{"id":58072,"date":"2025-09-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/2025\/09\/14\/thousands-of-moroccans-rally-in-support-of-the-freedom-flotilla-and-to-break-the-siege-on-gaza\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T00:00:00","slug":"thousands-of-moroccans-rally-in-support-of-the-freedom-flotilla-and-to-break-the-siege-on-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/2025\/09\/14\/thousands-of-moroccans-rally-in-support-of-the-freedom-flotilla-and-to-break-the-siege-on-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Moroccans Rally in Support of the Freedom Flotilla and to Break the Siege on Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;color:#EE0000\">Thousands of<br \/>\nMoroccans Rally in Support of the Freedom Flotilla and to Break the Siege on<br \/>\nGaza<span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;color:#EE0000\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Thousands of Moroccans<br \/>\ndemonstrated in the cities of Tangier (north) and Agadir (south) on Saturday<br \/>\nevening, in support of the Global Freedom Flotilla heading to Gaza, and to<br \/>\ndemand an end to what they described as the genocide and starvation war committed<br \/>\nby Israel against Palestinians.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The two demonstrations were<br \/>\norganized at the invitation of the Moroccan Initiative for Support and<br \/>\nSolidarity (a non-governmental organization), and were joined by citizens,<br \/>\nactivists, and human rights advocates from various groups.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Media outlets reported that<br \/>\nhundreds of participants in a sit-in continuing until midnight Saturday\/Sunday<br \/>\nin Agadir raised slogans supporting the Global Freedom Flotilla, which aims to<br \/>\nbreak the blockade on Gaza.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">In Tangier, thousands of<br \/>\ndemonstrators marched through the streets of the city, declaring their support<br \/>\nfor the Global Freedom Flotilla.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Among the slogans chanted were:<br \/>\n\u201cPalestine resists,\u201d \u201cNo to starvation, no to genocide,\u201d \u201cRest in peace,<br \/>\nmartyr, we will continue the struggle,\u201d and \u201cShame, Gaza is being destroyed.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Participants in the<br \/>\ndemonstrations condemned Israel\u2019s starvation policy, attempts to displace<br \/>\nPalestinians from their land, and the continued targeting of civilians in the<br \/>\nGaza Strip.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Earlier on Saturday, the<br \/>\nInternational Committee to Break the Siege on Gaza announced the departure of<br \/>\nthe first ship of the Global Freedom Flotilla from the port of Bizerte in<br \/>\nnorthern Tunisia, heading towards Gaza.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The \u201cGlobal Freedom Flotilla\u201d<br \/>\ncurrently includes nearly 50 ships gathered in Tunisian ports, including a<br \/>\nMaghreb convoy of 23 vessels, in addition to 22 foreign ships carrying<br \/>\nparticipants from several countries in Europe, Latin America, the United States,<br \/>\nPakistan, India, and Malaysia, according to flotilla spokespersons, activists,<br \/>\nand an Anadolu correspondent on the ground.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Israel has imposed a blockade on<br \/>\nthe Gaza Strip for 18 years, leaving about 1.5 million Palestinians out of the<br \/>\nenclave\u2019s 2.4 million people homeless after their houses were destroyed in what<br \/>\nhas been described as a war of extermination.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Since October 7, 2023, Israel,<br \/>\nbacked by the United States, has been carrying out what Palestinians describe<br \/>\nas genocide in Gaza, involving killing, starvation, destruction, and<br \/>\ndisplacement, while ignoring international appeals and rulings by the International<br \/>\nCourt of Justice to halt it.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">This campaign has resulted in<br \/>\n64,803 Palestinian deaths, 164,264 injuries\u2014mostly children and women\u2014hundreds<br \/>\nof thousands displaced, and famine that has 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