Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who was among the 12 pro-palestinian activists of the ship for Gaza organized by Israel, is aboard a plane this Tuesday, June 10 to Sweden, which will pass through France, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel.
“Greta Thunberg leaves Israel on a plane to Sweden (through France),” said the ministry in his X account, where he published a photo of the activist sitting in a passenger seat.
The activist was on a sailboat, with the French Eurodiputa Rima Hassan and another 10 activists, who left Italy on June 1 to “break the Israeli block” in Gaza, dams of a disastrous humanitarian situation after more than eighteen months of war. “Organized” During the night from Sunday to Monday by the Israeli armyHe arrived at the Israeli port of Ashod on Monday night.
Then, the activists were transferred to Tel Aviv airport for repatriation, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Tuesday. “Those who refuse to sign the expulsion documents and leave Israel will be translated into a judicial authority, in accordance with Israeli law, to authorize their expulsion,” said the ministry of X, added that activists had met the consuls of their respective countries at the airport.
A Frenchman accepted the expulsion
Among the six French of the crew, five will be “a process of forced expulsion,” said Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barot, on Tuesday, June 10.
“One of our compatriots has chosen to sign the Israeli form that accepts its expulsion accompanied without waiting for the decision of the Court. It should recover France today. The other five have decreased and their possible expulsion will take place after the decision of the Israeli judge in the next few days,” said Jean-Noël Barrot in a statement on Tuesday.
According to their written statement, French activists “were transferred during the night to the Ramlé detention Center, near the airport” Tel Aviv.
The For Liberty flotilla coalition, launched in 2010, is a non -violent international movement to support the Palestinians, combining humanitarian aid and political protest against Gaza’s blockade.
France has “approved all messages” to Israel to “the protection” of its nationals “be insured” and that “they can find French land,” said President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, Monday, Monday. denouncing as a “scandal” the humanitarian blockade In Gaza. Tens of thousands of people gathered Monday night in France in the call on the left in support of these activists.
“The French diplomatic and consular team in Tel Aviv will remain in contact with our nationals, as allows consular protection, to guarantee their status until their return to France,” the head of French diplomacy said on Tuesday, specifying that “the calls for information to the relatives were made to five of them as soon as the visits when consular, that is after 3 in the morning.” Isoumis, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, had punished a few hours before in X the “nullity of French services” by stating that the families of the nationals held in Israel had no “news.”
Source: BFM TV
