<article data-history-node-id="429520" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/francesca-albanese-says-states-navies-could-break-israels-siege-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/francesca-albanese-says-states-navies-could-break-israels-siege-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Francesca Albanese says states with navies could break Israel’s siege on Gaza but choose not to</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="724" data-start="475">Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, has criticised the failure of states to challenge Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza, where Israel faces accusations of genocide and deliberately starving civilians.</p> <p data-end="903" data-start="726">Pointing to the Global Sumud Flotilla, which has reached waters close to Gaza in small civilian boats, Albanese questioned why governments with powerful navies have not acted.</p> <p data-end="1143" data-start="905">“If citizens of the world, travelling in small and underresourced boats, have been able to get to within 60 nautical miles (111km) of Gaza in a flotilla, why states don’t break the blockade with their navies?” she wrote on social media.</p> <p data-end="1303" data-start="1145">“Is this the world we live in? No, we do not accept it,” Albanese added, before wishing the flotilla safe passage: “Go, go Flotilla! Sail safe. God’s wind.”</p> <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">60 nautical miles? Wow.<br> <br> If ordinary citizens of the world, with small and underresourced boats can do that, why states don't break the blockade with their navies?<br> <br> Is this the world we live in? No, we do not accept it.<br> <br> Go, go Flotilla! Sail safe.<br> God's wind. <a href="https://t.co/sOjSBJNi87">https://t.co/sOjSBJNi87</a></p> — Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) <a href="https://twitter.com/FranceskAlbs/status/1973510217947299854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="429514" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/protests-erupt-response-israels-unlawful-raid-sumud-flotilla" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/protests-erupt-response-israels-unlawful-raid-sumud-flotilla" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Protests erupt in response to Israel's unlawful raid on Sumud Flotilla</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Protests have erupted in major cities in response to Israel's unlawful raid on the Sumud Flotilla.&nbsp;</p> <p>The protests are occuring in&nbsp;Rome, Istanbul, Berlin and other cities according to video shared on social media.&nbsp;</p> <p>Israel has unlawfully intercepted at least six vessels, MEE has reported.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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