"We were kidnapped, stripped, zip-tied, blindfolded and sent to an internment camp on a police van without any access to food, to water, to legal support, he said. And for the next five days, on and off, we were psychologically tortured."
"In an audio message shared with Al Jazeera through the advocacy group Progressive International, Adler said he and another Jewish activist were picked out and forced to be photographed with Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. After interception, we were violently forced onto our knees into positions of submission, where the two Jews of the flotilla were taken by the ear and ripped from the group for a photo-op with Ben-Gvir, staring at the flag of the State of Israel, taunted by his goons, Adler said. He described his time in detention as a five-day nightmare of serial and systematic violations of our most basic rights."
"Adler, who is co-general coordinator at Progressive International, added that riot troops would raid the prison with attack dogs at night to terrify and terrorise the detainees. His testimony adds to the allegations of mistreatment of flotilla activists, who included climate campaigner Greta Thunberg. The flotilla a collection of more than 40 boats and 470 people from across the world aimed to break the Israeli blockade on Gaza, which has sparked a deadly hunger crisis in the territory."
David Adler, a United States citizen detained by Israel on the Global Sumud Flotilla, was released and deported to Jordan. After Israeli forces intercepted the flotilla in international waters, activists were taken to a prison complex in the Negev desert in southern Israel. Activists were kidnapped, stripped, zip-tied, blindfolded, denied food, water, and legal support, and endured on-and-off psychological torture over five days. Two Jewish activists were singled out and forced into a photo with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. Riot troops reportedly conducted night raids with attack dogs to terrorise detainees. The flotilla included more than 40 boats and about 470 people, including Greta Thunberg, aiming to breach the Israeli blockade on Gaza amid a severe hunger crisis.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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