Greta Thunberg
“Bring them home!” Thunberg wrote on Facebook.
The State Attorney’s Office petitioned a Haifa court to allow confiscation of ships seized while trying to breach the Gaza blockade.
Watch three activists try to figure out what to do next after a ceasefire in the Strip takes effect.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa claimed that flotilla participants had been abducted.
The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem called it “ignorance blinded by hate.”
All detained passengers are safe, healthy and will be promptly deported, the Foreign Ministry said.
“Interestingly enough, Greta herself and other detainees refused to expedite their deportation and insisted on prolonging their stay in custody,” said Israel’s Foreign Ministry.
Jerusalem noted that while it sought to expedite proceedings for all roughly 500 protesters, some have obstructed the legal process.
After the latest activists are deported, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition says another flotilla is on its way to Gaza.
“In Hamas’s own words: ‘We call for mobilizing all means to support the Global Steadfastness Flotilla heading to Gaza,’” the Israeli Foreign Ministry tweeted.
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist, and Rima Hassan, a French European parliamentarian of Palestinian origin, are among those participating in the flotilla.
Organizers of the North African contingent of the anti-Israel initiative cite “technical and logistical” issues after earlier weather setbacks.
