The members of the “Until Victory” delegation, organized by the Anti-Imperialist Front, are currently being detained at Cairo Airport in Egypt as of 8 October 2025, as they attempted to complete their journey to the Rafah crossing to enter Gaza as part of a solidarity mission to demand an immediate end of the Zionist-imperialist genocide against the Palestinian people.
The delegation began in Berlin, Germany, on 20 September, under the slogan, “Palestine, we are coming!” and followed with a series of events and protests at Egyptian embassies throughout Europe, including 10 countries and 15 cities (Berlin, Duisburg, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, Paris, Bilbao, Madrid, Barcelona, Marseille, Milan, Lecce, Patras and Athens). As the delegation members wrote, “Their goal is to show solidarity with the people of Gaza, who have suffered under Israel’s occupation and blockade for two years, and to demand the lifting of the blockade and embargo and the opening of the Rafah border crossing.”
The “Until Victory” delegation consists of the following individuals:
- German citizens: Eda Deniz Haydaroğlu, İleni Açıkgöz, and Berivan Gel
- Austrian citizens: Derya Devrim Özçelik, Hasip Kıvrakdal
- French citizen: Sevil Sevimli
- Dutch citizen: Yıldıray Yetik
- Greek citizen: Konstantina Kartsioti
Immediately upon their arrival, the delegates’ phones were either taken from them or turned off — they had previously been livestreaming — and they have since been held incommunicado, potentially for deportation. This is only the latest in a series of deportations undertaken by Egypt in order to protect the ongoing Zionist-imperialist siege of Gaza, at the same time that Egypt claims to serve as a mediator between the Palestinian resistance and the Zionist occupation regime.
Egypt has normalized with the Zionist entity since the signing of the Camp David accords in 1978, which sidelined Egypt’s role as an Arab power and relegated it to serving as a reactionary regime in a subordinate alliance with U.S.-led imperialism. The Egyptian Camp David state has played a key role in guarding the southern border of Gaza and preventing the entry of trucks and solidarity delegations seeking to enter Palestine; at the same time, Egyptian organizers working to join the Global Sumud Flotilla or organize actions in support of Palestinian liberation continue to be arrested and jailed among thousands of political prisoners.
The delegation in particular aims to highlight resistance to starvation and international responsibility to confront genocide, comparing the steadfastness and resistance of Gaza to that of Leningrad:
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- Hitler’s fascism besieged Leningrad, a city of 3 million, and killed 1 million people through starvation.
- Leningrad did not surrender, resisted the siege for 900 days, and won. The Palestinian people will resist and win in the same way!
- We won in Leningrad, and we will win again in Gaza!
- FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, FREE PALESTINE WILL WIN. The Palestine question will not be solved with a two-state solution, but with one single state under the leadership of revolutionaries – one Palestine, where all peoples live together under equal conditions.
- No power can achieve absolute victory against an organized and struggling people!
Victory belongs to the resisters – victory will be ours!
Our call to all the peoples of the world: The heartbeat of life pulses where there is resistance.
Today, the heartbeat of the world is in Palestine – the center of the world is Palestine!
Let us all together fulfill our duty: to hold imperialism and Zionism accountable for using starvation as a weapon, and to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people!”
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network stands in solidarity with the “Until Victory” delegation. We urge their immediate release to continue on their journey, and call for the full support of Egypt and all states for the land and sea journeys undertaken by people of conscience to break the 18-year siege of Gaza and bring an end to two years of escalated genocide, amid a century of occupation, colonialism and resistance in Palestine. These direct efforts to break the siege at all available points, to join with the Palestinian people, and to not only deliver aid but to unite to struggle against the genocide and for a liberated Palestine are a parallel effort with escalations and actions in the heart of the imperial core.
We urge people, especially in Germany, Austria, France, the Netherlands, and Greece, to call your Egyptian embassy or consulate and express your support for the “Until Victory” delegation to protect their safety, call for their freedom, and express support for their mission to break the siege, open Rafah for the entrance of unlimited aid and support, and bring an end to the Zionist-imperialist genocide in Gaza.
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