Gaza convoy activists receive heroes' welcome in Tunis after being blocked from entering Egypt
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The Global March to Gaza received a great deal of popular support in Tunisia
Activists taking part in the Global March to Gaza received a hero’s welcome in the Tunisian capital on Thursday evening, after they were forced to turn back from the Libyan city of Sirte, by forces loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar.
The activists were hoping to reach Egypt, but Haftar’s forces cut off phone, internet and logistical services while blocking the convoy’s advance, reportedly under Egyptian government pressure.
The activists retreated to Misrata in western Libya. All their attempts and negotiations to secure passage through eastern Libya, which is controlled by Haftar’s forces, failed after this and they decided to return to Tunisia on Wednesday.
Around 1,500 activists, mostly from North African countries, were on the convoy. They were hoping to make it through Libya and Egypt to the Rafah border crossing in order to break the siege of Gaza and draw attention to Israel’s genocidal war on the territory, which has killed over 55,000 people.
US Jewish group calls on Trump to stop arming Israel
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), a US-based advocacy group, has called for “an immediate halt” to Israel’s attacks on Iran, which the group said threatened a “full blown regional war”.
“Decades of internationally-backed impunity for the Israeli government’s war crimes against Palestinians and unconditional military funding from the US have brought us to this point,” the group said in a statement shared on social media.
The US provides Israel with at least $3.8bn in military assistance annually, and it has sent billions more since the country began its deadly bombardment of Gaza in October 2023.
“Amid its escalation with Iran, the Israeli government continues to escalate its brutal slaughter and starvation of Palestinians with the funding and backing of the US,” the group added.
“Israel is committing genocide and instigating regional war. The US must stop arming Israel NOW.”
As Anti-Zionist Jews dedicated to collective liberation for all people, we call for an immediate halt to the Israeli government’s violent escalation of war with Iran which threatens full blown regional war. Decades of internationally-backed impunity for the Israeli government’s… pic.twitter.com/YOhvu1oZyt
— Jewish Voice for Peace (@jvplive) June 19, 2025
