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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 26, 2025

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition confirms that its civilian vessel Handala, en route to break Isarel’s illegal, genocidal blockade on Palestinians in Gaza, has been violently intercepted by the Israeli military in international waters about forty nautical miles from Gaza. At 11:43 Palestine time the Occupation cut the cameras on board Handalaand we have lost all communication with our ship. The unarmed boat was carrying life-saving supplies when it was boarded by Israeli forces, its passengers abducted, and its cargo seized. The interception occurred in international waters outside Palestinian territorial waters off Gaza, in violation of international maritime law.

The Palestine Solidarity Alliance (PSA) welcomes the resolute actions and unified stance taken during The Hague Group’s Emergency Conference on Palestine in Bogotá, Colombia this week. All thirty participating states unanimously asserted that the era of impunity must end, demanding that international law be enforced without fear or favour through domestic policies and legislation, coupled with a united call for an immediate ceasefire.

The talk of ceasefire in a bombed-out Gaza, while there is a continued daily destruction of critical infrastructure, land encroachment and deliberate murder of civilians, is scandalous, and the media coverage of the deal hides the ongoing genocide. At the outset, we reiterate that it was Israel and the USA that reneged on the last ceasefire and prolonged the genocide. These countries and their leaders need not be rewarded nor praised but they must be charged as war criminals! 

The Palestine Solidarity Alliance (PSA) fully supports our comrades, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) Cape Town who are facing a SLAPP suit initiated by Cape Union Mart and its Executive Chairman, Philip Krawitz.

Crowds walked through the streets of Soweto on 21 June 2025 in the first-ever Soweto Solidarity Walk for Palestine, a 2.2km journey from Regina Mundi Church to Dlamini Mosque.