The Guardian reports: “Tanker carrying jet fuel for Israel must not dock in Gibraltar, say MPs.”
Activists from Morocco, Gibraltar and Spain are collaborating at the Strait of Gibraltar, in coordination with a broad international coalition including Disrupt Power, Global Energy Embargo for Palestine, the International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine, Progressive International, La Vía Campesina, and numerous other groups, to prevent the tanker Overseas Santorini from delivering military grade jet fuel to Israel. The campaign, called “No Harbour for Genocide,” has already succeeded in forcing the tanker to reroute, and aims to create a people’s blockade throughout the Mediterranean.
In “No Harbour For Genocide Campaign: Activists Prepare For Arrival Of ‘Ship Of Death,‘” Adrienne Pine writes: “The Overseas Santorini, which is slated to reach the Strait of Gibraltar on Tuesday, July 30, is one of two tanker vessels that have shipped millions of barrels of military grade jet fuel from Valero Energy, through a U.S. government contract to Israel, from 2014 to the present. It departed from Valero’s Corpus Christi refinery in Texas on July 15, following its standard route for transporting JP-8 fuel from there to Israel’s port of Ashkelon, generally docking in Algeciras, Spain on the way there, and Limassol, Cyprus, on the way back, and sometimes calling at other Atlantic and Mediterranean ports. Independent researchers have been tracking these shipments, which have been leaving approximately every two months. Each shipment carries around 300,000 barrels of fuel — capable of refueling an F-16 fighter jet (military warplane) 12,000 times, according to rough calculations.”
Available for interviews:
● Ana Sánchez, RESCOP/Solidarity Network Against the Occupation in Palestine (Spanish, English, Portuguese)
● Rahma Safouan, Gibraltar for Palestine, GibForPal@proton.me (English, Spanish, Arabic-Moroccan dialect)
● Sion Assidon, BDS Morocco (English, Arabic, French)
● Adrienne Pine, International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine, adrienne@quotha.net