Insumise France requests a “urgency” audience by Emmanuel Macron on the arrest of the four French who remain detained in an Israel detention center after the arrest of his boat along the way to Gaza.
“The illegal arrest of Rima Hassan, MEP, journalist of Yanis Mhamdi, Reva Seifert-Viard, Environmental Activist and Pascal Maurojeres, Sea Engineer in Israeli prisons is intolerable,” wrote Mathilde Panot, Manuel Bompard and Martine Aubry in a letter.
“We are urgently asking for an audience of the President of the Republic,” they called.
“Violation of International Law”
“This detention continues to the interception, just as illegal, in the international waters of the Madleen sailboat of the Freedom Flotilla,” wrote the leaders of the rebellious France, denouncing a “flagrant violation of international law, in particular the maritime law and humanitarian law.”
According An online trackerThe boat was at the time of its arrest in international waters. According to Benjamin Fiorini, Private Law Professor, Contacted by BFMTVThis law “is not at all in accordance with international law.” Israel has no sovereignty in the area where interception took place.
Greta Thunberg denounced on her side during her repatriation “Kidnapping in international waters”. The French ambassador to Israel, Joshua Zarkka, said that the organized ship was made in Israeli waters, rejecting accusations of violation of international law.
The four French still held in Israel will be expelled
Insumise France informs Emmanuel Macron that “he referred to health and respect for the rights of our fellow citizens.”
Therefore, the movement asks France to “work by all immediate means and without prisoners and to enforce our country and international law.” Mathilde Panot, Manuel Bombard and Manon Aubry deplored a government “below the situation.”
This Wednesday, the Chief of French diplomacy announced that the four French passengers of the Madleen humanitarian ship still selected in Israel will be expelled on Thursday and Friday.
Among the 12 people aboard the humanitarian sailboat for Gaza, the Madleen, two French had agreed to be expelled on Tuesday, while another four had refused with the expectation of a judicial decision, the Chief of French diplomacy said on Tuesday.
“Instrumentalization”
Since the arrest of these 12 people, the government and the rebellious France have been passing the passes of arms.
This Tuesday, the Government accused France rebel of having “wrapped the crisis services” of the quai d’Orsay encouraging their support to arrest the French authorities on the passengers of the “Fluilla of the Liberté”.
The next day, François Bayrou denounced for his part “instrumentalization” for “political activists” to whom we should not lend ourselves. “
Source: BFM TV
