WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE FRANCE - news journal UPDATE - (en) France: UCL Communiqué: Free the Sumud Flotilla, Free Gaza! (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 On the night of October 1 to 2, most of the ships of the Global Sumud

Flotilla were stopped by the Israeli military. ---- This operation was
carried out in total illegality, as the flotilla was then in
international waters where it had the right to sail freely. ---- In
maritime language, this is called piracy  and it must be said that, with
the ongoing genocide, Netanyahu no longer stops at anything. ---- Faced
with humanitarian aid medicines and infant formula transported on boats
by unarmed people  the Israeli government deployed heavily armed soldiers.

Sumud means resilience in Arabic.
This flotilla of about forty vessels brought together activists for the
Palestinian cause from all over the world.
On board were 50 French participants: journalists, members of
parliament, trade unionists, and more.
All the crews of the ships that were seized were kidnapped and
interrogated by Israeli forces.

The crimes of the Zionist state in Gaza are nothing less than a
straightforward genocide of the population.
The humanitarian blockade of Gaza is an outrage.
Meanwhile, the West Bank continues to be ever more heavily colonized.
We must put all our energy into building a balance of power to put an
end to this.
France, while hypocritically having "recognized" the State of Palestine
a few days ago, remains complicit in the war since it continues to
supply arms to Israel.
The repression of the pro-Palestinian movement in France is reaching
levels that highlight the crucial importance of this struggle.
In Marseille, on October 2, 120 people were arrested for demonstrating
outside Eurolinks, a weapons manufacturing plant.

One boat managed to slip through the net but was stopped on Thursday.
At the time of writing these words, another flotilla, the Thousand
Madleen, is also on its way to Gaza, and more will follow.
We will keep our eyes fixed on Gaza.

Free our comrades detained in France and Israel!
Stop the genocide and the arms deliveries to Israel!
Free Gaza!
Free Palestine!

Union Communiste Libertaire, October 3, 2025

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Liberez-la-Sumud-Flotilla-liberez-Gaza
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