May 22, 2026

Activists released from Israeli custody after being detained on a flotilla trying to bring aid to Gaza were subjected to abuse, organizers said on Friday, with several hospitalized with injuries and at least 15 reporting sexual assaults, including rape. Sean Hogan has more.

  • frongt@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    The aid flotilla should hire private security and repel boarders. They were in international waters and not violating any laws. (And even if they were, nothing justifies this.)

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      This would very quickly be spun to make the flotilla look violent, and would be used as justification for sinking the entire thing. Israel tolerates (if that’s even the right word for it…) the flotilla so far, because outright sinking them would be too blatant. But if the flotilla starts shooting, Israel (and their absolutely massive propaganda network) will inevitably spin it to make it look like Israel has no choice but to sink the ships and kill everyone on board.

    • Babalugats@feddit.ukOP
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      2 months ago

      At a guess, the word ‘allege’ is used, because the Israeli government are litigious.

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      2 months ago

      Do you have a link? Have not seen any such things and find it odd that they exist to being with. But it they really dehumanize them that much, I guess they really think it is fine.

  • Puddinghelmet@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Yoooooo if Israel tortures and abuses European human rights activitists in broad daylight, imagine what they do in the dark to palestinians… Horrifying, and trump is protecting this from European sanctions? When is America gonna riot? We strike for way less in Europe tbh

    That israeli minister Ben-Gvir posted the abuse on his own twitter account: https://xcancel.com/itamarbengvir/status/2057046925417824697#m

    Injuries: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskBalkans/comments/1tk8ebb/turkish_flotilla_activists_have_finally_arrived/

    Dutch reporter who was on Flotilla talks about his experience after being kidnapped by Israel: https://youtube.com/shorts/iBEddBAuDR0

    BBC video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjRwBcbuubU

    Why is Trump protecting Israels abuse and terror from European sanctions? Americans cant be bothered to force trumps hand with strikes? Meanwhile Europeans: (who also strike for way less)

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      2 months ago

      Yoooooo if Israel tortures and abuses European human rights activitists in broad daylight, imagine what they do in the dark to palestinians

      I think this is part of the point of activism of this kind. Expose how evil the regime is when they should be on their best behaviour, to expose at least to the imagination what horrors they commit when no-one can see.

  • soratoyuki@piefed.zip
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    2 months ago

    Prisoners: “We’re being sexually abused.”

    IOF: “Of course we sexually abuse prisoners, want to see the videos?”

    Israelis: “We’ll shut down the country to protest our rights to sexually abuse prisoners.”

    Pretty much the only people on the planet that pretend to not know this are the ones writing the blank checks to arms manufacturers.

  • jaybone@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    This was the same story like a year ago right? No one should be surprised by this.