{"id":316580,"date":"2026-05-25T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=316580"},"modified":"2026-05-23T18:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T17:07:13","slug":"israels-intolerable-abuse-of-gaza-flotilla-abductees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2026\/05\/israels-intolerable-abuse-of-gaza-flotilla-abductees\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s \u2018Intolerable\u2019 Abuse of Gaza Flotilla Abductees"},"content":{"rendered":"

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21 May 2026 – More than 15 countries, including Italy, France and Canada, have summoned Israeli ambassadors over the \u201cunacceptable\u201d treatment of the Global Sumud Flotilla participants, 87 of whom have reportedly gone on a hunger strike.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A growing number of countries \u2014 and even Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu \u2014 have condemned far-right Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir\u2019s humiliation of people violently abducted<\/a> in international waters from the latest Global Sumud Flotilla as it attempted to break the illegal blockade of Gaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ben-Gvir posted a video<\/a> on social media<\/a> yesterday showing him joyfully waving an Israeli flag as he walked among detained activists, journalists and others who were mostly kneeling with their hands tied behind their backs and their foreheads forced to the ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey came with a lot of pride, as great heroes; look at what they look like now,\u201d Ben-Gvir says with glee. \u201cNo heroes, nothing. Terrorism supporters. I tell Netanyahu, give them to me for a long, long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The video shows one female detainee shouting, \u201cFree, free Palestine<\/a>!\u201d as Ben-Gvir walks by. She is grabbed roughly by the head and forced into a squatting position.<\/p>\n