"There are seven people on board: three French, two Irish, one Dane and one Irish-Danish for good measure. Ours is the fastest boat of the Thousand Madleens flotilla sailing to Gaza just behind the Global Sumud ships. My boat was the last to depart; we saw off eight other ships at the port, having just shared a week of intensive training with those on board."
"The boat is loaded with medicine, baby formula, prosthetic limbs for the many amputees that Israeli bullets have created. For the several weeks ahead of us, the organisers told us to bring a personal rucksack no larger than an aircraft carry-on bag. Every available crevice of the boat has been crammed with emergency supplies for Palestinians. We are not sailing simply to deliver our cargo, but to pressure our countries to stop arming and funding Israel."
"All of our governments French, Danish, Irish participate in the genocide through maintaining ties with its perpetrator. We're not even protesting inaction, but the active sabotage of Palestinian self-determination. We didn't want to have to send a flotilla, and Palestinians in Gaza didn't want to rely on our doing so. But until Palestine is free, we will show what solidarity we can from our boat."
A seven-person multinational crew sails from Augusta, Sicily as part of the Thousand Madleens flotilla bound for Gaza. The vessel departed last after a week of intensive training alongside eight other ships, with participants sleeping onboard and stowing belongings in lockers. The boat is tightly packed with medicine, baby formula and prosthetic limbs intended for Gaza's injured; personal gear was limited to carry-on-sized rucksacks. The mission aims both to deliver emergency supplies and to pressure France, Denmark and Ireland to end arms ties with Israel, condemning those ties as participation in genocide. The boat was rechristened Milad in tribute to Milad Walid Daqqa.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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