US EditionSpain to Submit ICC Complaint Against Israel over Attack on Global Sumud Flotilla
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Israel and the Global Sumud Flotilla
Showing that cloddishness that we have come to expect from them, Israel’s detention of the activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) was a coarse and violent affair. Having been intercepted in international waters on route to Gaza to break the Israeli-imposed blockade, the 470 or so activists, hailing from some fifty countries travelling on 40 boats, were duly taken to the Ketziot prison complex in the Negev desert in southern Israel. Accordi…
All international activists are back on their way home after their illegal detention in Israel. And all report violence from the Israeli authorities. Spain moves before the ICC.
The Global Sumud Flotilla was seized by the Israeli military last Wednesday night, and a second flotilla set sail for Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid and break the blockade. The Freedom Flotilla and Thousand Madleens flotilla have also been seized, and 140 activists have been arrested.
Photo: Dani Gago. All the participants of the Flotilla, except Reyes Rigo, are already on Spanish soil. 27 members of the Flotilla Global Sumud landed on the night of October 6 in Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao. They denounce the mistreatment received by the Israeli forces and have been subjected to physical and psychological punishment. On the night of Monday, October 6, 2025, they arrived in Barajas, from Athens and on a plane of the Spanish Air…
Spain to file ICC complaint over Israel’s mistreatment of Sumud flotilla activists
Press TV – October 7, 2025 Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska has suggested that legal measures might be pursued at the International Criminal Court (ICC) following reports from Spanish citizens on board the Global Sumud Flotilla regarding mistreatment by Israeli guards during their custody. “I am concerned as a minister, and I am concerned as a Spanish citizen, and simply as a person, about any violation of a fundamental right, …
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