{"id":452018,"date":"2025-09-26T04:47:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T04:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/452018\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T04:47:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T04:47:46","slug":"dockworkers-from-across-europe-gather-to-plan-trade-squeeze-on-israel-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/452018\/","title":{"rendered":"Dockworkers from across Europe gather to plan trade squeeze on Israel \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Initially that means focusing on how to react to the Global Sumud Flotilla \u2014 a humanitarian aid convoy involving climate activist Greta Thunberg that was targeted by Israeli drones<\/a> in international waters south of Crete\u00a0earlier this week. Talks will cover blocking military exports to Israel, but the debate could widen, with moves that may threaten Israel\u2019s trade ties with the EU.<\/p>\n

“Looking ahead, it could mean coordinated industrial action in European ports against not just weapons, but all goods directed to Israel,” said Staccioli.<\/p>\n

The initiative began as an effort to coordinate Mediterranean dockworkers with the aim of making ports \u201carms-free zones,\u201d he explained. The urgency grew over the summer as ships loaded with weapons and military equipment bound for Israel docked in Piraeus in Greece, Marseille in France and in Genoa.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat started as a plan for a common front in the autumn \u2014 to step up pressure and disrupt arms loading and unloading in European ports \u2014 has been reshaped by recent events,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The turning point, he said, was the Global Sumud Flotilla \u2014 the fourth and largest maritime challenge to Israel\u2019s blockade of Gaza, involving 20 vessels and more than 300 crew. The mission set sail at the beginning of September as Gaza faces a worsening humanitarian crisis, with U.N. agencies warning of famine across the enclave.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Global Sumud Flotilla is the fourth and largest maritime challenge to Israel\u2019s blockade of Gaza, involving 20 vessels and more than 300 crew. | Federico Scoppa\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The recent attacks against it prompted Italy to dispatch a warship to protect its citizens on board, quickly followed by Spain. Still, on Thursday Italy’s Defense Minister Guido Crosetto warned the flotilla not to attempt to force Israel’s Gaza blockade, stressing that Italian ships \u201cwill remain in international waters\u201d and will not act as escorts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Initially that means focusing on how to react to the Global Sumud Flotilla \u2014 a humanitarian aid convoy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[8612,2000,299,5187,36,1824,1450,837,1815,2199,8175,23762,6489,1814,7697,7061,1398,104,6648,1201,1116],"class_list":{"0":"post-452018","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-cyprus","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-european","12":"tag-france","13":"tag-germany","14":"tag-greece","15":"tag-israel","16":"tag-israel-hamas-war","17":"tag-italy","18":"tag-labor","19":"tag-logistics","20":"tag-morocco","21":"tag-palestine","22":"tag-ports","23":"tag-procurement","24":"tag-shipping","25":"tag-spain","26":"tag-supply-chains","27":"tag-trade","28":"tag-weapons"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115268789951344819","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}