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View all search resultsIndonesia joins international condemnation of Gaza flotilla interception
Indonesia and 12 other countries collectively condemned Israel’s last week interception of the Global Sumud aid flotilla bound for Gaza and the subsequent detention of humanitarian activists in international waters, calling the move a violation of international law.
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Activists from the Global Sumud aid flotilla stand at the port of Atherinolakkos on May 1 on the island of Crete after disembarking from a Greek Coast Guard vessel, following their interception by the Israeli Navy in international waters. (AFP/Costas Metaxakis)
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ndonesia, along with 12 other countries, has condemned Israel’s interception last week of the Global Sumud aid flotilla bound for Gaza and the subsequent detention of humanitarian activists in international waters, calling the move a violation of international law.
In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of Muslim-majority countries like Indonesia, Turkey, Jordan, Malaysia, as well as non-Muslim-majority ones like Brazil, Spain and South Africa denounced “in the strongest terms” what they described as an “assault” on the civilian ships that make up the flotilla.
“The Israeli attacks against the vessels and the unlawful detention of humanitarian activists in international waters constitute flagrant violations of international law and international humanitarian law,” the ministers said in the statement posted on X by the Indonesian Foreign Ministry on Thursday.
The ministers noted that the flotilla is a peaceful initiative aimed at drawing worldwide attention to Gaza’s worsening humanitarian crisis, following Israel’s continued blockade of aid to the strip and military bombardment since October 2023 in what a United Nations commission concluded last year amounted to genocide.
More than 50 boats of the Global Sumud flotilla departed on April 12 from France, Spain and Italy, marking its second attempt to try to break the Israeli blockade to deliver aid after the first was intercepted by Israel in October 2025.
Israeli naval forces intercepted parts of the flotilla in international waters off the island of Crete in Greece on April 30, detaining around 175 activists from over 20 boats, according to organizers and Israeli authorities.
Almost all the activists were later released and either taken to a hospital in Crete or flown out to Istanbul, Turkey, on May 1, said Greek and Turkish officials. Organizers of the flotilla said their equipment had been smashed by Israeli forces, AFP reported.
