The Global Sumud Flotilla arrived on Sunday in Tunisia at Sidi Bou Said port, near Tunis, with thousand people welcoming Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and other pro-Palestinian campaigners, according to BBC.
“We all know why we are here. Just across the water there’s a genocide going on, a mass starvation by Israel’s murder machine,” said Thunberg.
Organizers described the ship as the largest solidarity mission to date, following two earlier attempts that were blocked by Israel.
With the goal of reaching Gaza by mid-September, the vessels set off from the Spanish port city of Barcelona to open a humanitarian corridor and end the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.
“This will be the largest solidarity mission in history, with more people and more boats than all previous attempts combined,” Brazilian activist Thiago Avila told journalists in Barcelona last week.
European Parliament member Rima Hassan joined crowds at Sidi Bou Said port to greet the Global Sumud Flotilla Mission.
Organizers also noted that over 130 people from various countries have registered to embark on boats from Tunis to join the group before heading to Gaza.
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