On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron described the Humanitarian Gaza blockade by Israel as “scandal” and “shame” on Monday. At the same time, he called for reopening humanitarian corridors, peace of weapons and the release of the French members of the Madleen crew, which was detained by the Israeli army as it went with the help of the shore of the Palestinian enclave. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
Macron said this at the UN Oceans Conference, which has been held in Nice, France from Monday. He assured that he was following the situation of French nationals on the Maddleen yacht. On board there were 12 propalestine activists, including Swedish Greta Thunberg and French MEP of Palestinian origin Rima Hassan.
In Paris and at least five other French cities, a meeting was convened by the left -wing parties on Monday. According to AFP, the leader of the extreme left-wing stubborn France (LFI) Jean-Luc Mélenchon called the detention of the yacht by Israeli soldiers “piracy”.
The Israeli army took control of this ship at night for Monday, which, in addition to Thunberg and Hassanová, also sailed, for example, activist from Brazil Thiago avila and other activists from Turkey or Spain.
The army acted on the order of Israeli Defense Minister Jisrael Kac, who ordered her on Sunday to prevent the ship from arriving at the shores of Gaza. He declared that Israel will not allow anyone to disrupt the maritime blockade of the Gaza band and described the activist mission as a propaganda action to support the Palestinian militant Hamas movement.
Macron in the meantime called for the immediate liberation of French citizens who were between 12 activists on board a vessel Currently anchored in the Israeli port of Ašdod. According to him, the French government also appealed to Israel to ensure their “protection”.
