GPCI Writes to President Requesting Protection for Mission to Break Through Gaza Blockade
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — The Global Peace Convoy Indonesia (GPCI) has written to President Prabowo Subianto to provide protection for Indonesian volunteers participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) sailing mission to break through the Gaza blockade in 2026. The letter from this Indonesian Palestinian activism consortium also serves as a request for government endorsement to support the civil action by the volunteers and activists involved in the humanitarian sailing mission.
GPCI Coordinator Maimon Herawati stated that the major GSF sailing mission is an international civil action that requires protection from the governments of the respective countries of the volunteers and activists. This is because the humanitarian sailing mission to break through the Gaza blockade will directly confront Zionist Israeli occupation authorities.
“We realise that participation in this mission carries risks, both in terms of security, international law, and geopolitical dynamics,” said Maimon on Monday (6/4/2026).
Therefore, according to her, GPCI needs a form of support from the state. “We respectfully request President Prabowo Subianto to provide diplomatic protection and legal protection to Indonesian citizens involved in the Global Sumud Flotilla 2.0 humanitarian sailing mission,” said Maimon.
GPCI, according to Maimon, also requests the central government authorities in Jakarta to issue instructions to Indonesian representatives in the countries traversed by the largest humanitarian convoy for Palestine.
“We also request that President Prabowo Subianto instruct Indonesian diplomatic representatives in relevant countries to actively monitor and assist participants and Indonesian participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla,” said Maimon.
This year’s GSF mission will depart consecutively via the Mediterranean Sea through France, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Turkey to reach the Gaza Strip blockaded by Zionist Israeli military forces. The land convoy point will cross Libya to Egypt to enter Gaza via the Rafah border.
It is estimated that a thousand volunteers and activists from at least 100 countries will participate in the major sailing mission and land convoy. GPCI, which is a coalition of around 26 Palestinian philanthropies in Indonesia, will send at least 30 of its volunteers and activists, including doctors, medical teams, and journalists.
“We request that President Prabowo Subianto, on behalf of the state, also recognise and support the participation of Indonesian civil society in the Global Sumud Flotilla mission as part of the national contribution to global humanitarian issues,” added Maimon.
The main mission of the GSF to break through the Gaza blockade remains a non-violent humanitarian campaign aimed at delivering humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, who continue to suffer under the Zionist Israeli occupation blockade and genocide.
The GSF mission also aims to increase international awareness of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and other Palestinian territories. “While advocating for the end of the blockade and human rights violations still being carried out by Zionist Israel against the people in Gaza and other Palestinian territories,” added Maimon.