Ithaca resident Braedon Peluso was illegally detained while traveling to Gaza with humanitarian aid supplies to break Israel’s illegal blockade. He needs our help to get out of the horrible conditions in the Israeli prison system and to have access to a lawyer. Please call Josh Riley with the script below to advocate for Braedon and others aboard the Freedom Flotilla!

Background information from the FFC:

At 04:34 Gaza Time, the Israeli military attacked the FFC and TMTG flotilla 120 nautical miles (220 km) from Gaza, boarding the Conscience by helicopter and vessels, seizing over $110,000 USD in medical and nutritional aid. All 145 volunteers from 30 countries were abducted, some experiencing violence by the Israeli soldiers, and taken against their will to Ashdod. Boats seized include: Abd Elkarim Eid, Alaa Al-Najar, Anas Al-Sharif, Gaza Sunbird, Leïla Khaled, Milad, Soul of My Soul, Um Saad, and the Conscience.

“Israel as an illegal settler state has no legal authority to detain international volunteers aboard these ships. This seizure violates international law and defies the ICJ’s binding orders for unimpeded humanitarian access.” said the FFC.

As the U.S. and Israel tout a peace treaty, the occupation issued an alert that Palestinians in Gaza will still not be able to return to Gaza City and the North. A ceasefire is only the minimum. We must continue to fight to end the illegal siege on Gaza and the occupation of Palestine.