He Minister of National Security of Israelthe far-right Itamar Ben Gvir, visited the activists of the Sumud Global Flotilla detained in the Ashdod port (south), and spread a video in which they appeared tied up and on the ground while mocks of them. He Government of Italy described this Wednesday as “unacceptable” las broadcast images for him Minister of National Security of IsraelItamar Ben Gvir, in which mocks of activists of the Flotilla Global Sumud tied to the ground, and announced the summons of the Israeli ambassador in Rome.
“Welcome to Israel!” the minister appears smiling while waving a national flag and, at their feet, you can see dozens of the kneeling activistswith his hands handcuffed behind his back and his head resting on the ground. The images also show the hundreds of detainees in that position crowded under the sun while a loudspeaker broadcasts the hymn of Israel.
“This is how we accept supporters of terrorism,” says the message on social network with which Ben Gvir accompanies the images. With it he reiterates the position of the Israeli governmentaccording to which the mission to deliver humanitarian aid to the population of Gaza and break the maritime blockade that Israel has imposed on Gaza since 2007 is a position of support for the Islamist group Hamas.
The legal center in Israel in charge of the defense of activists, Adalahdenounced in a statement what it describes as a “criminal policy of abuse and humiliation against activists”.
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“These events have occurred after Adalah documented similar patterns of mistreatment against activists from previous flotilla missions, for which Israel was not held accountable,” continues the text, with which Adalah called on the international community a take action.
Grabbed by the neck and tied up behind them, the activists walk in the images guided by Israeli police officers who cover their faces. Also at the beginning of the images, one of these agents reduces and grabs the head of a woman who shouts “Free Palestine!” as the head of National Security passes in front of her and pushes her to the ground.
Those around 430 activists detained by Israel in international waters are in the port of Ashdod, from where they may be either directly deported from the country or transferred to Israeli prisons such as Ketziot, in the Negev desert.
