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Six more flotilla activists who tried to sail to Gaza deported from Israel
2025-06-13
[IsraelTimes] Group departing Israel includes French member of European Parliament Rima Hassan; remaining two activists, also French nationals, slated to be deported on Friday

Six additional activists from the Madleen boat that sought to break Israel’s naval blockade on Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
earlier this week were transferred to Ben Gurion Airport on Thursday to be deported from Israel.

Both the Foreign Ministry and the Adalah civil rights organization confirmed earlier that six more of the passengers were set to be deported on Thursday and early Friday, three days after their boat was intercepted by the IDF and towed to Ashdod.

They are Mark van Rennes from the Netherlands, Suayb Ordu from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
, Yasemin Acar from Germany, Thiago Avila from Brazil, Reva Viard from La Belle France and Rima Hassan, a French member of the European Parliament for the hard-left La Belle France Unbowed (LFI) party who is of Paleostinian descent.

"Six more passengers from the ’selfie yacht,’ including Rima Hassan, are on their way out of Israel," the Foreign Ministry wrote on X alongside photos of them in the airport and aboard planes. "Bye-bye—and don’t forget to take a selfie before you leave."

The two remaining activists, Pascal Maurieras and Yanis Mhamdi, both of whom are also French, are scheduled to be deported on Friday and will remain in jug at Givon Prison in Ramle until then.

Four activists from the Madleen waived their right to be brought before a judge and were therefore deported immediately on Tuesday, including Swedish climate and anti-Israel activist Greta "Pippi" Thunberg
...an autistic sixteen year old Swedish expert on climate change, though I guess she's older now...
The other eight challenged their detention after the Israeli navy intercepted the Madleen in international waters and towed the vessel to the Port of Ashdod. But the Detention Review Tribunal ruled that the naval blockade on Gaza is lawful under Israeli law and that the activists knowingly attempted to breach it and were therefore lawfully detained.

Adalah confirmed that Ordu and Acar had already been deported as of Thursday afternoon. Photos from the Foreign Ministry showed Hassan and Viard aboard a plane, as well as Avila boarding a flight with his guitar.

Adalah claimed that "while in jug, [the] volunteers were subjected to mistreatment, punitive measures and aggressive treatment, and two volunteers were held for some period of time in solitary confinement."

In a post on Instagram on Wednesday, Hassan claimed that she had been "placed in solitary confinement after writing ’Free Paleostine’ on the walls of her cell." She claimed that she had launched a hunger strike in protest, as had Avila.

Hassan could be seen in a photo from Ben Gurion Airport shared by the Foreign Ministry on Thursday eating a sandwich.

Related:
Madleen 06/11/2025 The Real Mastermind Behind Greta Thunberg's Gaza Flotilla
Madleen 06/10/2025 Detained flotilla activists brought to airport, with deportations to start in coming hours
Madleen 06/10/2025 Palestinian Mujahideen Movement condemns Israeli seizure of Madleen ship

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