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Israel intercepted 42 boats with 450 activists from 47 countries delivering aid to Gaza and has begun repatriating detainees, including Mexicans, amid global protests.
- On Oct 7 night, 23 Malaysians arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport after being released from Ramon Airport and deported via Istanbul on Oct 5.
- On Oct 2, Israel intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla in the Mediterranean's Red Zone, detaining every volunteer on the 42-boat convoy carrying 450 activists from 47 countries.
- Among those returned were singers Heliza Helmi and Zizi Kirana, and the activists appeared spirited as families and hundreds of supporters waited in KLIA Terminal 1.
- Protests erupted globally from Buenos Aires to Barcelona, and hundreds of thousands in Italy joined a one-day general strike yesterday called by Italian unions in solidarity with the flotilla.
- Amid ongoing detentions in recent weeks, Sumud Nusantara Command Centre director-general Datuk Dr Sani Araby Abdul Alim Araby said the fight continues until Palestine is free, while activists demand sanctions and a 'full two ways arms embargo'.
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Mexicans detained since Oct. 1 by Israel while taking humanitarian aid to Gaza, are coming home
The Foreign Affairs Ministry (SRE) reported that the six Mexicans who were detained by Israel while carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza have already left that country to be repatriated to Mexico. The detention of peaceful aid providers had alarmed President Claudia Sheinbaum and prompted Mexico to join other countries in filing a complaint with the International Court of Justice in The Hague. The SRE statement said that the activists were transfe…
According to the Mexican Foreign Ministry, these connationals were taken to Amman, Jordan, where they were received by the Mexican ambassador to that country.
The Foreign Minister informs that the six Mexicans who were detained in Israel have already left the country and started their repatriation to Mexico.
Mexican activists detained in Israel coming home
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The Mexican government says Israel has authorized the repatriation of six activists detained while trying to deliver aid to Palestinians. The six were part of the Sumud flotilla intercepted by the Israeli military some 70 miles off the coast of Gaza on Oct. 1. The three men and three women from Mexico late Monday remained jailed at Ketziot prison in the Negev desert in southern Israel. Greta Thunberg among f…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that the Ambassador of Mexico to Israel will accompany you on your return trip.
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