US EditionIs Israel’s Interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla Legal?
The flotilla said 175 activists were detained, and rights groups condemned the seizure as unlawful while Spain and Brazil sought releases.
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Athens. Members of the Global Sumud Flotilla denounced yesterday “interception attempts” of four vessels of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and warned of an increase in Israeli military pressure against them, just a few days after 22 ships were hijacked by the Israeli navy in international waters near the Greek coasts.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) received the Mexican woman on the weekend who was intercepted by Israeli authorities while travelling with the Flotilla Sumud. According to the SRE, the Mexican woman identified as Abril Rojas Ruiz was received by the Director General of Consular Protection at Mexico City International Airport (AICM). SRE received Mexican intercepted by IsraelAbril Rojas Ruiz was arrested by Israeli authorities while travell…
Abril Rojas, the Mexican woman who was traveling on one of the boats with humanitarian aid for Gaza and who was intercepted by Israel last Thursday, returned to Mexico this weekend, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) in a statement this Monday. The crew member of the Global Sumud Flotilla is one of 175 people of 33 nationalities detained in international waters. In the other 55 boats were traveling seven more Mexicans, but they w…
Mediterranean crisis: Israel intercepts Gaza-bound Flotilla in international waters
Israeli naval forces attacked a 54-boat civilian flotilla in international waters off Crete on April 29, seizing 21 vessels and detaining 179 participants from 33 countries in the largest such interception since 2010. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition accused Israel of illegal kidnapping and organizers anticipate detainees will be deported and slapped with a 10-to-100-year reentry ban to Israel and the occupied West Bank. The flotilla's mission w…
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