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17 Aussie Flotilla Participants Depart for Mediterranean Ports, Despite Dangers

Alert: Event Venue Change to Mrs Macquarie's Point Wednesday Morning

Global Sumud Flotilla - Australian Delegation

Key Facts:

Venue Change: 

11am Wednesday 8th April 2026

Mrs Macquarie's Point Sydney

NOT Airport


Speakers will still include:

Jayden Kitchener-Waters (flotilla participant) – Gomeroi and Ngiyampaa singer/songwriter

Ethan Floyd (flotilla participant) – Wiradjuri, Ngiyampaa and Wailwan activist and USYD student

Zack Schofield (flotilla participant) – Rising Tide organiser

Sue Higginson – Greens MLC for New South Wales

Sheikh Wesam Charkawi - Muslim community, Western Sydney

Clementine Ford – author and social commentator

Some of the diverse 17 Australian participants (including former defence mechanics, a doctor, a Jewish supporter of Palestinians, academics, lawyers and more) have already flown out to Spain and Italy to help prepare the 100 boats that will sail with 500 tonnes of humanitarian aid in a mission to break the naval blockade that has isolated Gaza since 2007.

Children in Gaza are being bombed and starved, while food, medicine and aid is being deliberately blocked by Israel. While a ceasefire was announced five months ago, the bombardment never stopped and more than 680 people have been killed since. This week, Israel’s parliament passed death penalty legislation targeting Palestinians exclusively, which Amnesty International described as “another discriminatory tool in Israel’s system of apartheid”.

Allowing Israel’s campaign of terror on Palestine sets a dangerous precedent for how governments around the world will respond to worsening humanitarian crises everywhere – by supplying their perpetrators with planes, bombs and unwavering support. Civilians from around the world are left with no choice but to sail for peace and demand an end to the horror: even though the dangers of their mission are real and daunting. 

Contact Jane Salmon on 0417919354 to be connected with departing participants and spokespeople for the flotilla’s Australian delegation.
 
 

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Contact details:
Jane Salmon
Media Liaison Australia Delegation
Global Sumud Flotilla 
0417919354