Rima Hassan back in France after an eventful flight – Liberation
Turbulence in the air. The Franco-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan arrived this Thursday, June 12 in the evening at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle Airport, after a fussy Jerusalem-Paris flight due to a « Conflictual situation with other travelers »an airport source told AFP.
“There was a conflicting situation on board, with other travelers. Rima Hassan had to take refuge in the plane toilets, following a movement of hostile travelers ”, said this source, explaining that she had to be evacuated from the plane by the border police. A second French national, Reva Viard, was also on board.
Both had been arrested on Monday, alongside ten other people after The arrow of the sailboat by Israel Madleen In international waters, 185 km from the Gaza coast.
Detained for three days by Israel, the MEP was placed for a time for isolation « for writing « »Free Palestine « on the wall of its cell »had written on X the leader of LFI, Jean-Luc Mélenchon. His supporters called for a rally this Thursday evening, Place de la République in Paris, where it is said that Rima Hassan will be present. Shortly after her arrival on French soil, she published a photo on Instagram indicating: « Immediately Place de la République ».
A total of 10 French, German, Brazilian, Turkish, Swedish, Spanish and Dutch activists, which The Swedish Greta Thunbergand two French journalists had left Italy on June 1 aboard a sailboat for « Breaking the Israeli blockade » de Gaza, plagued by a disastrous humanitarian situation after more than twenty months of a war launched by the bloody attack of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on October 7, 2023 on Israel.
