Alex Colston

The tide is turning. Keep going. We will keep going, too.

✈️Request for Support✈️ 15 U.S. delegates of the Global Sumud Flotilla will be returning to the United States at JFK airport on Sunday morning. We are asking people to show up in support, as some participants have been detained for questioning, because of the groundless criminalization of the flotilla movement by the state department and federal authorities.

hey, new york:

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@bevmolx In the Basque region even

@enoughformethx Brutal. I thought Spain was for the Palestinian people?

Police attacked and violently arrested some flotilla activists at Bilbao Airport in Spain when they returned, as they were still in their prison clothes and before they reunited with family and friends

That's my buddy Jotas on the right 💔 one of the best people

Violencia policial hoy contra los activistas de la Flotilla por Palestina en el aeropuerto de Bilbao. Llegaban después de ser secuestrados, humillados y torturados por los genocidas de Israel.

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Global Sumud Flotilla activist Juliet Lamont says detainees faced 'systematic' violence in Israeli custody after interceptionas sexual assault Australian activist says 180 people aboard one detention vessel were 'bashed and beaten, with dozens suffering broken ribs.

“I was illegally kidnapped by Israel.. they put handcuffs on my hands and on my feet. They dragged me on the ground. They hit me.. These people were super sadistic. They abused us. They mistreated and hit us. They took off my shirt. And then they just kept on mistreating us...”

The situation we have reached in Gaza is harsher than anything imaginable. Mosquitoes and insects devour us to the point that my clothes are stained with blood from scratching so severely. Rats, on the other hand—I live in half a house, while the other half is bombed and filled with hundreds of rats, some weighing up to 1.5 kilograms each. Our children do not sleep at night out of fear. The bombardment is still ongoing, and the genocide has never stopped for a single day; every day there is a massacre. Every passing moment, I fear a missile will fall over my head. Furthermore, the famine continues; more than 85% of the people of Gaza depend entirely on food kitchens, and Israel still allows food in very minute quantities that do not suffice even 10% of Gaza's population. We are so tired of this situation. Until when??

Flotilla activist Meriem Hadjal says she was sexually assaulted by Israeli forces during detention, adding that she was stripped of her clothes and subjected to repeated physical abuse.

I do not know how long this horror that devours our lives will last. How long will I go to sleep with my only dream being just to wake up in the morning? Have you ever felt like you had to stay awake until dawn so death wouldn't catch you by surprise? This is the feeling that assassinates me every single night. I have been its target since birth. In my imagination, I am already torn into pieces of flesh. I am the one carried on my father's exhausted shoulder, as his back bends, leaving me consumed by guilt. This life is brutally cruel. Its cruelty manifests in how it places burdens upon the shoulders of childhood and innocence that even mountains would fail to bear. It forces you to apologize for a sin you never committed—the sin of simply being a child who wants to live, and a father who wants to protect a piece of his own soul. In the end, I no longer care whether there is a tomorrow or not.

Israeli forces allegedly used US-made weapons on Gaza aid flotilla activists, shooting them like "fish in a barrel" Just out from Israeli detention, @enoughformethx, tells @prem_thakker how Israeli forces tortured him, fellow journalists, & activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla

From @wawog_now: Over 30 activists blocked the entrance to the Port Newark-Elizabeth this morning to prevent a shipment of ammunition and weapons components from being loaded on the Israel-bound vessel ZIM Asia. Actionists demanded that @PANYNJ evict ZIM and Maersk from the port.

Here is all the breaking news from Gaza today. None of this has been reported by the mainstream media: 10:51 a.m. — Raafat Adel Ibrahim Breika, 42, was killed in a bomb attack carried out by an Israeli drone in the Al-Shakoush area, northwest of Rafah. Breika was a shepherd. 12:40 p.m. — at least one civilian was injured in an Israeli drone strike on a police vehicle near Al-Saftawi Roundabout in the northern Gaza Strip. 12:43 p.m. — One person was injured by Israeli terrorist forces gunfire in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City. 1:49 p.m. — A displaced woman was shot by israeli terrorist forces in the foot in the Sarari Street area of Jabalia al-Balad in the northern Gaza Strip. 2:24 p.m. — A young girl was injured by Israeli terrorist forces gunfire north of Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. 5:38 p.m. — Louay Basal was killed in an Israeli terrorist drone strike near Al-Sham‘a Mosque in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City. 6:30 p.m. — Israeli terrorist naval boats opened fire toward the Gaza City coast. 8:09 p.m. — A child was injured by terrorist Israeli drone fire at Al-Fakhoura School in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.

This crime of abducting humanitarian activists from international waters, and torturing and humiliating them, activists who have been trying to break a cruel, terrorist siege imposed by an occupying and terrorist power and tolerated by the majority of the world’s governments, is a dark stain on the face of humanity. Shame on governments for allowing Israel to impose this siege and for doing nothing to stop it. Shame on governments for allowing Israel to abduct and torture citizens who tried to do what their own governments failed and refused to do. Israel and its terrorist government and military forces think they are intimidating activists from trying to change the reality imposed on the occupied Palestinian people. More than ever, the entire world sees the evil of Israel. Israel is not a democracy. Israel has no respect for humanity or international law. Palestinians have the right to exist on their land and live in dignity. And every human on this earth has the right and duty to support them.

March in Gaza today for our abducted comrades. Your support means more than you know. ✊

My name is Wissam Shabbat, I am 21 years old, and I live in Gaza — a place devastated by the Israeli occupation through months of relentless bombardment, forced displacement, and unimaginable loss. I have lost family, my home has been destroyed, and basic necessities like clean water, food, and shelter have become luxuries we can no longer afford. Despite the ceasefire agreement, the situation in Gaza remains extraordinarily difficult. The occupation army continues violating the ceasefire by bombing Palestinians and blocking most aid from entering. Merchants have taken advantage of the situation and charge astronomical prices for necessary goods, like food, water, clothing, and medicine. Since the assassination of my brother, Hussam, I had to prioritize providing for my mother and younger siblings. Since then, I’ve taken on small jobs to support my family. But here in Gaza, everything is destroyed — our homes, schools, hospitals, streets. And our lives too. Despite everything, I am still here — trying to survive, support those around me, and hold on to hope. But now, I need your help. Please donate what you can to help us survive and spread the word of our struggle and our campaign. chuffed.org/project/162522…