The director of the NGO Open Arms, Òscar Camps, called today for greater commitment to human rights from the international community, ahead of the departure of the humanitarian flotilla to Gaza.
Just hours before setting sail for Gaza, members of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), who are once again attempting to provide assistance to the Palestinian people, criticized the failure of governments in Gaza, and directed their message especially to European administrations.
Regarding human rights, Camps commented that “they are the best idea we’ve had (…),” but “also the most uncomfortable. They were born out of the shame of war, and now we are doing it again, but now it is happening in Gaza.”
A packed press conference this Sunday aimed to highlight the bleak situation faced by Palestinian citizens, Israel’s impunity, and the complicit silence or inaction of many governments.
The GSF, comprised of 40 people, will set sail depending on weather conditions and then head for Gaza, which it is unlikely to reach due to the blockade imposed on the area by Israel.
“When you think there’s peace, there never is. You have to leave your home, your whole life. What do you take with you? It’s hell,” confessed refugee Susan Abdellah.
For her part, Sümeyra Akdeniz Ordu emphasized the need to call things by their name: “It has to be said loud and clear, it’s genocide,” while pointing out the Tel Aviv regime’s intention to erase and purge Gaza.
The director of Greenpeace Spain, Eva Saldaña, stated that joining the GSF is a “moral obligation” and that peace is not a luxury, but a right.
For his part, Aziz Rhali lamented the lack of healthcare and supplies in Gaza hospitals. “There is zero stock of anesthesia: how are we going to operate on children?” he asked.
Meanwhile, Saif Abukeshek referred to the five thousand deaths in a single day in Lebanon as a consequence of the war waged by the United States and Israel against Iran.
“We have to mobilize every day, in every corner of the world; it is a moral duty, because governments have failed,” he noted.
[ SOURCE: PRENSA LATINA ]
