“We were beaten and offended.” Activists from the Sumud Flotilla about the activities of Israel
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Saturday that it was deported to Turkey with another 137 activists from 13 countries, including 36 citizens of Turkey, from GSF, detained at night from Wednesday night, which flowed with humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
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As the Reuters agency reported, two activists said that Thunberg was treated badly during the arrest: she was pushed and forced to wear an Israeli flag. – They told us to kneel with their face to the ground. If we moved, they beat us. They made fun of us, offend and beat – said Paolo Romano, an Italian regional politician from Lombardy, quoted by the AFP agency. “We were treated like animals,” Romano added.
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejects the accusations
Another activist, 28-year-old Iylia Balais from Malaysia, said that the activists became shackles, they were also refused water and medicine.
Earlier, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs described reports of poor treatment of detainees as “complete lies”, and called activists “provocateurs”. After the landslore lands in Turkey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of this country Hakan Fidan called them “brave people who spoke to the conscience of humanity.”
The global Sumud Flotilla, consisting of about 40 boats and over 400 volunteers from 47 countries, was detained by the Israeli Navy in international waters at a distance of about 80 nautical miles from the Gaza Strip. Boats were also detained, at which there were members of the Polish delegation.
