Gaza – Saba:
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) condemned on Monday "in the strongest terms the Israeli enemy's piracy of the Madeleine ship, which was heading to break the siege on Gaza." It considered it "a new crime added to its black record of targeting international activists and unarmed civilians."
In a statement, a copy of it received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), the PFLP held the occupation fully responsible for their safety and called for their immediate release, as well as for widespread popular and international action to confront this rampage, through escalating solidarity and supporting free initiatives that break the siege.
It stated: "The interception of a humanitarian ship carrying unarmed activists and international activists is a cowardly and despicable act that reflects the occupation's failure to break Gaza's isolation or silence the voices of the free."
It emphasized that the ongoing siege is a war crime being committed in full view of the world.
The Front saluted the courage of the international activists on board the ship and their determination to defy the occupation's threats and continue their movement to break the blockade, affirming that the voice of solidarity cannot be confiscated.
It stated: "This piracy will not intimidate free people, but will once again expose the nature of this entity based on terrorism and genocide, and will ignite the international solidarity movement."
It called for "the broadest boycott and legal prosecution campaigns, the organization of new maritime and land movements, and the intensification of pressure on complicit or silent governments."
The Front renewed its call for the launch of freedom flotillas and convoys from all over the world in support of Gaza and to break this unjust blockade, affirming that the Palestinian cause remains alive in the conscience of free people.
It stated: "The occupation has accumulated a dark record of piracy, kidnapping, and targeting of solidarity activists, and it must be confronted with decisive international action and a global popular movement that will put an end to this bloody entity that is hostile to peoples and to all values of justice, freedom, and humanity."
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