It is an “illegal” arrest for Manon Aubry. The guest at BFMTV-RMC this Monday, June 9, the Eurodiputa Insumise denounced the intervention of the Israeli army to arrest and confuse the boat that tried to join Gaza to provide humanitarian aid, on which the Eurotuputé Rima Hassan and the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg are found.
“The only thing against them is to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip that has faced a humanitarian block for months (…) The only ones who should be in prison and arrested are Israeli leaders who commit a genocide,” Manon Aubry said.
“Rima Hassan benefits from parliamentary immunity”
According to the MEP, the arrest of the 12 passengers in the boat is “illegal with respect to international law in several aspects.
“First because they were arrested in international waters, (…) So because my colleague Rima Hassan benefits from parliamentary immunity,” he said.
“I call the president of the European Parliament to ask him to act, to request the release of the entire crew,” Manon Aubry added.
“What are France waiting to condemn?”
“Seven hours after the illegal arrest by Israel of 12 people, including 6 French nationals in #FlotilladelAlibété, the French authorities have not yet had a word of reaction,” wrote the Coordinator of Insoumise France, Manuel Bompard. “What awaits France condemn this new violation of international law and support their nationals detained abroad?”
This Monday morning, the French Foreign Ministry said it was “in relation to Israeli authorities to avoid any incident” during army intervention.
“As soon as the ship is organized, we ask to be able to exercise our consular protection towards them. Our consulate requested to be able to visit them as soon as they have joined the port of Ashdod, to guarantee their situation and facilitate their rapid return to France,” said Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barot, in a press release.
HE VOIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FREEDOM FLOTILLA COALITION It began from Italy on June 1 to “break the Israeli block” in Gaza, plagued by a disastrous humanitarian situation after more than a year and a half of war. After a stop in Egypt, he approached Gaza despite the warnings of Israel, who had given the order to his army to avoid it.
A call for mobilization on Monday of the République Monday
After the interception of the ship, the organization also pointed out a “manifest violation of international laws.” “Israel has no legal authority to maintain international volunteers aboard the Madleen,” said his manager, Huwaida Arraf. The same accusation of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who asked X to “mobilizations” on Monday “everywhere in France” in support of the boat and “for the end of the genocide in Gaza”.
A call to which Manon Aubry joined, asking for a manifestation in Paris Place of the Republique at 6 pm to ask the European Commission and Emmanuel Macron to act. “The accomplice and the loose silence of those who do not face this genocide, facing this illegal arrest, is a complicity and history will judge them,” he said.
Source: BFM TV
