Flotilla

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.

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

LT.-COL. NADAV SHOSHANI: Israel’s face to global media.

Israel's other front: Inside the IDF's battle to win world's toughest information war

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and Brazilian activist Thiago Avila sit in a vessel making their way to Israel, after Israel intercepted some of the vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla, in this handout image released on October 2, 2025.

Prosecution moves to seize 50 foreign vessels linked to Gaza flotilla after blockade breach attempt


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.

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.

International Criminal Court

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.

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.

Court sets new precedent against flotillas used to break IDF Gaza blockade

Permits state to seize Zaytouna-Oliva after past seizure attempts rejected.

Activists aboard a flotilla to Gaza [file]

Report: 93 Gazans injured during seaside protest

7,000 protesters clashed with Israel Navy near the maritime boundary between Israel and the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians react to Israeli fire during a protest calling for lifting the Israeli blockade on Gaza, at the sea near the maritime border with Israel, in the northern Gaza Strip October 1, 2018.

Gaza flotilla backers have history of Hamas support

One of the coalition’s founders is Zaher Birawi, who was designated as a member of a terrorist organization by the Israeli Justice Ministry in 2013.

People watch as a boat prepares to set sail in attempt to break Israel's maritime blockade on Gaza, May 29, 2018.

Israel's Navy intercepts flotilla boat heading towards Gaza

The 'Al-Awda' boat was carrying dozens of international activists and two Israeli citizens.

A Palestinian flag flutters as activists ride a boat during a rally ahead of the 4th anniversary of the Mavi Marmara Gaza flotilla incident, at the seaport of Gaza City May 29, 2014

Pro-Palestinian Swedish politician says Israelis should be sent to U.S.

"Then the Palestinians can live in peace and rebuild the land that once was theirs."

A Palestinian flag flutters as activists ride a boat during a rally ahead of the 4th anniversary of the Mavi Marmara Gaza flotilla incident, at the seaport of Gaza City May 29, 2014

NGO gets court order to seize Gaza flotilla to compensate terror victims

The petition leading to the court order was filed on behalf of the Gavish family, who was killed in the 2002 Passover terrorist attack at the Park Hotel in Netanya.

SOLDIERS BOARD one of the two Gaza-bound boats carrying pro-Palestinian activists in the Mediterranean Sea in 2011

Israeli Navy stops Gaza flotilla attempting to breach naval blockade

This is the second time in the past two months that Palestinians from Gaza have sent a flotilla into the Mediterranean in an attempt to breach the naval blockade.

Activists aboard a flotilla to Gaza [file]