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Spokesperson for the Norwegian contingent says ten Norwegian activists have been apprehended by Egyptian authorities.

"Torsdag morgen sier organisasjonens norske gren at ti norske aktivister er pågrepet i Egypt.

– Noen er blitt arrestert, noen fikk ikke gå gjennom kontrollen på flyplassen, sier talsperson Susan Abdallah til NRK."

nrk.no/urix/norske-palestina-a

#BreakTheSiege #Gaza #FFC
#GlobalMarchToGaza #FreePalestine

NRK · Norske Palestina-aktivister pågrepet i Egypt, ifølge organisasjonIsrael ba Egypt om å stoppe Global March to Gaza-aktivister fra å nå frem til Gazastripen. Onsdag ble flere pågrepet av egyptisk politi, ifølge organisasjonen.

#GretaThunberg deported, #Israel says, after #GazaAid boat intercepted

Jaroslav Lukiv & David Gritten, BBC News
June 10, 2025

"Israel says it has deported Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, a day after the Gaza-bound aid boat she and 11 other people were on was intercepted by Israeli forces in the Mediterranean.

"Thunberg departed Tel Aviv on Tuesday morning on a flight to France after she agreed to be deported, the Israeli foreign ministry said.

"France said five of the six French citizens detained alongside her had refused to sign their deportation orders and would now be subject to judicial proceedings.

"The #FreedomFlotilla Coalition (#FFC), the activist group operating the yacht The #Madleen, has demanded the immediate release of everyone detained.

The vessel was intercepted early on Monday while the activists tried to deliver a 'symbolic' amount of aid to #Gaza in defiance of Israel's maritime blockade and highlight the #HumanitarianCrisis there."

Read more:
bbc.com/news/articles/c5y264x3

Israeli foreign ministry handout photo showing Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg on board a plane from Israel to France (10 June 2025)
bbc.comGreta Thunberg deported, Israel says, after Gaza aid boat interceptedThe activists' yacht, which was trying to carry aid to Gaza, was intercepted by Israeli forces in the early hours of Monday.

From #FFC s telegram:

"Freedom Flotilla Coalition Update:

The FFC confirms that 4 of the 12 abducted from international waters have been deported, while 8 remain unjustly detained. Israel is handling the custody of all 12 as though they had entered illegally—even though they were forcibly abducted from international waters and brought into Israel against their will."

“For decades, Israel has been hijacking boats in international waters between Cyprus and Lebanon, killing or kidnapping passengers, sometimes bringing them to prisons in Israel including secret prison/torture chambers, sometimes holding them as hostages for many years. Israel assumes that it can carry out such crimes with impunity because the US tolerates them and Europe generally follows the US lead.”

Noam Chomsky, 2010

aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/6/

@palestine
#FFC
#FreedomFlotilla

Al Jazeera · The Freedom Flotilla achieved its missionBy Yara Hawari
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It urged “the European Union, the United Nations, and the entire international community to strongly condemn this illegal detention, demand the immediate and unconditional release of all crew members, and urge Israeli authorities to allow immediate and unimpeded entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza”.

“Solidarity is not a crime, genocide is,” it added. “Free the Freedom Flotilla crew.”

#EU
#Madleen
#FFC

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“The arrest of the crew members and the confiscation of aid intended for a population in immediate humanitarian distress is unacceptable, and is clearly part of a wider strategy to starve and massacre Palestinians in Gaza while hiding Israeli war crimes from the world,” it added.

#EU
#Madleen
#FFC

‘Solidarity is not a crime’, says left-wing European Parliament group

A left-wing political group in the European Parliament has denounced Israel’s seizure of the Madleen as a “blatant violation of international law”.

“This interception, carried out outside Israeli territorial waters, constitutes a blatant violation of international law, including maritime and humanitarian law,” said The Left in the European Parliament, with 46 members.
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@palestine
#EU
#Madleen
#FFC

Starvation, famine continues in Israel-occupied Gaza 🤬

Israel intercepts Gaza-bound aid ship, detaining Greta Thunberg and other prominent activists

“Israel has intercepted a #Gaza-bound aid ship carrying #GretaThunberg and other prominent activists, detaining those onboard and taking them to #Israel.

The #FreedomFlotillaCoalition (#FFC) earlier said the Israeli military had boarded the “Madleen,” which was attempting to deliver aid to Gaza - where more than 600 days of war, and an 11-week Israeli blockade of all aid, has pushed the enclave’s 2.1 million people deeper into a hunger crisis.”

cnn.com/2025/06/08/middleeast/

“If any other state had sent its military forces to seize a small civilian boat carrying 12 unarmed civilians to deliver food, baby formula and crutches to a besieged population, it would immediately be recognised for the act of state piracy that it indisputably is.”

“But for Israel, there’s always an exception.”

“This is not only an act of state piracy. It’s in direct violation of the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ)."

@palestine
#Madleen
#FFC

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🔔 Update 📢 ISR Navy has confirmed that the #Madleen, an activist boat headed for #gaza, is being towed to Israel after troops boarded the vessel

Israel’s Foreign Ministry stated that the boat, dubbed the "selfie yacht," is safely en route to Israeli shores, with passengers expected to return to their home countries.

#FreedomFlotilla #FFC

📰 Report: Al Mayadeen JUN-09 4:40 Beirut-t

english.almayadeen.net/news/po

Israel confirms overtaking Madleen, activists to be sent home
Al Mayadeen English · 'Israel' confirms overtaking Madleen, activists to be sent homeBy Al Mayadeen English

‘If you see this video, we are being intercepted and kidnapped’

Greta Thunberg has shared a pre-recorded video appealing for international help.

“My name is Greta Thunberg, and I am from Sweden,” Thunberg said in the video recorded on board the Madleen, before tonight’s events.

“If you see this video, we are being intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel,” she said.

@palestine
#Madleen
#FreedonFlotilla
#FFC

🔴 COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE DE LA FRANCE INSOUMISE

Interception du navire Freedom Flotilla par Israël : arrestation illégale de 12 humanitaires et activistes pacifistes, dont l’eurodéputée française Rima Hassan et l’activiste suédoise Greta Thunberg.

9 juin 2025

Nous exprimons notre plus vive indignation suite à l’interception, cette nuit, par les autorités israéliennes, du navire Freedom Flotilla, transportant de l’aide humanitaire à destination de la population civile de Gaza, soumise à un blocus total depuis le 2 mars 2025.

À bord du navire se trouvaient 12 humanitaires et activistes pacifistes, engagés dans une mission strictement civile et non-violente. Parmi eux, l’eurodéputée française Rima Hassan et l’activiste climatique suédoise Greta Thunberg, figures reconnues pour leur engagement en faveur des droits humains et de la justice internationale.

Cette interception, opérée en dehors des eaux territoriales israéliennes, constitue une violation flagrante du droit international, notamment du droit maritime et du droit humanitaire. L’arrestation des membres de l’équipage et la saisie de l’aide destinée à une population en détresse humanitaire immédiate sont inacceptables.

Nous appelons les États, l’Union européenne, les Nations unies et l’ensemble de la communauté internationale à :

▪️Condamner fermement cette arrestation illégale

▪️Exiger la libération immédiate et inconditionnelle de l’ensemble des membres de l’équipage ;

▪️Faire pression sur les autorités israéliennes pour qu’elles laissent passer sans entrave l’aide humanitaire vers Gaza, conformément au droit international

Il est du devoir de toutes les nations attachées aux droits humains de ne pas rester silencieuses face à ces violations flagrantes du droit international commises par Israël.

La solidarité n’est pas un crime. Libérez l’équipage de la Freedom Flotilla !

Nous saluons les personnes qui engagent une veillée place République cette nuit. Ce lundi 9 juin, RDV partout en France pour des mobilisations en soutien à la Flottille de la Liberté et pour la fin du génocide à Gaza. À Paris, 18H Place de la République.

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🚨🚨🚨The #Madleen is currently under assault in international waters. Quadcopters are surrounding the ship, spraying it with a white irritant substance. Communications are jammed, and disturbing sounds are being played over the radio.

(Message from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition official channel) #ffc