Israel [is] very clear about their genocidal intent. They want to erase the Palestinian nation. They want to take over the Gaza Strip, said Thunberg, hitting out at politicians and governments failing to uphold international law. They are failing to do their most basic, legal duties to act, to prevent a genocide, to stop their complicity and support for the occupation and the genocide of Palestinians, she said.
Volunteers from across the world have come together in the main hall of one of Spain's oldest labour unions, the UGT once a registration centre for international volunteers who came to Spain to fight fascism during the Spanish Civil War. Now it has trained the nonviolent international volunteers Palestine supporters, activists, journalists and politicians who will sail on the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza on Sunday.