Greta Thunberg stopped by Israeli soldiers on the way to Palestine
After taking over, the yacht changed the course and headed to the port of Israel. The Israeli authorities previously announced that they will not allow the boat to reach the edge of the enclavewhere the war has been going on from October 7, 2023. Activists wanted to transfer to the Gaza Strip a small, symbolic amount of humanitarian aid and draw the attention of the world public opinion to the crisis on.
Greta Thunberg stopped by Israeli soldiers on the way to Palestine
The seizure of the yacht by Israeli soldiers took place from Sunday to Monday (June 8-9) and was confirmed by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to one of the passengers, French MEP Rima Hassan, the crew of the Freedom Flotilla was detained by Israeli soldiers in international waters around 2 am.
« Selfie yacht with ‘celebrities’ It sails safely to the banks of Israel. Passengers will return to home countries, « said the ministry on the website X.
The ministry also published a recording with activists and a comment: « All Selfie’s passengers are all and healthy. They got sandwiches and water. The performance is finished. »
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs assured that humanitarian aid transported by activists who did not remain « Eaten by celebrities »will go to the Gaza Strip.
« A small amount of help, which was on the yacht and was not eaten by ‘celebrities’, will be transferred to Gaza by real delivery channels of humanitarian aid, » said in a statement.
Earlier, the Minister of Defense of Israel, Yoaw Gallant, ordered the army to stop the Madleen yacht before reaching the Gaza Strip, describing this mission as « Propaganda efforts in favor of Hamas ».
In turn, Francesca Albanese, a special UN reporter for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, expressed support for the Flotilla of Freedom and encouraged further attempts to break the sea blockade. « Madleen’s journey may have ended, but the mission did not end. Every Mediterranean port must send boats with help and solidarity to gauze, » she wrote on X.
Israel from March this year. blocks the supplies of help to gauzethat – as the authorities argue this – to put pressure on Hamas. In their opinion, the blockade is necessary to prevent weapons from supplying a terrorist organization. It is currently allowed to be delivered only very limited the amount of humanitarian aid that does not cover the needs of the population.
Source: rp.pl
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