Surya McEwen was one of hundreds imprisoned by Israel in October after participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza. He told the Green Left Show's Isaac Nellist that when he realised that people were “going to be sailing directly into the holocaust” he felt it was his “historic duty” to get involved.
Israel’s continued bombardment of Gaza, despite the so-called ceasefire and “stage one” of a US-brokered “peace” plan, was the trigger for another national day of action across Australia. Pip Hinman, Peter Boyle, Elizabeth Bantas and Sarah Hathway report.
Six Australian humanitarian workers — Surya McEwen, Abubakir Rafiq, Hamish Paterson, Juliet Lamont, Bianca Webb-Pullman and Cameron Tribe — remain in Israeli detention following their illegal abduction, in international waters, from the Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla, by Israeli Occupation Forces, reports Susan Price.
The Maritime Union of Australia is among many who are condemning Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla and calling on Australia to act. Pip Hinman reports.
