung leben in ihren Mitgliedstaaten, auf sie entfällt zusammen etwa ein Viertel der globalen Wirtschaftsleistung.
SCO summit in Tianjin to usher in a new era of cooperation
The SCO has become a model of new international relations and regional cooperation, and a constructive force of global significance. Since its founding 24 years ago, the organization has adhered to the Shanghai Spirit, which is founded on mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation, respect for diversity of civilizations, and the pursuit of common development.
Since its inception in China‘s Shanghai in 2001, the SCO has expanded from a regional organization with six members into a trans-regional organization with 10 full members, two observer countries, and 14 dialogue partners.