Flotilla

Gaza flotilla backed by Greenpeace falters on departure date due to storm

The 39 vessels departing from Moll de la Fusta Port on Sunday would not be sailing directly to Gaza due to weather conditions and would instead travel to another port.

APRIL 12, 2026|ByMICHAEL STARR

Former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau, who participated in the 2025 Global Sumud Flotilla, speaks to the press as a flotilla prepares to depart for Gaza from Barcelona, Spain, April 12, 2026.

Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate during a nationwide strike called by the USB union to condemn the Israel's interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla vessels aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, in Bologna, Italy, October 3, 2025.

CAM raises alarm over Gaza-bound ‘Globalize the Intifada’ flotilla departing Europe

In a formal letter to the President of the European Sea Ports Organization, CAM urges heightened vigilance and coordination among European port authorities

APRIL 6, 2026|ByCOMBAT ANTISEMITISM MOVEMENT

Zaher Birawi of the Palestinian Forum in Britain at the End Apartheid-Free Palestine rally in London, United Kingdom, May 14, 2022

US sanctions UK-based Palestine activist and purported Hamas member due to terror ties

Birawi is sanctioned for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for the The Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad.

JANUARY 25, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

ZAHER BIRAWI (far left) with former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (second from right)

UK may impose sanctions on aid flotilla organizer, alleged senior Hamas member Zaher Birawi

The Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementations is allegedly assessing whether to designate Zaher Birawi under the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) Regulations due to his ties to Hamas.

DECEMBER 21, 2025|ByMATHILDA HELLER

Mavi Marmara, group behind 2010 Gaza flotilla clash, plans to launch new ship into Gaza

Members from the Mavi Marmara organization attacked IDF soldiers who boarded their ship during the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla, leaving ten passengers killed and dozens wounded.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Turkish ship Mavi Marmara, carrying pro-Palestinian activists to take part of a humanitarian convoy, leaves from Sarayburnu port in Istanbul, Turkey May 22, 2010.

'Freedom Flotilla' to sail from Europe to Gaza in bid to break blockade

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition held meetings planning their next protests against the Israeli naval blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip.

NOVEMBER 12, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli-French TV series coming on Mavi Marmara flotilla raid

An eight-episode series on the Mavi Marmara flotilla incident will be produced and filmed in 2022.

OCTOBER 7, 2021ByHANNAH BROWN

PRO-PALESTINIAN activists wave Turkish and Palestinian flags during the welcoming ceremony for the ‘Mavi Marmara,’ in Istanbul in December 2010. Nine Turkish activists died the previous May when IDF naval commandos stopped the ship.

ICC permanently closes flotilla war crimes case

This is the first time that the ICC Pretrial Chamber has thrown in the towel after appeals against the ICC Prosecutor's decision to close the case.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

ICC orders prosecutor to reconsider closure of ‘Mavi Marmara’ probe

The ICC prosecutor can go further with criminally probing Israel, or she can decide to try to close the case for the third time, though her basis for doing so has narrowed.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019ByYONAH JEREMY BOB