Eight members of the Fleeta de la Libertad, before the judge to decide his deportation
Eight of the 12 passengers of the Fleeta de la Libertad, whose ship Mased He was intercepted on Monday by the Israel Army in what the Flotilla denounces as international waters, they will pass this Wednesday before an Israeli judge who will decide on their possible deportation, after the remaining four voluntarily accepted to be deported.
As explained by Loubna Tuma, Israeli lawyer of the legal team of the flotilla, the four people who accepted their immediate deportation are the Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg, who flew from Tel Aviv to France; Spanish activist Sergio Toribio, who was transferred to Barcelona on another flight, as well as the French Omar Faiad (journalist) and Baptiste Andre (activist).
The passengers of Masedsaid the lawyer, were led on Monday night, after their arrival at 9:00 p.m. (the 20.00 Spanish peninsular time) to the Israeli port of Ashdod escorted by the Israeli authorities, to the Ben Gurion airport of Tel Aviv, where “they had the opportunity to sign a document – before the immigration authorities – declaring that they entered Israel illegally and that they should be deported in 72 hours”.
The four people mentioned signed that document and the authorities proceeded to initiate their deportation. According to Tma, the rest, when refusing to do so, were arrested and entered the prison of the city of Ramla, close to Tel Aviv, to make this Tuesday available to a judge of that town.
The lawyer ensures that her current condition is detained according to Israeli law, although her defending team considers that they were actually “kidnapped” by the Israeli authorities, since their ship, they say, was 102 miles from the coast of Gaza, in international waters where Israel has no jurisdiction.
Thus, the Court of Review of Detentions for Immigration will analyze on Tuesday the allegations of its defense, which considers that they did not enter Israeli, so they cannot be intercepted or arrest.
“According to our experience, the judge will say that they must be deported,” said the lawyer, who considered “very positive” that the view occurs today, since according to Israeli law there are 96 hours to pass available to the judge. In this way, those who will be taken to the judicial headquarters are the French Rima Hassan (Europarliamentary of Palestinian origin), Pascal Maurrenas, Yanis Mhamdi and Reva Viard; Dutch Mark Van Rennes; the Turk Suayb Ordu; The Brazilian Thiago Avila and the German Yasemin Care.
THE FREEDAGE OF FREEDOM, aboard the ship Masedhe was heading to the Gaza Strip with humanitarian aid with the aim of breaking the blocking by Israel to access from basic goods (such as food, food or fuel) to the enclave. On March 2, Israel launched a total blockade at the entrance of humanitarian aid to Gaza, which ended on May 19 with the entrance of some trucks loaded, mostly, with flour and other foods. However, international organizations denounce that the help that has accessed Gaza since then is very insufficient to supply a population of 2.1 million people who had submitted to food deprivation almost three months. (EFE)
