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(MENAFN) The sister of Irish President Catherine Connolly was reportedly among activists detained after Israeli forces intercepted a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international waters.

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(MENAFN) Swiss authorities have expressed strong concern over how Gaza-bound flotilla activists were treated after their detention, stating that the conduct appears to conflict with international legal standards and basic rights protections....

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(MENAFN) Israeli settlers began establishing an illegal settlement outpost in the village of Umm al-Khair in the Masafer Yatta region of Hebron governorate in the southern occupied West Bank on Wednesday, erecting structures under army protection,...

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(MENAFN) Nineteen Greek activists, illegally detained by Israel aboard the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, arrived in Athens on Friday and delivered harrowing firsthand accounts of mistreatment and torture endured while in Israeli custody.

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(MENAFN) France has barred a senior Israeli cabinet minister from entering French territory and is pressing the European Union to impose formal sanctions against him, marking one of the sharpest European diplomatic rebukes of an Israeli official...

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(MENAFN) Former US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has voiced apprehension regarding the condition of Christians in the occupied West Bank, emphasizing the effects of Israeli settlement expansion and military-imposed limitations in the city...

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(MENAFN) Greek campaigners who were unlawfully held by Israel after joining the Global Sumud Flotilla headed toward Gaza returned to Athens on Friday, describing alleged mistreatment and torture they say they endured during their detention period....

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(MENAFN) Israeli military operations continued Saturday in both the Gaza Strip and Lebanon despite ceasefire arrangements remaining officially in place, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Two German activists returned home Saturday from Israeli detention with firsthand accounts of abuse and torture, delivering stark testimony after their arrest at sea aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.

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(MENAFN) Two German activists involved in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla have accused Israeli forces of mistreatment and torture after returning to Germany on Saturday.

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(MENAFN) The United Nations expressed concern on Friday following reports that activists detained after Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza were subjected to abuse and degrading treatment, according to...

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(MENAFN) Itamar Ben-Gvir has been banned from entering France following what French officials described as unacceptable conduct linked to the treatment of activists involved in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.

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(MENAFN) According to reports, tensions escalated at Bilbao Airport in Spain when police and supporters of the Global Sumud Flotilla clashed following the arrival of activists who had been detained in Israel.

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(MENAFN) The United Nations has raised serious concern following allegations of abuse and degrading treatment of activists who were detained after Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud humanitarian aid flotilla en route to Gaza. UN...

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(MENAFN) Members of the European Parliament have criticized Israel over the reported treatment of activists detained from the Global Sumud Flotilla, after Israeli forces intercepted the vessels in international waters earlier this week, according...

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(MENAFN) Finland has said it will request an explanation from Israel’s ambassador regarding the treatment of activists detained from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, according to statements from the Finnish Foreign Ministry.

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(MENAFN) The Global Sumud Flotilla said Tuesday that Israeli military vessels have continued intercepting and boarding its humanitarian convoy in international waters as it attempts to reach the Gaza Strip.

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(MENAFN) Members of the European Parliament have criticized Israel over its treatment of activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla after Israeli forces intercepted and detained them in international waters earlier this week.

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(MENAFN) Israeli forces have intercepted a Gaza-bound humanitarian convoy at sea, with organizers saying vessels were boarded while still in international waters near Cyprus, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Before any law was ever codified, before civilization inscribed its moral principles into scripture or statute, one right stood above all others in its simplicity and self-evidence: that a child deserves to live.