French boats set sail to join Gaza aid flotilla

Some 20 French boats set sail from Marseille on Saturday to join up with an international flotilla making a renewed effort to break an Israeli blockade and deliver aid to Gaza, AFP reporters saw.“Gaza, Marseille is with you” shouted around a thousand people who had come to the docks to support the initiative. For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The ships, mostly sailboats, set off to a round of applause and songs shortly after 5:00 pm (1500 GMT) to join the “Global Sumud Flotilla,” named after a Gazan fisherman.The international flotilla of some 100 boats, mostly setting sail from Barcelona on April 12, will head towards Gaza around April 20, according to the organizers. A week-long stopover is planned in southern Italy for “non-violence training.”“The goal is to give Palestine more visibility. We’re not talking about it much right now, because of the international context,” said Manon, a crew member who declined to give her full name.In

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