Israeli authorities early Monday morning intercepted a ship headed to Gaza with climate activist Greta Thunberg and Franco-Palestinian Member of the European Parliament Rima Hassan on board.
“If you are seeing this video, it is because we were intercepted either by the State of Israel or by forces complicit with the State of Israel. We count on your mobilization to put pressure on the French government to demand our release,” Hassan said in a video published by the European Parliament’s Left group, to which she belongs.
The Madleen — operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and dubbed the Freedom Flotilla — left Italy on June 1 carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza’s civilian population to “break the Israeli blockade.”
“The ‘selfie yacht’ of the ‘celebrities’ is safely making its way to the shores of Israel. The passengers are expected to return to their home countries,” Israel’s foreign ministry said in a post on social media. “They were provided with sandwiches and water. The show is over.”
