In a telephone conversation with Zaher Darwish, (Coordinator, Freedom Flotilla Italy), Renato Accorinti (Mayor of the City of Messina, Sicily), has confirmed that he shares the aims of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and fully supports the Women’s Boat to Gaza, describing it is a symbolic role in the struggle for the recognition of the rights of peoples and women in all countries of the world.
He expressed his closeness and solidarity with the Palestinian people and all peoples fighting for their liberation, and was keen to remind the world of the sensitivity of the Sicilian people to these issues. Finally, he expressed appreciation for the choice of Messina as the last stage of the Women’s Boat to Gaza before traveling to Gaza.