Following its glorious sea battle against unarmed aid workers in international waters, Israel captured several of the world’s most wanted terrorists, such as October 7 mastermind Greta Thunberg. However, in an extraordinary act of mercy, Israel is letting most of them go. I can’t work it out either…
Israel has already proven it’s the good guy by spraying the Madleen with an unknown chemical, ramming the vessel, boarding it and making the crew throw their mobile phones overboard.
Israeli commandos were so nice during the encounter that they agreed not to kill anyone as long as they showed total obedience. In fact, the commandos showed such restraint that they didn’t even strip anyone naked. Well, not that I know of…
Israel was temporarily nice to the crew of the Madleen so it could get a propaganda picture and then it took them ashore where it tried to make them watch footage of October 7. When the crew refused, it demanded they sign deportation papers accepting they had illegally entered Israel, even though they were in international waters and it was Israel who took them to Israel!
I understand some of the Madleen crew signed the deportation papers and were sent on their way, but disgracefully, Rima Hassan refused to be repatriated. Apparently, she wouldn’t confess to something she hadn’t done because she has “principles”. Israel says it therefore has no choice but to keep her as a hostage, I mean an, um, prisoner.
Obviously, prisoner is the only accurate word to describe someone who is being illegally detained, having committed no crime. Hassan can’t be a hostage because she smiled defiantly and ate a sandwich and no hostage would ever eat a sandwich. It disrespects all those who were captured on October 7 to call Hassan a hostage, just because she is being held against her will after being abducted by armed men.
I’m not sure if you’re aware of this, but Hassan is Palestinian and it’s fine to treat Palestinians this way. It’s what Israel has always done x
@NicoleJenes1 We have just been informed that Rima has been moved from solitary back to Givon. Thiago remains in solitary. News as of 6pm Jerusalem time: Thiago Ávila and Rima Hassan are now held in solitary confinement under punitive and inhumane conditions: Thiago was placed in isolation in Ayalon Prison due to his ongoing hunger and thirst strike, which he began two days ago. He has also been treated aggressively by prison authorities, although this has not escalated to physical assault. Rima Hassan was placed in isolation under inhumane conditions in Neve Tirza Prison after writing “Free Palestine” on a wall in Givon Prison. She was moved to a small, windowless cell with extremely poor hygienic conditions and has been denied access to the prison yard. The others remain illegally detained by Israeli authorities. Adalah lawyers demands their immediate release and an end to retaliatory measures.
was left with skin irritations — very similar to those commonly seen on Palestinian detainees released from Israeli custody. Rights groups have long documented how Israeli prison authorities weaponize poor sanitation — spreading scabies, infections, and skin disease as a form of abuse. One of the groups leading that documentation is @Addameer
— a Palestinian prisoners’ rights organization that’s spent decades exposing arbitrary detention, torture, and medical neglect inside Israeli jails. This week, the Trump administration sanctioned Addameer, labeling it a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist” entity. The move freezes its assets, cuts off its funding, and criminalizes its work — a step designed to halt its documentation altogether.
refused to change out of her prison clothes and went directly, wearing them, to Place de la République in Paris upon her arrival at the airport: “My family was expelled from this land in 1948, and we were never able to return. I managed to tear off a small branch from an olive tree before being taken away, and it is with me—and it will stay with me until Palestinian refugees can truly return home!” In the second video she said: “I have one word for Israel: the next boat is preparing to set sail. It will be named Handala, and there will be as many boats as we need to break the siege.”