Gaza flotilla activists deported from Israel as backlash over treatment grows

A video showing a far-right Israeli minister taunting activists who were kneeling with their hands tied behind their backs has been widely condemned.

Far-right Israeli minister condemned for taunting detained Gaza activists - The Latest

Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has triggered global outrage after sharing footage of himself taunting bound activists who had been detained as they tried to sail to Gaza with aid. The video has been widely condemned by world leaders, including the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and by Israeli politicians, among them the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s chief Middle East correspondent, Emma Graham-Harrison Cont...

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Flotilla activists recount Israeli violence as they arrive in Turkiye

Activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla arrived in Istanbul on Thursday and described Israeli violence.

'Extremely embarrassing' for govt but no reprimand for Ben-Gvir over flotilla video

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the treatment of detained Gaza flotilla activists by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir “not in line with Israel's values and norms”, after a video of Ben-Gvir taunting the detainees sparked international outcry. However, while “extremely embarrassing” for the Israeli government, there has been little in the way of reprimand for Ben-Gvir, says France 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky.

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Israeli security minister who taunted flotilla activists has a record of extreme actions

Israel's far-right national security minister has sparked global outrage after promoting a video of himself taunting activists from a flotilla to Gaza who were detained by his police force

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Poland intends to bar Ben-Gvir from country over Gaza flotilla activists video - Haaretz

Poland intends to bar Ben-Gvir from country over Gaza flotilla activists video  Haaretz

Israeli security minister who taunted flotilla activists has a record. Who is he?

Israeli security minister Ben-Gvir has been convicted eight times for offenses that include racism and supporting a terrorist organization.

Israeli flotilla activist released under conditions as foreign participants deported

An Ashkelon court barred Zohar Regev from entering Gaza for 60 days after police sought a 184-day ban.

Rome prosecutors investigating Israeli abuse of Flotilla activists

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 21 - Rome prosecutors have opened a criminal probe into the abuse Global Sumud Flotilla activists were subjected to in the Israeli port of Ashdod after being intercepted this week while trying to get aid to Gaza. Videos posted by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir will be obtained by the investigators as evidence. Taunting them as wannabe heroes who would hopefully end up in prison with Palestinian terrorists, the far-right politician mocked the activists wh...

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Gaza aid flotilla activists detained by Israel arrive in Türkiye

The first group of activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla bound for Gaza arrived in Türkiye on Thursday after being unlawfully detained by Israeli forces during an interception...