Last Boat in Sumud Flotilla Hijacked at Sea by Israeli Pirates - and a Mea Culpa

by Scott Creighton (H/T AuntBB)

 

The very last boat in the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) has been hijacked by IDF pirates in international waters just before reaching Palestine's territory.  

I knew about them yesterday but didn't want to mention the Marinette in hopes maybe with less attention, they might slip through the illegal blockaid unnoticed.

No such luck.

The goods and aid they are carrying will now be added to the bounty of loot being handed over to rabid, messianic Zionist settlers in the West Bank. 

Over at the Global Sumud Flotilla tracker they had it listed as 'sailing' when I checked yesterday and they showed it's exact location. 

To make things even easier for the IDF, GSF had a live feed of that exact tracker located on their own website.  ಠ_ಠ

40+ Gaza-bound Sumud Flotilla ships hijacked, forced to Isdud

from al Mayadeen English

The Israeli Navy has seized over 40 boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla, preventing life-saving humanitarian aid from Palestinians in Gaza, as "Israel" sustains its illegal siege and engineered famine in the Strip.

The International Committee to Break the Siege on Gaza announced that the Omar Al-Mukhtar, a ship from the Global Sumud Flotilla, lost all communication after Israeli naval vessels hijacked it off the coast of the Gaza Strip, with the disruption in contact being caused by signal jamming from Israeli forces.

Meanwhile, navigational data showed that the Mikeno vessel had in fact entered the territorial waters of the Gaza Strip, bringing it to within approximately 9 nautical miles of the coast...

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Israeli Forces Spark Global Outrage by Intercepting Sumud Flotilla Off Gaza Coast

from Common Dreams

Israel intercepted multiple boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla seeking to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip late Wednesday, generating outrage and displays of solidarity from across the globe. 

“History will side with the flotilla,” said former UK Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn, who remains in Parliament. “And their bravery will only inspire more people to join our global movement for Palestine.”

Turkey’s foreign ministry described the interception as a “terrorist act... which targeted civilians acting peacefully,” while Colombian President Gustavo Petro booted the entire Israeli diplomatic delegation from his country immediately following the news.

In Barcelona, hundreds of outraged protesters gathered outside the Israeli consulate. Similar scenes broke out in other cities around the world, including Istanbul and Brussels...

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Colombia’s Petro expels Israeli diplomats over Gaza flotilla raid

from Daily Sabah

Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered the expulsion of all Israeli diplomats from Colombia on Wednesday after Israeli forces detained two Colombian nationals aboard a flotilla attempting to break the Israeli blockade and deliver aid to the Gaza Strip.

Manuela Bedoya and Luna Barreto were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla's crew, an international effort that is trying to break a blockade and deliver aid to Gaza.

According to a statement from the Global Movement to Gaza, the Israeli military detained the women after the flotilla reached a high-risk area 150 nautical miles (172 miles) off the coast.

"After reaching 150 nautical miles... the maritime positioning of Israeli ships begins at 23:59 UTC (6.59 pm Colombia time)," said the statement, asserting that other flotillas have been "attacked or intercepted." It described it as "a violation of international law and the Geneva Accords."

Petro warned on the U.S. social media company, X, that if the reports were true, it would constitute "a new international crime by Benjamin Netanyahu." He said that "the Free Trade Agreement with Israel is immediately denounced."...

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Global Sumud Flotilla has been Hijacked by Israeli Pirates as TrumpyBear Cheers

by Scott Creighton

UPDATE: the Mikeno is an aid ship so maybe some good will come of this for the people of Gaza 

Well that's it. For all it's promise and all the efforts from those on board and those left behind, for all the donations of food, supplies, aid and time... all of those resources are now the property of the Glorious IDF and will undoubtedly be taken straight to the West Bank and given to the rabid Zionist settler criminal scum. 

Why?

Because the steering committee had all the boats wait off the coast of Crete for 3 1/2 days until the Friendship Seas exercise was over before making way through that area on to Gaza.

They are all reported as either 'intercepted' or as 'presumed intercepted' today on the Global Sumud Flotilla tracker website. 

The GSF website claims a bunch of the boats got thru and I certainly hope that is the case, but unless they tossed their GPS tracking hardware overboard, those listed as 'presumed intercepted' don't seem to be going anywhere.Their live-stream is showing nothing but posters from months ago. 

According to the tracker, there is one boat, the Mikeno, flagged out of Ramallah, still making way to Gaza and currently moving at 0 knots inside Gaza's territorial waters.

It is unclear what or who it is carrying. 

Global Sumud Flotilla UPDATES

They are close.

UPDATES  https://nomadiceveryman.blogspot.com/2025/10/global-sumud-flotilla-updates.html

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Global Sumud Flotilla UPDATES

by Scott Creighton

Last night provided the first real bit of drama in this saga. After the Italian ship cut and ran leaving the flotilla folks to fend for themselves (so much for their promise to stick around and pick people out of the water if shit went south), the leaders of the group thought they might be attacked by the IDF so they got everyone up and dressed and into their life preservers so they could sit around on the decks of the boats waiting like good little protesters for the boarding parties which never came.

But it made for good social media theater, which may have been the point all along.

Gotta get those views.

 

Right now they are sailing under clear blue skies in beautiful conditions, picture perfect for the Mediterranean Sea. By my calculations (from the image from the Global Sumud Tracker website) they are currently 118 miles from the coast of Gaza.

Sumud Underway Again and Trump's Potential Samson Option

Sumud Underway Again and Trump's Potential Samson Option

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THREE CHEERS: Global Sumud Flotilla is Back Under Way Heading to Gaza

by Scott Creighton

Faith in western resistance movements restored, I guess there are some spines onboard after all.

According to the Global Sumud Flotilla tracking website, they have gotten under way this afternoon, heading straight for Gaza.

We know the Italian and apparently the Spanish politicos have told them to hand over the loot and go home because they wont raise so much as a finger to help defend any of their ships from the IDF and they decided to move on anyway.

As I stated in my previous video this morning, let us hope the commanders of the Italian and Spanish navy vessels value human life more than their political leaders do.

Whatever the case may be, it seems the flotilla is back on track after a 3 day layover in Crete.

Fingers are crossed.

Godspeed.

Sumud Flotilla Stalling in Crete While Children Starve in Gaza

This is not condemnation, it's motivation. Of course you're scared. Courage is not the lack of fear but the willingness to act in spite of it. Leave the ones behind who chose to remain on Crete and get underway to Gaza and let God decide what happens.

Global Sumud Flotilla: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Genocide https://nomadiceveryman.blogspot.com/2025/09/global-sumud-flotilla-funny-thing.html

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Spain to send navy ship to assist Gaza aid flotilla: PM

from Daily Sabah

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday that Madrid will dispatch a navy vessel to support a Gaza-bound Global Sumud aid flotilla after organizers reported their boats were targeted by drones near Greece, as the U.N. called for a probe over the attack.

"We are concerned, and that is why we will be deploying a ship to ensure that, if necessary, our citizens can be rescued and brought back to Spain," he told a news conference in New York, adding that the ship would depart on Thursday.

Italy announced earlier on Wednesday that it had sent a navy frigate to assist the flotilla...

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Italy urges Gaza flotilla to hand over aid after drone attack

(It would appear that Italy is pressing the Global Sumud Flotilla to hand over all the aid and turn around before they get to the area in the Medertranian where the Egyptians and the Turkish are running their military drills. They claim they will give the aid to the Catholics who will then give it to Palestinians in Jerusalem... probably Fatah and Palestinian Authority supporters... and NOT make sure it gets to Gaza. Israel supports the plan according to this. The Flotilla tracker seems to suggest ALL the boats have landed in Crete and are stalled at this point. Are they calling it quits?) 

Reuters

Italy urged an international flotilla to hand over its aid supplies for Gaza on Wednesday and allow them to be distributed by the local Catholic Church, as a way to ward off further risks after the flotilla was attacked by drones overnight.

 

The Global Sumud Flotilla is using about 50 civilian boats to try and break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza. Many lawyers and activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, are on board.

Italy sent a navy ship to the flotilla's assistance after the vessels were attacked by 12 drones in international waters 30 nautical miles (56 km) off the Greek island of Gavdos. All passengers were safe after drones exploded over the vessels, said Marikaiti Stasinou, a spokesperson for March to Gaza Greece, which is part of the flotilla.

 

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Rome's proposal was to hand over the aid in Cyprus to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which would then deliver it.

 

"It is a proposal that seems to have the support of the Cypriot government, the Israeli government and, of course, the Italian government. We are awaiting a response from the flotilla," Meloni told reporters in New York where she is attending the U.N. General Assembly.

 

Meloni urged the flotilla to accept the plan and criticized its aid initiative, calling it "gratuitous, dangerous and irresponsible"...

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A group of U.S. veterans has joined the global flotilla sailing to Gaza

from Mondoweiss

The Global Sumud Flotilla, which departed Barcelona on August 31, is the largest civilian maritime attempt to break Israel’s siege of Gaza. Dozens of boats are sailing across the Mediterranean to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians.

On the night of September 23, the boats were hit with a barrage of attacks.

“Multiple drones, unidentified objects dropped, communications jammed and explosions heard from a number of boats,” said the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) in a statement. “We are witnessing these psychological operations first-hand, right now, but we will not be intimidated.”

This was not the first time the flotilla had been targeted.

Alleged drones hit two boats in the flotilla earlier this month, and, while Israel’s involvement has not been proven, the country’s Foreign Ministry has denounced the mission as a “jihadist initiative.”

“Israel’s rhetoric against the Global Sumud Flotilla sets the stage for further escalation. Painting a peaceful humanitarian mission as a ‘breach of the law’ is a pretext for violence against civilians acting lawfully to deliver aid,” said members of the flotilla at the time.

Phillip Tottenham is a member of the activist group Veterans For Peace and a passenger on the Ohwayla. The boat, which is mainly comprised of veterans, is part of the Gaza-bound flotilla...

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Egypt and Turkey are Providing Military Support for Global Sumud Flotilla?

by Scott Creighton

Just as Greta Thunburg was kicked off the steering committee boat because she couldn't stop with the selfies (they wanted to keep the focus on Gaza, not Greta) they are now entering what they call the Yellow Zone which means they could be harassed by the IDF pirates at anytime.

However, the Turkish and the Egyptians seem to have had enough with Israel and America's bullshit so they planned a joint military exercise, first time in 13 years by the way, called Operation Friendship Seas which is taking place starting today and going through Friday the 26th and it just so happens, it's right in the area of the Mediterranean where Israel is expected to try to stop the Global Sumud Flotilla. 

 

Here is the current location of the flotilla as of 9:40 am Eastern standard time Monday Sept. 22 2025 (source - Sumud Tracker):

 

It appears, at this pace, the main contingent of the flotilla will reach the area of the joint drills maybe as early as this evening and certainly by tomorrow.

Notice they have a submarine in the mix. It was a Soviet sub back in the day that surfaced and let the Israelis know they were watching the attack on the U.S.S. Liberty. Remember?

This could get real interesting real fast.

I wonder if they kicked Greta off the steering committee boat because they didn't trust her as all of this was unfolding and they knew they would be in contact with the Turks and Egyptians. 

Apparently the flotilla is carrying a massive amount of aid which is desperately needed by the people in Gaza since the biker gang working for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation keeps killing Palestinians who dare try to get some food for their children.

Scumbag pieces of shit.

It's gonna get interesting folks. Lets hope the Glorious TrumpyBear and his gaggle of Power Bottoms don't shut down free speech before all this kicks off.

I will keep you informed. 

Rifts in Gaza flotilla? Greta Thunberg removed from leadership committee

(Greta Thunburg kicked off the Global Sumud Flotilla steering committee because she wanted to make the whole thing about her and her social media presence. The Selfie Boat ideology just didn't pan out with the rest of the committee so she had to pack her little suitcase and drag it down the dock as she was also kicked off the steering committee boat. lol)

(Was she pulling a Tim Pool from Occupy... live streaming everything so the opposition knows what is going on and what is being planned?) 

 

from Jerusalem Post

Climate activist Greta Thunberg was removed from the Global Sumud Flotilla’s Steering Committee last week, and the mission’s spokesperson left the Gaza-bound vessels amid a reorientation of communications priorities.

Thunberg, who joined a previous run of the Israeli naval blockade around Gaza in June with the Madleen, appeared on the GSF’s website as part of its leadership committee until at least last Sunday. Il Manifesto, which has a correspondent aboard one of the flotilla vessels, reported on Tuesday that Thunberg was seen dragging her suitcase along a Tunis dock to transfer from the Steering Committee flagship Family to another vessel, the Alma.

“We all have a role: mine will not be on the board, but as an organizer and participant,” Thunberg told the newspaper.

Il Manifesto detailed that “pressure is causing rifts within the organizing committee,” allegedly due to disagreements about external communication that focused too much on the flotilla’s internal affairs and not enough on the situation in Gaza. Last Saturday, flotilla spokesperson Yusuf Omar announced that he would not be continuing with the flotilla but would continue to work with the organizers to raise awareness for the mission.

 

“The decision to move some media off the vessels is a strategic one – to redirect more attention to the genocide in Gaza right now,” said Omar.

 

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Sumud Flotilla for Gaza departs Barcelona again after delay due to storm

(This is NOT the 'selfie boat' or at least it isn't for most of the very serious activists and humanitarians on board. But then again, there is Greta who managed to use her celebrity 'activism' clout to worm her way onto the steering committee. She just makes me sick. I wish them well and safe travels.) 

from al Jazeera

The Global Sumud Flotilla carrying aid to the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip departed Barcelona again on Monday evening, several hours after poor weather forced it to return to the Spanish port, according to a journalist travelling on one of the boats.

Earlier on Monday, the flotilla – which had set off from Barcelona on Sunday – said in a statement on X that strong winds of more than 30 knots (55.6 kilometres per hour, or 34.5 miles per hour) on the Mediterranean Sea could have posed a problem for smaller boats in the convoy...

This flotilla is organised by four major coalitions that have participated in previous land and sea efforts to Gaza: the Global Movement to Gaza, Freedom Flotilla Coalition, Maghreb Sumud Flotilla and Sumud Nusantara...

The coalition’s steering committee includes a number of high-profile activists and figures, such as Palestinian activist Saif Abukeshek, human rights activist Yasemin Acar, historian Kleoniki Alexopoulou, activist Marouan Ben Guettaia, human rights activist Torkia Chaibi, physicist Maria Elena Delia, activist and social researcher Hayfa Mansouri, social scientist Karen Moynihan, humanitarian Muhammad Nadir al-Nuri, activist Wael Nawar, political scientist and lawyer Melanie Schweizer, Avila and ...Thunberg... 

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The Selfie Boat 2: Greta Spills the Beans Overboard (Part 2)

 Alrighty. As promised, here is the end of the video that got messed up this afternoon but turns out, something is happening with my camera now. Oh well. Here is part 1 and the original video.

Part 1  https://nomadiceveryman.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-selfie-boat-2-greta-spills-beans.html

original  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPk5_KCqX3w&t=201s

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The Selfie Boat 2: Greta Spills the Beans Overboard (Part 1)

This video ends abruptly because I forgot to charge the battery. Part 2 will be out later today. But in this video I start to show you an interview in which Greta tells us all that she can't 'pretend to care about Global Warming' if she doesn't also pretend to care about the people in Gaza. I'm not kidding. Enjoy.

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Largest civilian flotilla to challenge Gaza blockade set to sail

(The Chinese and the Russians should each sent warships to accompany these vessels and put an end to this horror once and for all.) 

from Daily Sabah

A massive civilian flotilla involving activists from 44 countries is scheduled to set sail for Gaza at the end of August in what organizers describe as the largest effort to date to challenge Israel’s blockade, which has pushed the enclave’s population to the brink of famine.

Speaking at a news conference in Tunis hosted by the Joint Action Coordination for Palestine, members of the Global Sumud Flotilla said participants aim to break the blockade, establish a humanitarian corridor and draw attention to what they call an ongoing genocide against Palestinians.

“This summer, dozens of boats, both large and small, will set sail from ports across the world, converging on Gaza in the largest civilian flotilla of its kind in history,” organizer Haifa Mansouri said.

The initiative unites four movements: the Maghreb Sumud Flotilla, the Global Movement to Gaza, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and Sumud Nusantara...

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Israel intercepts 2nd Gaza-bound ship carrying activists, aid

from Daily Sabah

The Israeli military seized a Gaza-bound aid ship attempting to breach its blockade, detaining 21 international activists and journalists and confiscating supplies including baby formula, food and medicine, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition said Sunday.

The coalition that operates the vessel Handala said the Israeli military "violently intercepted” the ship in international waters about 40 nautical miles from Gaza, cutting the cameras and communication, just before midnight Saturday.

"All cargo was non-military, civilian and intended for direct distribution to a population facing deliberate starvation and medical collapse under Israel’s illegal blockade," the group said in a statement.

The Israeli military had no immediate comment. Israel's Foreign Ministry posted on X early Sunday that the Navy stopped the vessel and was bringing it to shore.

It was the second ship operated by the coalition that Israel has prevented in recent months from delivering aid to Gaza, where food experts have for months warned of the risk of famine. Activist Greta Thunberg was among 12 activists on board the ship Madleen when it was seized by the Israeli military in June.

The ship's interception comes as Israel faces mounting international criticism over the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza, with concern growing over rising hunger in the territory amid Israeli restrictions on aid...

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