#humanitarian-flotilla

[ follow ]
fromBoston.com
1 week ago

Q&A: Mass. brothers detained from Gaza aid flotilla speak out about prison experience, react to ceasefire deal

Adnaan and Tor Stumo, the two Massachusetts men who were detained by Israeli forces while aboard a volunteer flotilla bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza, were released earlier this month. The same day they returned home to the United States, a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas officially came into effect. The brothers, who grew up in a political family, aren't new to activism, especially not for Palestine. Ralph Nader, a lawyer and political activist, is their great uncle.
World news
US politics
fromSFGATE
2 weeks ago

Calif. congressman calls for the release of LA journalist detained by Israel

Rep. Jimmy Gomez demands immediate State Department action to secure the safe treatment, consular access, and release of detained U.S. journalist Emily Wilder.
World news
fromMission Local
3 weeks ago

S.F.-born flotilla detainee Logan Hollarsmith to be returned, destination unknown

Eighteen U.S. citizens, including Logan Hollarsmith, will be involuntarily deported from Israel within 24 hours; passports returned after the plane exits Israeli airspace.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Gaza flotilla members allege beatings and insults in Israeli detention

I was beaten from the moment we entered the port until the very end, said Saverio Tommasi, an Italian journalist. Blows to my back, blows to my head and they [the Israeli soldiers] laughed, laughed at all of it. Anyone who failed to keep their eyes down was punished with a hit to the head. Israeli forces intercepted all the boats of the Global Sumud flotilla (GSF), carrying more than 400 people including parliamentarians and the environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg, last week.
World news
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

Israel dismantles Gaza humanitarian flotilla but one boat sails on

Israeli forces dismantled a 44-boat humanitarian flotilla, detaining about 500 activists; only the Polish-flagged yacht Marinette continues toward Gaza.
#gaza-blockade
[ Load more ]