Freedom Flotilla Coalition has launched a new boat ‘Handala’ to challenge and end the illegal and inhumane Israeli blockade of Gaza.
Most of the West’s governments and many international corporations continue to be complicit in Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza; and so in response to calls from partners in Gaza the Freedom Flotilla sails again to challenge and end the blockade calling for full freedom of movement for all Palestinians the coalition said a press release issued Thursday.
“Our 2023 voyage focuses on the children of Gaza and we have chosen to name this boat Handala after the iconic 10-year-old Palestinian refugee child created by Naji Al-Ali in his cartoons about Palestinians’ longing for return to a free homeland” the statement reads.
Prominent European activists will participate in the voyage including Bergen head of Landsorganisasjonen i Norge (LO) Fauzia Hussain-Wiik and the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions Arne Birger Heli.
