Regarding Flotilla, I came across this video of Indonesian Flotilla activists entering Indonesia.
At 14:02, what a powerful, empowering speech! I couldn't take my eyes off the female activist's eyes, full of determination and strong will. I was curious about what they said because I was amazed to see so many reporters at the airport, and I was impressed by her strong will. I googled her and found out that she's Maimon Herawati, a lecturer at an Indonesian university who founded two NGOs.
At 25:07, when a male activist talked about being subjected to brutal treatment, yet he cried, saying the suffering that the Palestinian brothers and sisters are enduring is far greater at that moment, I could feel their strong sense of empathy.
Below is an unofficial English translation of Maimon Herawati's interview, in case someone might be interested.
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Maimon Herawati:
One sanction has already been imposed: specifically, Ben Gvir cannot come to France. This is an effort that I think must be continued. Whilst our friends were in prison for four days, we must note that more than 9,000 Palestinians are still languishing in prisons. The torture experienced by my friends is nothing compared to the torture experienced by the Palestinian people. Dr Husam Abu Safiya, from Kamal Adwan Hospital – the head of Kamal Adwan Hospital – is still imprisoned. Why? Because he refused to stop treating Palestinians. Dr Adnan Al-Bursh died; he was tortured in an Israeli prison. Look at what they do in front of the camera; it is nothing compared to what they do behind the camera. What they do to people with strong passports is not the same as what they do to the Palestinian people. The Palestinian people have no legal power because there is an administrative detention system, where one can be imprisoned for six months without any charge. More than 9,000 are currently in prison. I hope media colleagues highlight all of this. Four hundred of them are children, more than two hundred are women, and all are experiencing torture beyond human limits. Please, this then becomes… We set off because we wanted to free Palestinian prisoners, so the work is not finished. The work is not finished until all Palestinian prisoners are free.
One thing people think: "Oh, the 'Ship of Peace' was powerful." What happened was that at the signing of the "Ship of Peace," Israel controlled 53% of Gaza's land. Fifty-three per cent of Gaza's land was marked with a yellow line. The agreement was that when the last Israeli Defence Force (IDF) body was handed over, the IDF would leave Gaza. Do you know what happened? Now the IDF controls 64% of Gaza's land. They keep encroaching metres into Gaza, so only 36% of the land remains for Gaza. Two million people live on 36% of the land in Gaza. This is not a ceasefire. This is genocide. And we must know, and we must continue to fight. Why does Indonesia owe a debt of gratitude? When Indonesia was not yet independent, the Palestinian Mufti, Sheikh Amin al-Husseini, spoke on German radio saying, "Indonesia independent." It was a kind of hope, a kind of assistance to build, so that Indonesia truly entered the international narrative. In 1948, a rich Palestinian media owner named Ali Tahir gave all the money he had in the bank to the committee preparing for Indonesian independence. We, as a nation, owe a debt of gratitude to the Palestinian nation. And this debt of gratitude was also remembered by President Soekarno, who said that the unfinished business from the Asia-Africa Conference was the independence of the Palestinian nation.