As citizens worldwide demand that the Israeli genocide of Gaza must end, Gaza Flotilla sailboat with 12 onboard will reach the “Danger Zone”
Photo of progress Madleen at 1600 hours CEST, June 7, 2025
Within 48 hours, more Palestinian children will die from U.S. bombs dropped from Israeli drones and jets.
Within 48 hours, nations of the world will have again and again refused to take any concrete measures to force the government of Israel to stop the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Gaza Flotilla Sailboat Madleen
Yet, also within 48 hours, a small sailboat named Madleen will arrive near Gaza. (Watch on the https://t.me/FFC_official_channel, follow on Flotilla instagram and watch progress on a map here or here.
Within 48 hours, 12 brave souls on the Madleen–Flotilla Steering Committee members Thiago Avila (Brazil) and Yasemin Acar (Germany); French-Palestinian Member of European Parliament Rima Hassan, Dr. Baptiste Andre (France), Omar Faiad (France); Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent Pascal Maurieras (France), Reva Viard (France), Yanis Mhamdi (France); Suayb Ordu (Turkiye); Sergio Toribio (Spain); Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg; Marco van Rennes (The Netherlands)–will carry the solidarity of citizens of the world to those in Gaza and the West Bank for the ending of the genocide and ethnic cleansing.
Within 48 hours, the 12 volunteers on the Madleen will most probably be stopped in international waters, arrested, taken against their will to a place they do not want to go, imprisoned and then deported … from Israel.
Within 48 hours, the 12 will be interrogated, possibly beaten and tasered, but probably treated much better than Palestinians in Israeli prisons who are stripped, humiliated, and starved.
Within 60 hours, the diplomatic missions of the 12, consular officers of the embassies of France, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Turkiye; Sweden and Netherlands will arrive at the prison to talk with the citizens of their country.
Within 60 hours, brave lawyers accredited in Israel who are associated with the Freedom Flotilla will arrive to advise the 12.
Within 60 hours, Israelis horrified at the genocidal actions of their government will protest in the cities of Israel.
Within 72-96 hours, an Israeli court will declare that the 12 on the Madleen entered Israel illegally and were a threat to the national security of Israel and will deport the 12.
Within 100-120 hours, the 12 will arrive at their home countries, hopefully to a warm, warm welcome to those who oppose the genocide of Gaza
Within 120-140 hours, the Global March to Gaza will bring 3,000 persons from 35 countries by air to Egypt to demand food trucks be allowed into Gaza.
Within 120-140 hours, the Overland Convoy to Break the Siege on Gaza – Sumud will bring 7,000 persons by land to Egypt to demand an end to the genocide.
Within 700 days, within 900 days the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza will end?
Or will it?
Only we the citizens can force our governments to isolate, boycott, sanction the genocidal Israeli government to make them stop killing the last Palestinian and destroying the last remnants of the Palestinian presence in Gaza.
Write to your congressional representatives to demand safe passage for the Madleen.
Keep pushing, protesting, sailing.
The Gaza Freedom Flotilla will sail until the Israeli blockade and genocide of Gaza ends and Palestine is free.
Ann Wright served 29 years in the US Army/Army Reserve and retired as a colonel. She was also a U.S. diplomat for 16 years but resigned in 2003 in opposition to the U.S. war on Iraq. She is a coordinator with U.S. Boats to Gaza and on the Steering committee of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. She has been in Israeli prison two times and deported from Israel twice for sailing on the Gaza flotillas. She has participated in flotillas in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018 and was in Istanbul (2024), Malta (2025) and Sicily (2025) for flotilla attempts at sailing to break the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza. She was also a coordinator of the 2009 Gaza Freedom March that brought 1,350 persons from 55 countries to Cairo to enter Gaza on the first anniversary of the horrific Israeli Cast Lead attack on Gaza that killed 1,400 and left over 100,000 Palestinians homeless.