{"id":6793,"date":"2026-05-21T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/israel-begins-deporting-gaza-aid-flotilla-activists-amid-global-outcry\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T13:41:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:41:00","slug":"israel-begins-deporting-gaza-aid-flotilla-activists-amid-global-outcry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/israel-begins-deporting-gaza-aid-flotilla-activists-amid-global-outcry\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel begins deporting Gaza aid flotilla activists amid global outcry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Israel\u2019s treatment of the hundreds of abductees has been condemned by several countries, including key allies.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"297\">Israel says it has deported all the foreign activists abducted by Israeli forces who stormed a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/5\/19\/gaza-aid-flotilla-organisers-say-41-boats-intercepted-10-still-sailing#:~:text=Foreign%20ministers%20of%2010%20countries,blatant%20violation%20of%20international%20law.&#038;text=The%20last%20vessel%20of%20an,forces%2C%20according%20to%20the%20organisers.\">Gaza aid flotilla<\/a> earlier this week, following global outcry over their treatment in custody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll foreign activists from the PR flotilla have been deported from Israel. Israel will not permit any breach of the lawful naval blockade on Gaza,\u201d Israel\u2019s foreign ministry spokesman Oren Marmorstein said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/5\/20\/us-imposes-sanctions-on-gaza-flotilla-organisers-why-it-matters\">US imposes sanctions on Gaza flotilla organisers: Why it matters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/5\/20\/israels-ben-gvir-publishes-video-taunting-detained-flotilla-activists\">Israel\u2019s Ben-Gvir publishes video taunting detained flotilla activists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/5\/20\/us-condemns-israels-ben-gvir-while-sanctioning-gaza-flotilla-organisers\">US condemns Israel\u2019s Ben-Gvir while sanctioning Gaza flotilla organisers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"297\">Earlier, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Adalah, told Al Jazeera\u00a0that most of the roughly 430 abducted activists were being transported to Ramon Airport in southern Israel, from where they would be deported. The rest will be deported from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"486\" data-end=\"675\">On Tuesday evening, Israeli forces finished intercepting the last of the more than 50 boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla as they were sailing towards Gaza in international waters.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"677\" data-end=\"928\">The abductions were widely condemned, with the foreign ministers of 10 countries, including Spain, Brazil and India, slamming Israeli forces\u2019 actions as \u201cblatant violations of international law and international humanitarian law\u201d. Israel\u2019s treatment of the activists has since been condemned by more countries, including several key allies.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"677\" data-end=\"928\">The criticism comes after far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video on X on Wednesday of him taunting activists who were kneeling on the floor with their hands tied behind their backs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1225\" data-end=\"1532\">In response, several nations, including France, Canada, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands, summoned the Israeli ambassadors to their capitals to express their outrage. Meanwhile, European Council President Antonio Costa said he was \u201cappalled\u201d by Ben-Gvir\u2019s behaviour, calling it \u201ccompletely unacceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1225\" data-end=\"1532\">Italy has demanded an apology from Israel. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani contacted European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, requesting that sanctions against Ben-Gvir be discussed at the bloc\u2019s next meeting of foreign ministers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1225\" data-end=\"1532\">Ben-Gvir\u2019s behaviour prompted a rare rebuke from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1225\" data-end=\"1532\">\u201cIsrael has every right to prevent provocative flotillas of Hamas terrorist supporters from entering our territorial waters and reaching Gaza. However, the way that Minister Ben-Gvir dealt with the flotilla activists is not in line with Israel\u2019s values and norms,\u201d said Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1534\" data-end=\"1851\">\u201cIt really goes to show how much Israeli authorities wanted to make a show out of [this] and how it\u2019s very much an extension of the Israeli treatment towards Palestinians, which obviously gets a lot less of a public outcry,\u201d Miriam Azem, the international advocacy coordinator at Adalah, told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2094\" data-end=\"2362\">On Thursday, the \u2060French \u2060Foreign Ministry said \u2060Israeli authorities are currently \u2060deporting 37 \u2060French nationals who were part \u200cof the group to Turkiye.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2094\" data-end=\"2362\">Earlier, Turkiye announced it was sending chartered flights to Israel to repatriate some of its citizens and those of third countries, including Spanish nationals. Jordan has confirmed that two of its nationals have returned home via the southern crossing with Israel.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2364\" data-end=\"2737\">Reporting from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera\u2019s Nida Ibrahim said the ongoing deportations were the fastest Israel has ever carried out, as it scrambles to contain the public relations damage caused by Ben-Gvir\u2019s video. Ibrahim added that many Palestinians believe the incident has gained more international attention because those mistreated were from foreign countries.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2739\" data-end=\"3047\">Among those detained was an Israeli citizen, Zohar Regev, who attended a court hearing in Ashkelon on Thursday after she was accused of illegally entering Israel.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2739\" data-end=\"3047\">\u201cThis shows you the level of Israeli anger, the level of Israeli frustration at these continued flotillas that will disrupt Israel\u2019s image,\u201d Ibrahim reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel\u2019s treatment of the hundreds of abductees has been condemned by several countries, including key allies. 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