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The Freedom Flotilla arrives in Spain on its journey against Israel’s “genocide”

This Saturday, several people in Santander displayed the Palestinian flag on the façade of the Botín Centre, an act to celebrate the arrival of the so-called Freedom Flotilla, which travels on ships. Handalaa ship that has been visiting Gaza for more than a month and a half to denounce Israel’s “genocide” in Palestine. After leaving Oslo on May 1 and visiting various ports in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland and France, the ship has landed in the Cantabrian capital, where it will remain until the 25th, when it is scheduled to depart for A Coruña.

The ship, which will remain on the coasts of the Iberian Peninsula until mid-July, will also visit during this period Setúbal (Portugal), Vélez-Málaga and Denia (Alicante), from whose ports it will depart for the Mediterranean to complete its journey, arriving in Gaza in August.

The first Freedom Flotilla sailed to Gaza in 2010, but an Israeli army attack on the ship killed several passengers and prevented its arrival. Since then, the Coalition for Freedom Flotilla has been organized every two years, for which Handalaheading to Gaza with humanitarian aid. The trips also represent a denunciation of the “illegal and inhumane blockade” of Palestine, imposed this year “with much more reason,” Sandra Barillado of Rumbo a Gaza told EFE, due to the “medieval siege” it suffers from Israel.

In addition to allowing the boat to refuel, the stops are used to hold events that raise awareness and solidarity with Palestine. During the trip through Santander, a demonstration from Puerto Chico to City Hall is planned this Sunday at noon and a round table demonstration at the Santa Clara Institute on Monday at 7:00 p.m. (EFE)