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The flotilla cargo ship in Istanbul (Photo credit: Medea Benjamin) Two gutsy activists from the Twin Cities flew to Istanbul, Turkey April 17 to join over three-hundred others from about 40 countries on an eleven-hundred mile voyage across the Mediterranean Sea to raise awareness and bring lifesaving aid to Gaza. Vietnam Vet and member of

The Gaza Freedom Flotilla has been postponed because the flag state of the vessels withdrew registration, but why did organisers proceed with unreliable Guinea Bissau? By Craig Murray CraigMurray.org.uk The departure of the spectacular Freedom Flotilla to Gaza carrying 5500 tonnes of aid

Activists convened in Istanbul for an international aid flotilla for Gaza, protested Guinea-Bissau's decision to remove its flag and said they would...

ISTANBUL: The atmosphere was sombre at the Hotel Tugra dining hall after all the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) participants were advised to return to their respective countries due to the Republic of Guinea Bissau's decision to withdraw permission to use its flag on the main ship, Akdeniz (Mediterranean).

Guinea Bissau withdraws permission to use its flag on ship.

A group of international activists are seeking to break Israel's blockade of Gaza with a flotilla of vessels carrying aid. But with 10 people killed by Israeli security forces in a similar mission 14…

Organisers blame Israeli pressure on Guinea-Bissau, after West African country withdrew its flagged vessels

Im on a ship in Istanbul with hundreds of other activists from thirty-two countries, going through intense training for when, or if, we sail to deliver aid to Gaza.

While I am in Istanbul, Turkiye with hundreds of international participants from 40 countries who are attempting to sail in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla to

Organisers say the initiative aims to challenge Israel’s 17-year-old blockade and put an end to the ongoing ‘genocide’.