More than 1,000 people gathered Sunday at a Tunisian port to welcome an aid boat from Barcelona carrying environmental activist Greta Thunberg and other pro-Palestinian campaigners seeking to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza.<\/p>\n
“We all know why were are here,” said Thunberg. “Just across the water there’s a genocide going on, a mass starvation by Israel’s murder machine.”<\/p>\n
European Parliament member Rima Hassan joined crowds at Sidi Bou Said port to greet the Global Sumud Flotilla.<\/p>\n
“The Palestinian cause is not in the hands of governments today. It is in the hearts of peoples everywhere,” said Hassan.<\/p>\n
She praised the “role that the people play today in the face of the cowardice of states that prevent any solidarity with the Palestinian people”.<\/p>\n
Hassan did not say whether she would join the flotilla when it resumes its voyage for Gaza on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Organisers said more than 130 people from various countries have registered to embark on boats from Tunis to join the flotilla.<\/p>\n
The Global Sumud Flotilla calls itself an independent organisation with no affiliation to any government or political party.<\/p>\n
The flotilla departing from Tunis had already been delayed “technical and logistical reasons”, its organisers said.<\/p>\n
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