This entry is posted on number 36 of Vanity Fair on newsstands until September 2, 2025.
Between August 31 and September 4th they will start Dozens of boats from all over the MediterraneanIncluding Italy, To bring humanitarian aid and above all attention to Gaza: an international civil maritime mission, independent of any government or political party, which is called Global Sumud Flotilla.
The word Sumud read the first time in April on the wall of a village in Masafer Yatta, on the hills south of Hebron. They had explained to me that it means resilience: ability to resist adversity by drawing strength. I had thought of how that term, on which we now ironize because we have abused it improperly, there In Palestine he found his most authentic meaning.
I realized that this is the case for many things: Our mental schemes have been defused by the madness of this war. Our sacrosanct distinctions, our sense of measure, even of the ridiculous, have been surpassed and overwhelmed by horror.
I admit that when in June Greta Thunberg She embarked with other international activists for the first mission of the Global Flotilla I thought: “Here, we just miss that now someone gets hurt, who put themselves in the mess.” I was wrong.
You can no longer put yourself in the mess. Netanyahu’s destructive madness must be fought with as much madness, but a bright and pacifist madness. Using your body, even at the price of some risk and annoyance, is a practical but also symbolic act that today I no longer see as ramshackle or unrealistic, but visionary and courageous. And, yes, a little desperate. But it is the situation that is desperate.
As he wrote on Times Irish last week The writer Sally Rooneywhich economically supports the non -violent organization Palestine Action absurdly branded as “terrorist” by the British government: “After almost two years of genocide in live streaming we owe the people of Palestine something more than simple words».
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