Israel deports Greta Thunberg and other activists to Greece and Slovakia

Among the 161 arriving successful Athens, MEP Rima Hassan reports that she was ‘beaten’ by Israeli constabulary officers.

Swedish activistic Greta Thunberg has arrived successful Greece on with 160 different campaigners from the Global Sumud Flotilla, having been deported by Israel.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced connected X connected Monday that it had expelled a full of 171 activists from the flotilla’s ships, which were intercepted past week portion trying to bring assistance to blockaded Gaza. This brings the full deported truthful acold up to 341.

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The Greek Foreign Ministry confirmed that 161 of the expelled activists — including 27 Greeks and 134 nationals from 15 different countries — arrived connected a formation to Athens connected Monday, according to quality bureau AFP.

“Let maine beryllium precise clear. There is simply a genocide going on,” Thunberg told the assemblage astatine the Athens airport, referring to Israeli subject enactment successful Gaza.

“Our international systems are betraying Palestinians. They are not adjacent capable to forestall the worst warfare crimes from happening,” she said, successful comments carried by AFP.

“What we aimed to bash with the Global Sumud Flotilla was to measurement up erstwhile our governments failed to bash their ineligible obligation,” she added.

The 22-year-old was allegedly abused by Israeli forces portion successful detention. Turkish writer and Sumud Flotilla subordinate Ersin Celik earlier told section media however Thunberg was “dragged connected the ground” and “forced to buss the Israeli flag”.

Slovakia’s Foreign Ministry, meanwhile, confirmed that 10 of the deportees had arrived there, including 1 of its nationals and 9 different radical from the Netherlands, Canada and the United States.

‘Long unrecorded the flotilla’

Crowds of demonstrators welcomed the activists, unfurling a immense Palestinian emblem successful the arrivals hallway and chanting: “Freedom for Palestine” and “Long unrecorded the flotilla!”

Among those arriving successful Athens, Rima Hassan, a French-Palestinian subordinate of the European Parliament, reported having been deed by Israeli constabulary aft the flotilla was intercepted.

“I was beaten by 2 constabulary officers erstwhile they enactment maine successful the van,” she told AFP.

Hassan said she and different detainees were kept successful groups of up to 15 per compartment connected mattresses successful a high-security Israeli prison.

The flotilla departed from Barcelona successful Spain successful aboriginal September and was intercepted by the Israeli navy successful planetary waters approaching Gaza.

Israeli constabulary said much than 470 radical aboard the flotilla boats were arrested. The Foreign Ministry told AFP that 138 flotilla participants remained successful detention successful Israel.