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The aid flotilla has reportedly already made it closer to the Strip than the Madleen flotilla that was stopped by Israeli forces last month. Activists aboard the Handala ship said on Saturday that they are approaching the coast of the Gaza Strip and have already passed the point where the Madleenflotilla was stopped last month.
Two of the 21 activists who were aboard the seized Gaza aid ship Handala were interrogated by Israeli police, an Israeli legal center said.
The ship launched from Italy five days ago carrying humanitarian aid desperately needed by Gaza’s starving population.
Israel has been accused of "kidnapping" a ship crewed by international activists when it detained them in an early morning raid on Monday. The ship, dubbed the Madleen, was carrying aid for the ...
Israel has deported Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, a day after seizing the Gaza-bound humanitarian aid ship on which she was sailing alongside 11 others. Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...
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The Nation on MSN“They Wanted to Humiliate Us”: Israel’s Abuse of Freedom Flotilla ActivistsOne of the organizers tells The Nation about the sleep deprivation, psychological torment, and dehumanization she suffered at Israel’s hands.
In a statement on Monday, Amnesty International described Israel’s interception of the Madleen and detention of the crew as flouting international law. “By forcibly intercepting and blocking ...
Reports and images from Gaza prove that the fascist Israeli government of Netanyahu is systematically using starvation of children as a weapon of war in its campaign to ethnically cleanse the strip of Palestinians.