Surya McEwen, who hopes to set sail on the ‘freedom flotilla’ to deliver aid to Palestinians under bombardment, says ‘I could not not go’
Surya McEwen, who hopes to set sail on the ‘freedom flotilla’ to deliver aid to Palestinians under bombardment, says ‘I could not
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup “It was terrible, people were killed out at sea,” McEwen says of the Mavi Marmara mission. “But in that moment, it was amazing to see this huge group of people from all over the world doing this thing, to try to get to the people of Gaza, to break the blockade. I was in awe from afar.”Fourteen years on, McEwen decided to join the current emergency fleet after seeing the images coming out of Gaza.
Joining the flotilla was a “frantic” decision for McEwen after he connected with the FFC’s Australian group at aIt was “a big shock” for his family and friends, he says. The flotilla has been stuck in Istanbul for almost a month after the Guinea Bissau International Ships Registry requested to inspect the lead ship the day before the flotilla was set to sail – a “highly unusual request” given the fleet had previously passed all inspections,
“Every day that is delayed, thousands of tonnes of desperately needed aid is just sitting there in the port, when they should be in Gaza,” McEwen says.
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