Israel deported Greta Thunberg after an intervention against a humanitarian ship in Gaza. Activists warned of the blockade causing serious consequences for the civilian population.
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday morning deported from Israel. The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which published her photo on the plane, informed about it on the X Social Network. Thunberg tried to enter the Gaza band on Monday with a group of other activists, writes TASR.
Israeli diplomacy informed without further details that Thunberg is on her way to Sweden, where she travels through France. Israel reported on Tuesday night that he would be deported.
The Swedish activist on Monday with a group of 12 other people on the Madleen humanitarian ship tried to bring help to the Gaza Strip, detained their Israeli armed forces that carry out the Naval Blocking of the Palestinian enclave. Madleen and the crew escorted to the Israeli port of Ašdod. In addition to Thunberg, there were also activist from Brazil Thiago avila, French MEP Rima Hassanová and other activists from France, Turkey and Spain.
The Adalah law firm informed the crew that Thunberg and three other people on board agreed to deport and leave Israel. Other activists refused to do so, were detained and their case will be dealt with by the Israeli authorities, writes AP.
The ship operated by the Propalestine Coalition of the Flot Freedom (FFC) coalition sailed under the flag of Britain, and 1 June sailed from the port city of Catania on the Italian island of Sicily. The aim was to deliver a symbolic amount of aid for civilians to Gaza on June 9 and raise international awareness of the humanitarian crisis caused by blocking the supply of help from Israel, which has been fighting Hamas in the Palestinian enclave for 20 months.
