SEPANG, May 15 — The Sumud Nusantara Command Centre (SNCC) has confirmed that 54 ships in the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) 2.0 mission are in yellow zone 2, which is about 340 nautical miles from Palestine’s Gaza coast.
SNCC director-general Datuk Sani Araby Abdul Alim Araby said that within the next few hours, the ships are expected to enter the high-risk zone tonight, where the potential for interception by Israel is extremely high.
“SNCC stresses that interception that may be carried out by the Zionist regime to block the legitimacy of the maritime humanitarian corridor, which is valid under the UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) clause, which allows humanitarian aid to be channeled to troubled places without restrictions,” he said at a press conference here today.
The GSF 2.0 mission involves nearly 500 international participants from 45 countries mobilised by various humanitarian activist groups.
Sani Araby meanwhile said SNCC has launched four efforts under the Sumud Protocol, through the Malaysian Parliamentary Caucus on Palestine, which mobilised the support and membership of at least 150 Malaysian MPs to defend the Palestinian cause.
“We should know that the Malaysian Parliament has voted many times and agreed by consensus to condemn actions (of) the colonial regime, and I think this is good news for our country; everyone is united for the Palestinian issue regardless of party and race,” he said.
He said SNCC’s legal wing, the Centre for Human Rights Research and Advocacy (CENTHRA), with the support of the government, will mobilise efforts to file a claim against Israel at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its violations of international law, including kidnapping, attacking and seizing humanitarian activists and aid materials in international waters.
In addition, SNCC endorses the Brussels Declaration, which was mobilised by world parliamentarians including from Malaysia, Turkey, Spain and the European Union, to increase diplomatic and economic pressure on Israel following its violations of international law and humanitarian sanctions on Gaza.
A 100-hour live broadcast effort, Sumud Kita Untuk Gaza, was also launched to increase public awareness and convey updates from the GSF 2.0 mission to Malaysians and beyond.
Sani Araby called on Malaysians to continue praying for the safety of the GSF 2.0 delegation and the success of Gaza liberation efforts.
More information on the GSF 2.0 mission and Palestine can be found on the SNCC portal.
