Global Jews for Palestine: Statement in support of the Flotilla
JVL Introduction
JVL is a member of Global Jews for Palestine and we have issued this statement in support of the Sumud flotilla, another attempt to break the siege. In less than 24 hours since the statement was issued, another of the boats has been attacked by Israel.
Those participating in the flotilla keep reminding us that “all eyes should be on Gaza”. The flotilla aims both to draw attention to the ongoing genocide and man made famine and to show solidarity. Huge numbers of people have gathered at docksides to welcome and bid farewell to the flotilla. The people of the world are with the people of Palestine, but not most of our leaders. Shame on them.
Fifteen years after JVL Secretary, Glyn Secker, captained The Jewish Boat to Gaza and activists were murdered on the Mavi Marmara, it is appalling that the siege is still in place and that such solidarity actions are needed. We acknowledge the courage and determination of all on the flotilla and, above all, we acknowledge the courage and determination of the Palestinian people.
All eyes on Gaza and the West Bank
LL
September 9th, 2025
We support the Global Sumud Flotilla
And we condemn Israel’s drone attack on a flotilla boat near a Tunis port, thus extending its terrorist attacks from Gaza to international solidarity.
Global Jews for Palestine (GJP) welcomes and supports the Global Sumud Flotilla, which challenges the Israeli regime’s blockade of Gaza by bringing desperately needed aid in an attempt to break the siege. As the organizers stated, ‘Each boat represents a community and a refusal to stay silent in the face of genocide.’ The flotilla highlights Israel’s collective punishment as well as genocide against Palestinians. The term ‘Sumud’ symbolises their steadfast resistance, as well as the persistence of the global solidarity movement.
The flotilla has become necessary because Western governments continue their long-time collusion with Israel’s colonization and ongoing genocide. As means to placate domestic protest and divert attention from their complicity, those governments have belatedly, weakly criticised Israel’s actions, especially its blockade creating a live-streamed mass starvation.
But their deceptive roles are being exposed and contested. As the Flotilla organizers say, ‘We are mobilizing more than 44 countries on simultaneous demonstrations and actions to break complicity’.
We call on all people of conscience to:
support the Global Sumud Flotilla;
support all efforts to end the Gaza siege, ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, and international complicity with the Israeli regime.
More info: Global Sumud Flotilla´s website and Instagram account
Contact: Global Jews for Palestine
Read this statement on our website
We are Jews from many countries, who are members of local, national and international networks and organizations. We are multi-ethnic and multigenerational and our members embrace a broad range of viewpoints on Jewish religious and ethical traditions. We are connected by our involvement in the struggle for Palestinian rights, and by our determination to work for justice. We oppose Zionism and all forms of racism and colonialism.
We believe that it is our particular responsibility to challenge Jewish organizations whose alliances and actions undermine Palestinian human and national rights, promote Jewish exceptionalism, and overturn Jewish social justice traditions. At the heart of our work is the fight for Palestinian liberation and the struggle for a world free of racial and ethnic hierarchy, colonial domination, and unbridled militarism.
Bellingcat have produced the best technical assessment of the evidence (that I’ve yet seen) showing the attacks on the Family Boat and “Alma” (UK flagged) were both by drones, armed with grenades. The fragments of the grenade found on the deck of “Alma” already identify it as very similar to those used in Israel against Gaza and in western armies.
Tunisia now talks of an orchestrated assault on the flotilla – the “discarded cigarette” theory has been ditched.
In my view, attacking a flotilla of 50 small ships carrying baby formula, food and medicine to the starving, trapped Palestinians of Gaza shows the Israeli state intends a “Final Solution” for all the Gazans – babies, children, women and men. The Israeli state doesn’t want the living skeletons fed, nor does it want objective witnesses to the horrors of what it has done.