The Palestinian NGOs Network (PNGO) issued a statement regarding the Israeli attack and piracy against the Global Sumud Flotilla, which included a wide range of activists working in various fields, including parliamentarians, diplomats, human rights activists, unionists, artists, athletes, and civil society activists from around the world.

The statement, signed by more than sixty Palestinian and Arab NGOs, demanded the immediate release of the detained activists and solidarity activists of various nationalities.

It called on the international community to take action against the occupying power and hold it accountable for this crime, which it considers another link in the chain of crimes it commits against the Palestinian people and against activists who support them in their struggle for freedom, dignity, and justice.

Civil society organizations reiterate their appreciation for the role of resistance activists and call for more solidarity campaigns with our people to strengthen their inalienable and legitimate national rights in the face of the occupation and its crimes against our people.

The following is the text of the statement with the names of signatories Civil Society Organizations:

Civil society organizations salute the organizers of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), consisted of dozens of ships carrying hundreds of international solidarity activists.

The flotilla included a broad and distinguished group of activists working in various fields, including parliamentarians, diplomats, human rights activists, unionists, artists, athletes, and civil society activists from around the world.

These activists express the will of freedom fighters in the face of the occupation's arrogance, in defiance of the siege, and in condemnation of the genocide perpetrated by the occupation army against Gaza, which it continues to perpetrate in various forms.

While we salute the spirit of determination and struggle of this elite group fighting for human rights and upholding the banner of freedom, we condemn in the strongest terms the acts of piracy committed by the occupation navy, which involved storming the ships, abusing the activists, and arresting some of them.

What happened should compel the world to take action against the occupying power and punish it for this crime, which is yet another link in the chain of crimes it commits against our people and against activists who support them, as this is a matter of freedom, dignity, and justice.

Civil society organizations reiterate their appreciation for the role of steadfast activists and call for more solidarity campaigns with our people to strengthen their inalienable and legitimate national rights in the face of the occupation and its crimes against our people.

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List of signatories:

AL Harah THeater

Al Sattar Garbee Association for Developing Countryside and Farmer

Al-Ataa Charitable Society

Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights –Gaza

Al-Firdaws Association for Women and Child Development

Al-Haq

Alliance Relief and Development Association

Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights

Al-Yasser Association for Child and Women's Service

Amman Center for Human Rights Studies (ACHRS)

Arab center for Agricultural Development (ACAD) /Ramallah – Gaza

Aseel Association for Development

Association for the Protection of Female Workers from Violence

Baitona For Community Development

Bisan Center for Research and Development

Bisan Charitable Society

Brilliant Tomorrow for Homes Sons Society

Center for Legal Research, Consulting, and Protection of Women

Disability Representative Body Network

Dr. Haider Abdel Shafi Center for Culture and Development

Future Association for Development and Environment

Future Development Commission

Gaza Community Mental Health Programme

Gaza Urban & Peri-urban Agriculture Platform

Health Work Committees

Horizons Association for Development and Progress

Housing and Land Rights Network

International Commission to support Palestinian People’s Rights

International Movement for Human and People's Rights

Jabalia Rehabilitation Society

Labor Resources Center

Ma'an Development Center/Gaza

Ma'an Development Center/WB

Mashareq charatiy Associtaion for Development and Improvment

National Society for Rehabilitation

NAWA for Culture and Arts Association

Palestine Avenir For Childhood ‎Foundation

Palestinian Agricultural Development Association

Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)

Palestinian Developmental Women Studies Association

Palestinian farmer Association

Roya Assosiation For Development Abilities

Salsabeel Association for the future of women and children

Teacher Creativity Center

The Arab Center for Agricultural Development/ACAD

The Center for the Defense of Freedoms and Civil Rights (Hurryyat)

The Freedom Theatre

The General Union of Palestinian Persons with Disabilities, North Gaza

The International Movement for Human and Peoples’ Rights (IMHPR)

The Jordan Network for Human and Peoples' Rights (JNHPR)

The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy – MIFTAH

The Palestinian Working Women Society

The Society for Care of the Handicapped

The Society of Women Graduates in Gaza Strip

Union of Health Care Committees

Union of Palestinians Women's Committees

United Cultural and Social Association

Watan Association for Heritage and Family Development

Yafa Youth Center Association