30 August 2025
Climate Action Network (CAN) stands in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla, which will see about 50 boats with activists from across the world once again trying to break the Israeli siege of Gaza and deliver humanitarian supplies to the famine-ridden strip.
Jacobo Ocharan, CAN International’s Head of Political Strategies with Thiago Ávila of the Global Sumud Flotilla in Barcelona ahead of the launch.
Watch the video here: https://x.com/CANIntl/status/1961721296896577599
CAN points out that the Gaza blockade is a form of collective punishment and a blatant violation of international humanitarian law. Starving over two million Palestinians intentionally, half of whom are children, has been condemned by UN officials as a war crime and has now also been officially declared a famine. Denying humanitarian access to Gaza is complicity.
The Global Sumud Flotilla will embark on this mission fully aware of previous incidents where such missions have been attacked by Israeli forces and activists killed or arrested. Despite these risks, the activists are demonstrating a unified act of moral courage and defiance, bringing life-saving items including baby food, medical supplies, foodstuffs, and water desalination units for those besieged in Gaza.
Tasneem Essop, Executive Director of Climate Action Network International, said: “We thank the brave activists who are departing on the Global Sumud Flotilla and wish them well. The world should not allow the Global Sumud Flotilla to suffer the same fate at the hands of Israel as past flotillas. States are obligated by international law to ensure safe passage for humanitarian vessels. To take no action if Israel repeats its aggression is to be complicit in the starvation, suffering, and genocide of the Palestinian people.”
CAN calls for:
• Governments to ensure the safe and unhindered passage of the Global Sumud Flotilla and all humanitarian vessels.
• Civil society and people of conscience to stand in solidarity and take action in support of Gaza and the volunteers aboard the flotilla.
• Media outlets worldwide to cover this mission with integrity, resisting disinformation and silence.
The Global Sumud Flotilla is not only bearing aid, it is bearing an international call for an end to the blockade, an end to the genocide, and a guarantee of fundamental Palestinian rights in dignity, freedom, and security.
As a global network of more than 2,000 civil society organizations in over 130 nations, Climate Action Network once again asserts that there is no climate justice without human rights and no peace without accountability. We repeat our call for an end to the genocide. We will be following the journey of the Global Sumud Flotilla and amplifying its messages across our network. Silence puts the activists and the mission at risk.
We demand that the Global Sumud Flotilla arrive safely in Gaza and unload its cargo without obstruction. All eyes are watching.
Watch the video here: https://x.com/CANIntl/status/1961721296896577599
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