Remember the 2024 “Freedom Flotilla” that was going to sail on the 26th of April to break the “Israeli siege of Gaza”? It got cancelled as Guinea-Bissau refused to let it use ships under their flag.
According to Turkish NGO Humanitarian Relief Foundation (known as IHH), which is the primary organiser of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), it is comprised of human rights and peace activists. IHH was banned by Israel in 2008 and IHH Germany has been outlawed in Germany because of links to Hamas.
We looked at the organisers and participants, and we found that they don’t seem to be motivated by providing help to Gaza’s people, but by antisemitism. In this post we put a few of them under the spotlight.
Zaher Birawi
Palestinian-British Zaher Birawi is a journalist, broadcaster, and a presenter at the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Al-Hiwar TV channel. Birawi, who is alleged to be a Hamas operative, is also the founder and chairman of EuroPal Forum, chairman of the International Committee to Break the Siege on Gaza, which is a founding member of the FFC, and leader of the International Campaign to Save Gaza. He was one of the main organisers of the Mavi Marmara flotilla. Birawi admitted that the flotillas’ main objective is propaganda to defame Israel.
Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela
Nkosi Zwelivelile “Mandla” Mandela is chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council and a member of Parliament in the South Africa National Assembly. He is grandson of former South African President Nelson Mandela and a convert to Islam. Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela is an antisemitic conspiracy theorist and Hamas supporter.
Beheşti İsmail SONGÜR
Beheşti İsmail SONGÜR is Chairman of the Mavi Marmara Freedom and Solidarity Association. His father was killed in the Mavi Marmara incident in 2010. He justifies the October 7 massacre.
Medea Benjamin
Medea Benjamin is a self-described peace activist and co-founder of CODEPINK. She appears to justify the October 7 slaughter of Jews by Hamas terrorists.
Sarah Wilkinson
Sarah Wilkinson is a “pro-Palestine” activist, and notorious Holocaust denier. She supports armed “resistance” against Israel.
Margaret Pacetta
Margaret Pacetta is a member and administrator of Glasgow Palestine Human Rights Campaign. She praised Hamas’ terrorists for October 7 massacre.
Amanda Crawford
Amanda Crawford is an Irish actor and director, BDS activist, and a contemporary antisemite.
Dylan Saba
Dylan Saba is a lawyer and a writer. He is currently a contributing editor at Jewish Currents and staff attorney at Palestine Legal (and a few other organisations). Dylan glorified Hamas terrorists following the October 7 massacre.
Robert Martin
Robert Martin, a self described “peace activist,” is an antisemitic bully and a Hamas supporter.
Huwaida Arraf
Huwaida Arraf is a human rights lawyer, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a known violent and terror-supporting group, and Freedom Flotilla organiser. We previously featured Huwaida Arraf here.
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