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25.11.2025 - 21:31 [ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) ]

UN experts urge States to act as Israeli violations threaten fragile Gaza ceasefire

The experts urged Member States to act decisively to end the pattern of systematic violations of international law and suffering in occupied Palestine and restore international peace and security.

They called for the following urgent measures:

– Guaranteeing safe humanitarian access through UN-supervised land and naval corridors, including temporary housing before winter;
– Opening humanitarian corridors toward the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel for the wounded, sick, older persons, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, and children;
– Imposing sanctions on Israel for continued violations of international law and illegal occupation;
– A comprehensive arms embargo on Israel;
– Full and free access to international media to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including throughout Gaza.
– Ensuring that independent, international investigations are conducted into serious violations of international law, including the killing of civilians in the Gaza Strip, and that prosecutions are initiated under universal jurisdiction;
– Considering a UN-led international intervention if attacks persist and the humanitarian situation deteriorates further.

*The experts:

– Francesca Albanese: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967;

– George Katrougalos, Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order

– Ashwini K.P., Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

– Olivier De Schutter: Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

– Morris Tidball-Binz, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

– Ben Saul, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism

– Irene Khan, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression

– Paula Gaviria, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons

– Tlaleng Mofokeng, UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

– Heba Hagrass, Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities

– Farida Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on the right to education

– Michael Fakhri, Special Rapporteur on the right to food

– Pedro Arrojo Agudo, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation

– Gina Romero, Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association

– Siobhán Mullally, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children

– Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences

– Nicolas Levrat, Special Rapporteur on minority issues

– Michelle Small (Chair-Rapporteur), Ravindran Daniel, Jovana Jezdimirovic Ranito, Joana de Deus Pereira, Andrés Macías Tolosa, Working Group on the use of mercenaries

– Carlos Duarte (Chair), Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas

– Ivana Krstić (Vice-Chair), Dorothy Estrada Tanck, Haina Lu, and Laura Nyirinkindi, Working Group on discrimination against women and girls

11.11.2025 - 00:08 [ PrisonersForPalestine.org ]

Statement from Heba Muraisi

I knew that in order to win this fight, we had to engage the enemy’s main force, and here in the UK, that would be Elbit. It wasn’t a recruitment, but rather a conscious incorporation from my part: I became Palestine Action.

And now, from behind these steel walls and sensors, I will continue the fight and to resist. This is for the mothers who can’t bury their children, for the fathers who had to bury all of theirs. For the children who have no family left and too young to understand why. And for my family – who I don’t even know if they’ve made it out of Rafah.

I will not compromise until all demands are met. Long live the intifada.

10.11.2025 - 23:42 [ PrisondersForPalestine.org ]

Statement from Jony Cink

My whiteness and class status protect me from the worst of the British prison system. I often think of Palestinian prisoners in zionist torture dungeons, of my comrades punished for their faith, with imprints of fascist tendencies, that mature in British prisons, on their skin. We stand united by our desire for freedom. Shared, collective freedom, One that can only be achieved through relentless struggle. One that demands nothing short of justice.

It is with these principles in mind that I join a collective, open-ended hunger strike demanding cessation of all operations by Elbit Systems UK; immediate unconditional bail for all Prisoners for Palestine imprisoned before trial; right to a fair trial which can’t be conducted without the disclosure of all foreign and political interference in our cases; complete end to the use of terrorism legislation against those acting to stop a genocide; and an immediate end to censorship of all communication to and from prisons.

03.11.2025 - 22:07 [ Lina Ghassan Abu Zayed / theIntercept.com ]

From Gaza to Sudan: “Their Pain Is Ours”

In Gaza, we are used to waking up to the sounds of explosions, counting the days between meals, and cycling constantly between fear and hope. We thought our pain was unlike any other in the world until we saw Sudan burning under the same silence. There, as here, people die from hunger and under rubble, cameras and lenses absent, as if pain in the Global South is not meant to be heard in the North.

In Sudan and Gaza, children are snatched from their mothers’ arms before they even know what safety feels like. Last Tuesday alone, some 460 people were reportedly killed by paramilitary forces in the city of El-Fasher. Estimates put the rate of displacement in Gaza at 90%; in Sudan, more than 14 million people have been displaced. Homes are destroyed, access to clean water is severely limited, food remains deeply scarce, and the wounded lie scattered on the ground without medical care, just as we witnessed in our small city on the Mediterranean coast.

Yet what hurts more than bombing or hunger is silence.

02.11.2025 - 16:17 [ NPR.org ]

Mamdani‘s youth support goes beyond New York. For many, he‘s now a national leader

Zohran Mamdani sits with attendees to watch „The Cost of Living Classic“ soccer tournament on October 19, 2025 in New York City.

01.11.2025 - 00:34 [ United Nations ]

‘Blood on the sand. Blood on the hands’: UN decries world’s failure as Sudan’s El Fasher falls

“What is unfolding in El Fasher recalls the horrors Darfur was subjected to twenty years ago,” Mr. Fletcher said, referring to the atrocities of the early 2000s that shocked the world and eventually led to International Criminal Court indictments.

“But somehow today we are seeing a very different global reaction – one of resignation,” he continued. “This is also a crisis of apathy.”

“The Sudan crisis is, at its core, a failure of protection, and our responsibility to uphold international law,” Mr. Fletcher said. “Atrocities are committed with unashamed expectation of impunity…the world has failed an entire generation.”

16.10.2025 - 09:49 [ Reuters ]

Planning under way for international force in Gaza, say US advisers

Among the countries the U.S. is speaking to about contributing to the force are Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Qatar and Azerbaijan, said the adviser, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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After Hamas killed seven men in Gaza City it accused of collaborating with Israel, the advisers said there were discussions to establish safe zones for civilians to prevent such incidents.

11.10.2025 - 00:30 [ Refaat Ibrahim / Al Jazeera ]

When the bombs in Gaza stop, the true pain starts

During those two brutal years of bombing and near-total destruction, everyone in Gaza was focused on one thing: Staying alive. We were fighting for every minute, trying not to break down, starve, or get killed. Life became an endless loop of terror and waiting for the next strike. No one had the luxury to dream about tomorrow or even to mourn the people we’d lost. If there was any kind of shelter, and that was a big if, the goal was simply to move from one shattered refuge to another, holding on by a thread. That constant awareness that death could come at any moment turned every day into an act of survival.

Then, when the explosions finally eased, a quieter kind of pain crept in: All the grief we had buried to get through the chaos….

06.10.2025 - 02:22 [ CNN ]

Three Israeli anti-war activists who tried to break through Gaza border freed from jail

Itamar Greenberg, Roman Levin and Roy Elani were arrested and detained in Beersheba District Court after crossing briefly into the Gaza border on Friday.

The activists are part of a small but loud group of Israelis who have decried their country’s military actions in Gaza and who have marched toward the Gaza fence for weeks in solidarity with the Sumud Flotilla, aiming “to break the siege on Gaza.”

06.10.2025 - 02:16 [ Andrey X / X ]

We broke into Gaza

(October 3, 2025)

03.10.2025 - 00:27 [ Al Jazeera ]

Gaza official says flotilla’s message ‘reached the entire world’

“Our message to the heroic solidarity activists: You may not have reached us with your bodies, but you reached our hearts before you even set sail, with your humanitarian solidarity and the purity of your noble and pristine intentions,” he wrote.

“Your message has reached the entire world.”

02.10.2025 - 02:13 [ @therealnews / Youtube ]

„If I am killed during this mission…“: Global Sumud Flotilla nears Gaza, despite Israel‘s threats

The Global Sumud Flotilla, consisting of over 40 vessels with delegations of peace activists from around the world, is sailing within 150 nautical miles of Gaza. As of Tuesday night, the Flotilla fleet has entered the “high risk” zone, where Israel has threatened to intercept them. The Global Sumud Flotilla is the largest maritime mission in history to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Calling in from the Mediterranean Sea on Monday, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez spoke with two members of the Global Sumud Flotilla, Iara Modarelli and Leila Hegazy. „We have seen the inhumane violence that Israel and its military are capable of,“ Alvarez said to Modarelli and Hegazy before asking: „If this does go bad, and this is your last mission, what do you want your final message to the world to be?“ Here is their answer…

Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXL0o4GjgNU&t=382s

25.09.2025 - 15:45 [ Al Jazeera ]

Who are the artists speaking out against Israel’s war on Gaza?

The graphic below highlights just some of those high-profile artists who have spoken out against Israel’s war on Gaza and some of the messages they have voiced over recent events.

15.09.2025 - 19:58 [ Artists4Ceasefire.org ]

Artists call for Ceasefire Now

We come together as artists and advocates, but most importantly as human beings witnessing the devastating loss of lives and unfolding horrors in Israel and Palestine.

We ask that, as President of the United States, you and the US Congress call for an immediate de-escalation and ceasefire in Gaza and Israel before another life is lost. More than 63,000 people have been killed over the last 22 months, and over 159,000 injured* – numbers that any person of conscience knows are catastrophic. We believe all life is sacred, no matter faith or ethnicity and we condemn the killing of Palestinian and Israeli civilians.

We urge your administration, Congress, and all world leaders, to honor all of the lives in the Holy Land and call for and facilitate a ceasefire without delay – an end to the bombing of Gaza, and the safe release of hostages. Half of Gaza’s two million residents are children, and more than two thirds are refugees and their descendants being forced to flee their homes. Humanitarian aid must be allowed to reach them.

15.09.2025 - 19:52 [ news.com.au / Youtube ]

Emmys 2025: All the celebs speaking out for Palestine

Hannah Einbinder, Megan Stalter, Javier Bardem and others arrived at the 2025 Emmy Awards showing support for Palestine – including speeches and attire choices. Actor Javier Bardem called on Israel to ‚stop the genocide‘. Other attendees were captured wearing Artists4Ceasefire and similar activism pins.

14.09.2025 - 17:55 [ theCanary.co ]

Video: Israeli conductor gives passionate anti-genocide speech at BBC Proms

At the BBC Proms on Friday night, Jewish Israeli conductor Ilan Volkov spoke out against Israel’s genocide and occupation in Gaza:

10.09.2025 - 21:47 [ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) ]

UN experts stand in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla, demand full protection of all passengers

GENEVA – United Nations experts* today urged Israel to cease all threats of harm against the Global Sumud Flotilla and ensure it proceeds unhindered in its mission to deliver humanitarian aid to the civilian population in Gaza.

“Any attempt to block the flotilla would constitute a grave violation of international law and humanitarian principles,” the experts said.

They stressed that the flotilla is a consequence of the failure of the international community to end Israel’s unlawful blockade of Gaza and the catastrophic humanitarian crisis it has produced. “Civil society activists would not be compelled to risk their lives at sea if the General Assembly or Security Council had taken decisive action to ensure safe and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza,” the experts said.

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*The experts:

– Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

– Pedro Arrojo Agudo, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation

– Michael Fakhri, Special Rapporteur on the right to food

– Farida Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on the right to education

– George Katrougalos, Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order

– Paula Gaviria Betancur, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons

– Heba Hagrass, Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities

– Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing

– Bina D‘Costa (Chair), Barbara G. Reynolds, Isabelle Mamadou, Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent

– Nicolas Levrat, Special Rapporteur on minority issues

– Gina Romero, Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association;

– Siobhán Mullally, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children

– Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences

– Elisa Morgera, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change

– Bina D‘Costa (Chair), Barbara G. Reynolds, Isabelle Mamadou, Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent

– Carlos Duarte (Chair), Shalmali Guttal, Davit Hakobyan (vice-chair), Uche Ofodile (vice chair), Genevieve Savigny, Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas

– Claudia Flores (Chair), Ivana Krstić (Vice-Chair), Dorothy Estrada Tanck, Haina Lu, and Laura Nyirinkindi, Working group on discrimination against women and girls

– Tlaleng Mofokeng, UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

– Jovana Jezdimirovic Ranito (Chair-Rapporteur), Ravindran Daniel, Michelle Small, Joana de Deus Pereira, Andrés Macías Tolosa, Working Group on the use of mercenaries

– Ashwini K.P. Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

– Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

06.09.2025 - 18:21 [ Global Sumud Flotilla / X ]

Kat Nip: Global Sumud Flotilla will depart from Tunis in a couple of days. We’ve experienced nothing but love, hospitality and support

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06.09.2025 - 18:05 [ AJ+ / X ]

AJ+ spoke to Greta Thunberg as she makes a second attempt to break Israel’s siege of Gaza. The Swedish activist has joined hundreds of others on dozens of boats, as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla to try to reach Gaza.

(video)

06.09.2025 - 17:36 [ Global Sumud Flotilla ]

BEN-GVIR PLANS TO DESIGNATE GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA ACTIVISTS AS “TERRORISTS”, SEIZE BOATS

(September 4, 2025)

Under international law, Gaza’s 40km-long Mediterranean coastline is controlled by the people of Gaza. The people of Gaza have the right to receive ships, goods, and people through their territorial waters. Furthermore, Palestinians should have sovereign rights to use their own sea for trade, fishing, and travel. However, since 2007, Palestinians have been victims of a comprehensive illegal sea, air, and land blockade imposed by the Israeli occupation.

The Global Sumud Flotilla stands united in its humanitarian mission to deliver urgently needed food, water, and medical supplies to the Palestinian people enduring a catastrophic genocide, famine, and spiraling health crisis caused by Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza. Our coalition – representing 44 countries – comprises doctors, nurses, elected representatives, journalists, and human rights advocates committed solely to alleviating human suffering.

We call on the international community, the United Nations, and all governments to stand firmly with us and guarantee our safe passage into Gaza. Furthermore, we invite independent observers and media to join us in documenting our voyage to ensure full transparency and accountability.

No intimidation, no smear campaign, and no act of brutality can silence the global demand for justice, dignity, and humanitarian aid. We have come together to do all we can to break the blockade and deliver hope to Gaza’s children and families.

04.09.2025 - 19:21 [ Variety.com ]

‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Stuns Venice With Its Longest Standing Ovation of 22 Minutes Amid Tears and ‘Free Palestine’ Chants

As the ovation surpassed 20 minutes, and in a clear effort to get the room to disperse, the lights were dimmed in the theatre. The clapping continued.

04.09.2025 - 19:18 [ Hollywood Reporter ]

Filmmakers Behind Gaza Drama ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Make Plea for Peace in Venice: “Enough of the Mass Killing, Starvation, Dehumanization”

Last week, just as the Venice festival was getting underway, industry heavyweights including Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Alfonso Cuaron and Jonathan Glazer, boarded The Voice of Hind Rajab as executive producers, boosting its profile ahead of its world premiere.

Ben Hania said the backing of such global film figures was something she “never imagined was possible,” but that she’s “very grateful for their support.”

04.09.2025 - 18:09 [ Lush.com ]

In Solidarity with Gaza

(September 3, 2025)

Whilst Lush is losing a day of takings, this also means that the UK Government is losing a day of tax contributions from Lush and our customers. We hope they too hear the message our closure sends, with more Government action needed to bring an immediate stop to the death and destruction, including an end to arms sales from the UK.

In Peace and Solidarity,

LUSH

NB: Lush trades in over 50 countries, but was originally founded in the UK. With this in mind it feels important that we lift our voice first from here in the UK, however we know that sentiment across the international Lush business is strong and we expect similar actions may follow as other Lush countries seek ways to express their solidarity.

04.09.2025 - 18:08 [ Daily Mail ]

Cosmetics chain Lush closes ALL of its stores and shuts down its website in protest over Palestine

(September 3, 2025)

High street cosmetics firm Lush has shut down its website and closed all its UK stores in what the company says is a pro-Palestine statement of solidarity.

The firm shared an image declaring ‚Stop starving Gaza‘ as it also closed its factories in a one-day gesture.

Lush said in a statement today: ‚Across the Lush business we share the anguish that millions of people feel seeing the images of starving people in Gaza, Palestine.

04.09.2025 - 18:01 [ Independent.co.uk ]

Hugh Bonneville interrupts live TV interview with urgent Gaza plea: ‘Indefensible’

Hugh Bonneville interrupted a live TV interview to issue an urgent plea for the world to act on the “indefensible” situation in Gaza.

03.09.2025 - 22:22 [ Global Sumud Flotilla ]

Joint Statement, a call for immediate action to ensure humanitarian access to Gaza and to end the genocide of the Palestinian people.

Signatories on board of the flotilla:

– Former Mayor Ada Colau, Barcelona, Spain

– MP Cele Fierro, Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores (MST), FIT Unidad, Liga
Internacional Socialista (LIS), Buenos Aires, Argentina

– MP Franciszek Sterczewski, independent, Poznań, Poland

– MP Juan Bordera, Compromís, País Valencià, Spain

– MP Juan Carlos Giordano, Izquierda Socialista (UIT-CI), Frente de Izquierda de los
Trabajadores – Unidad (FIT-U), Argentina

– Councilor Lucía Muñoz Dalda, Palma City Council (Mallorca). Former Member of
Parliament, Spain

– Federal Deputy Luizianne Lins, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil

– MP Lorena Delgado Varas, independent socialist, Sweden

– MP Mariana Mortágua, Bloco de Esquerda, Portugal

– Councilor Mariana Conti, City Council of Campinas, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade
(PSOL), Brazil

– Provincial MP Ezequiel Peressin, Izquierda Socialista (UIT-CI), Frente de Izquierda de los
Trabajadores – Unidad (FIT-U), Córdoba, Argentina

– MP Pilar Castillejo, Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (CUP), Catalonia, Spain

Signatories supporting (not on board):

– MEP Pernando Barrena, EH Bildu, Basque Country

– Senator Gorka Elejabarrieta, EH Bildu spokesperson Spanish Senate, Basque Country

– MP Mertxe Aizpurua, EH Bildu spokesperson, Spanish Congress, Basque Country

– MP Diana Urrea, EH Bildu, Basque Country

– MP Irati Jimenez, EH Bildu, Navarre, Basque Country

– MP Rui Tavares, Partido Livre, Portugal

– MP Kathy Lie, SV, Norway

– MP Inês Sousa Real, Partido Animais e Natureza (PAN), Portugal

– MP Paulo Muacho, Partido Livre, Portugal

– MP Mercedes De Mendieta, Izquierda Socialista, FIT-U and UIT-CI, Argentina

– Provincial MP Mercedes Trimarchi, Izquierda Socialista, FIT-U and UIT-CI, Ciudad de
Buenos de Aires, Argentina.

– MP Isabel Mendes Lopes , Partido Livre, Portugal

– MP Jorge Pinto, Partido Livre, Portugal

– MP Patrícia Gonçalves, Partido Livre, Portugal

– MP Filipa Pinto, Partido Livre, Portugal

– MP Daria Gosek-Popiołek, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland

– MP Joanna Wicha, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland

– MP Magda Biejat, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland

– MP Anna Górska, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland

– MP Dorota Olko, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland

– MP Malgorzata Tracz, Independent-Koalicja Obywatelska, Poland

– MP Christophe Lacroix, Socialist Party, Belgium

– MP Isabel Moreira, Socialista Party, Portugal

– MP Pedro Nuno Santos, Partido Socialista, Portugal

– Councilor Toni Morillas González, Izquierda unida, Ayto de Málaga, Spain

– Councilor José Miguel López España, Izquierda unida, Ayto. de Fuengirola, Málaga

– Provincial MP Juan Márquez Torres, Izquierda unida, Málaga, Spain

– Mayor Mari Carmen Romero García, Izquierda unida, Almargen, Málaga, Spain

– Mayor María Remedios Fernández Martín, Izquierda unida, Monda, Málaga, Spain

– Mayor Cristóbal Miguel Corral Maldonado, Izquierda unida, Teba, Málaga, Spain

– Mayor Juan Alberto Naranjo Moral, Izquierda unida, Ardales, Málaga, Spain

– Mayor José Miguel Marín Marín, Izquierda unida, Istán, Málaga, Spain

– Mayor José García Orejuela, Izquierda unida, Alameda, Málaga, Spain

– Vice mayor Justo Manuel Muñoz Del Río, Izquierda unida, Ardales, Málaga, Spain

– Vice Mayor Ana Millán Escamilla, Izquierda unida, Monda, Málaga, Spain

– Vice Mayor José Manuel Ortuño Gómez,Izquierda unida, Alozaina, Málaga, Spain

– Vice Mayor Manuel Bermúdez Castañeda, Izquierda unida, Sedella, Málaga, Spain

– Vice Mayor Rubén Ruiz Pacheco, Izquierda unida, Humilladero, Málaga

– Councilor Teresa Sánchez Ramírez, Izquierda unida, Alhaurín el Grande, Málaga, Spain

– Councilor Sheila Jiménez Nystrom, Izquierda unida, Fuengirola, Málaga, Spain

– Councilor Javier Caravias Chaves, Izquierda unida, Alhaurín de la Torre, Málaga, Spain

– Councilor Maria Francisca Sancho Fernández, Izquierda unida, Con Ronda, Málaga,
Spain

– Councilor Francisco Miguel Vera Rivero, Izquierda unida, Istán, Málaga, Spain

– Councilor María Ángeles Del Pozo Cortes, Izquierda unida, Alameda, Málaga, Spain

– Councilor Rocío Calderón Muñoz, Izquierda unida, Rincón de la Victoria, Málaga, Spain

– Councilor Montserrat Paniagua López, Izquierda unida, Rincón de la Victoria, Málaga,
Spain

– Councilor Alba Delgado Ruiz, Izquierda unida, Arriate, Málaga, Spain

– Councilor María del Pilar Ruiz Muñoz, Izquierda unida, Antequera, Málaga, Spain

– Councilor Antonia Claros Atencia, Izquierda unida,Torrox, Málaga, Spain

– Councilor Aurora María Palma Palma, Izquierda unida, Almáchar, Málaga, Spain

– Vice Mayor Javier Segarra Pascual, Izquierda unida, Periana, Málaga, Spain

– MP Daniel Riazat, independent socialist, Sweden

– Senator Alice Mary Higgins, independent, Ireland

– Senator Frances Black, independent, Ireland

– Senator Eileen Flynn, independent, Ireland

– MP Marina Gonçalves, Partido Socialista, Portugal

– MP Miguel Matos, Partido Socialista, Portugal

– MP Jamila Madeira, Partido Socialista, Portugal

– Senator Lynn Ruane Independent, Ireland

– Deputy Laia Estrada, CUP, Catalan parliament

– Deputy Dani Cornellà, CUP, Catalan parliament

– Deputy Laure Vega, CUP, Catalan parliament

– Federal deputy Sâmia Bomfim, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil

– State deputy Luciana Genro, Presidenta da Fundação Lauro Campos e Marielle Franco,
Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

– State deputy Josemar Carvalho, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Río de Janeiro,
Brazil

– State deputy Monica Seixas, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), São Paulo, Brazil

– State deputy Camila Valadão, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Espirito Santo,
Brazil

– District deputy Fábio Félix, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Federal District, Brazil

– Councilor Roberto Robaina, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Porto Alegre, Brazil

– Councilor Vivi Reis, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Belém, Brazil

– Councilor Luana Alves, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil

– Councilor Jurandir Silva, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL),, Brazil

– Councilor Bruna Biondi, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil

– Councilor Professora Angela, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil

– Federal Deputy Glauber Braga, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil

– MP Pierre-Yves Dermagne, Parti Socialiste, Member of the House of Representatives,
Belgium

– MP Håkan Svenneling, Vänsterpartiet, Sweden

– MP Malcolm Momodou Jallow, Vänsterpartiet, Sweden

– MP Adrian Zandberg, Razem, Poland

– MEP Alicia Homs, PSOE (S&D), Spain

– MEP Ana Catarina Mendes, PS (S&D), Portugal

– MP Ana Isabel Santos, PS, Portugal

MEP Ana Miranda, BNG (Greens/EFA), Galicia

– Regional MP António Lima, Bloco de Esquerda, Azores, Portugal

– Councilor Beatriz Gomes Dias, Bloco de Esquerda, Lisbon City, Portugal

– MEP Benedetta Scuderi, Europa Verde – Verdi (Greens), Italy

– MEP Brando Benifei, PD (S&D), Italy

– Councilor Carla Castelo, Evoluir Oeiras, Oeiras City, Portugal

– MEP Carola Rackete, Die Linke (The Left), Germany

– MEP Catarina Martins, Bloco de Esquerda (The Left), Portugal

– MEP Catarina Vieira, GroenLinks (Greens), Netherlands

– MEP César Luena, PSOE (S&D), Spain

– MEP Cristina Guarda, Europa Verde – Verdi (Greens), Italy

– MEP Daniel Attard, Partit Laburista (S&D), Malta

– MP Eva Cruzeiro, PS, Portugal

– MEP Evin Incir, Arbetarepartiet Socialdemokratena (S&D), Sweden

– MP Freddy Mockel, Ecolo, Walloon Parliament, Belgium

– Senator Hajib El Hajjaji, Ecolo, Belgium

– MEP Hana Jalloul, PSOE (S&D), Spain

– MEP Irena Joveva, Gibanje Svoboda (RENEW), Slovenia

– MEP Irene Montero, Podemos (The Left), Spain

– MEP Isa Serra, Podemos (The Left), Spain

– Councilor Joana Mortágua, Bloco de Esquerda, Almada City Council, Portugal

– MEP Leire Pajin, PSOE (S&D), Spain

– MEP Leoluca Orlando, Greens/EFA, Italy

– MEP Lynn Boylan, Sinn Féin (The Left), Ireland

– MP Maciej Konieczny Razem, Poland

– MEP Marc Botenga, PTB (The Left), Belgium

– MP Marcelina Zawisza, Razem, Poland

– MP Margaux De Ré, Ecolo, Belgium

– MEP Maria Ohisalo, Vihreä liitto (Greens), Finland

– MP Marta Stożek Razem, Poland

– MEP Marta Temido, PS (S&D), Portugal

– MEP Matjaž Nemec, Socialni demokrati (S&D), Slovenia

– MEP Merja Kyllönen, Vasemmistoliitto (The Left), Finland

– MP Miguel Costa Matos, PS, Portugal

– MEP Mimmo Lucano, Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra (The Left), Italy

– MEP Mounir Satouri, Les Écologistes (Greens), France

– MEP Özlem Demirel, Die Linke (The Left), Germany

– MP Paulina Matysiak, Razem, Poland

– MEP Per Clausen, Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne (The Left), Danmark

– MEP Pernando Barrena, EH Bildu (The Left), Basque Country

– MEP Rima Hassan, LFI (The Left), France

– MEP Saskia Bricmont, Ecolo, (Greens/EFA), Belgium

– Councilor Sérgio Aires, Bloco de Esquerda, Porto City Council, Portugal

– MP Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro, PS, Portugal

– MEP Vicent Marzà Ibañez, Compromís (Greens/EFA), Spain

– MEP Vlad Voiculescu, PLUS (Renew), Romania

– MP Boris Barrera Moreno, Partido Comunista de Chile, Chile

– MP Lydia Mutyebele Ngoi, Parti Socialiste, Member of the House of Representatives,
Belgium

– MP Rajae Maouane, Ecolo, Member of the House of Representatives, Belgium

– Spokesperson and coordinator Álvaro Sanz Remón, Izquierda Unida, Cortes de Aragon,
Spain

– MP Alejandro Bodart, MST en el Frente de Izquierda Unidad y la Liga Internacional
Socialista (LIS), Ciudad de Buenos Aires (mc), Argentina

– MP Vilma Ripoll, MST en el Frente de Izquierda Unidad y la LIS, Argentina

– MP Guillermo Pacagnini, MST en el Frente de Izquierda Unidad y la LIS, Provincia de
Buenos Aires, Argentina

– MP Luciana Echevarría, MST en el FIT Unidad y la LIS, Córdoba, Argentina

– MP Leonardo Rivero, MST en el FIT Unidad y la LIS, Jujuy, Argentina

– Provincial Representative Julieta Campo, Izquierda Socialista en Frete de Izquierda
Unidad y la UIT-CI, Neuquén, Argentina

– Federal Deputy Valmir Assunção, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil

– Federal Deputy Natalia Bonavides, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil

– Federal Deputy Talíria Petrone, PSOL, Brazil

– Federal Deputy Tarcisio Motta, PSOL, Brazil

– Federal Deputy Pastor Henrique Vieira, PSOL, Brazil

– Federal Deputy Fernanda Melchionna, PSOL, Brazil

– Federal Deputy João Daniel, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil

– Federal Deputy Patrus Ananias, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil

– Federal Deputy Luiza Erundina, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil

– Federal Deputy Ivan Valente, PSOL, Brazil

– Federal Deputy Jack Rocha, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil

– Federal Deputy Nilto Tatto, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil

– Federal Deputy Chico Alencar, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil

03.09.2025 - 21:31 [ @GlobalSumudFlotilla / Youtube ]

GSF Launch Video

(August 13, 2025)

On August 31st we are launching the biggest attempt ever to break the illegal Israeli siege over Gaza with dozens of boats sailing from Spain. We will meet dozens more on September 4th sailing from Tunisia and other ports. We are also mobilizing more than 44 countries on simultaneous demonstrations and actions to break complicity in solidarity with the Palestinian people! Join this initiative on this decisive moment! @globalsumudflotilla

03.09.2025 - 20:58 [ gmtgbrasil / Instagram ]

Trabalhadores portuários italianos ameaçam bloquear cargas para Israel se algo acontecer com Global Sumud Flotilla.

Em fala emocionante no evento do lançamento dos barcos italianos no Porto de Gênova, representante de estivadores afirma que se perderem contato com a flotilla, “mesmo que por apenas 20 minutos”, paralisarão toda a Europa.

A cidade italiana é conhecida pelo ativismo político à esquerda e por um forte movimento anti-fascista. Este mês uma campanha de arrecadação de alimentos coletou mais de 300 toneladas de ajuda humanitária para Gaza. No sábado, mais de 40.000 pessoas participaram de uma marcha com tochas pelas ruas em apoio à missão.

Palestina livre do rio ao mar!

03.09.2025 - 20:51 [ LeftVoice.org ]

“If They Block the Flotilla, We Block Everything!”: Italian Dockworkers Prepared to Strike for the Global Sumud Flotilla

(September 2, 2025)

The Global Samud Flotilla has set sail to break the siege on Gaza, under threat of interception and repression by the Israeli state. In response, Italian dockworkers have announced that they are prepared to shut down the dock of Genoa, should Israel stop the flotilla from delivering aid to Gaza.

03.09.2025 - 20:44 [ NovaraMedia.com ]

Italian Dockworkers Threaten to ‘Shut Down All of Europe’ If Gaza Aid Flotilla Is Blocked

(September 2, 2025)

Speaking at a procession in the port of Genoa – one of Italy’s two largest commercial ports – on behalf of the Unione Sindacale di Base (USB), a syndicate of various grassroots unions in Italy and thought to be the largest of its kind, the dockworker said: “If we lose contact with our boats, with our comrades – even for just 20 minutes – we will shut down all of Europe.”

“Our young women and men must come back without a scratch, and all this cargo, which belongs to the people and is going to the people, must reach its destination, down to the very last box.”

29.08.2025 - 19:30 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

MK Cassif: More of Us in Israel are Saying No to this Endless War

(August 27, 2025)

As the descendant of a Jewish family from Poland, the words “never again” have significant meaning for me. In the aftermath of the Second World War, humankind vowed to never again allow such atrocities to occur. The Holocaust, the mass extermination of the Jewish people, plumbed the very depths of tyrannical evil. Precisely because of this heritage, I view “never again” as a universal imperative.

In 1948, the international community adopted the universal declaration of human rights and the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide. In the decades since, we have failed globally many times to safeguard this invaluable truth: that people must not perish in flames, and such heinous crimes must not be perpetrated while outsiders stand idly by. But never in recent times have people around the world started into the abyss of annihilation as we are doing today in Gaza. As such, “never again” is not merely a moral reminder but an ethical decree to act.

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me, as the saying goes. It seems that Netanyahu manages to fool western leaders time and time again. On Friday, in response to the IPC declaration of famine, the UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, said it was an “utterly horrifying and wholly preventable man-made catastrophe”. May I ask Lammy and the rest of the British cabinet – are you among the people responsible for this catastrophe?

27.08.2025 - 20:37 [ Hollywood Reporter ]

Filmmakers Urge Venice to Take Stand on Gaza in Open Letter

“As the spotlight turns on the Venice Film Festival, we’re in danger of going through yet another major event that remains indifferent to this human, civil, and political tragedy,” the letter reads. “‘The show must go on,’ we are told, as we’re urged to look away — as if the ‘film world’ had nothing to do with the ‘real world.‘”

For once, the letter continues, “the show must stop. We must interrupt the flow of indifference and open a path to awareness,” adding, “there is no cinema without humanity.”

27.08.2025 - 20:31 [ El Pais ]

Gaza massacre rocks the most star-studded Venice Film Festival in living memory

The V4P (Venice for Palestine) movement, led by some 1,500 Italian and international film icons — including Marco Bellocchio, Matteo Garrone, Alice Rohrwacher, Ken Loach, and Céline Sciamma — sent a letter to the festival last Friday urging it to officially criticize the “ongoing genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing across Palestine.“ In a second, more recent letter, it requested the withdrawal of invitations to two celebrities — Gal Gadot and Gerard Butler — for having previously adopted pro-Israeli positions.