The activists of the Basque Country delegation of the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza arrived at around 2:00 p.m. from Turkey at the Bilbao airport, where there have been incidents and moments of tension between the people waiting for their arrival and the Ertaintza, which has intervened with batons.
According to sources from the Security Department, several members of the Ertzaintza have intervened and identified some people upon the arrival of the activists, although there are no further details at the moment of the police action, which remains open.
The arrival of the activists was scheduled for Friday, but due to the hospitalization of two activists for “injuries” after being captured by Israeli forces, the trip was postponed until the next day.
Activists denounce “mistreatment” by Israel
As reported by the Global Summud Euskal Herria, these two activists were hospitalized for “injuries resulting from the violence suffered during the kidnapping by the Zionist forces of repression.”
On the other hand, another 20 activists have arrived in Barcelona. They left Terminal 2 of the Barcelona – El Prat airport after 1:30 p.m. while about 200 people were waiting to welcome them and support them. Among them, the Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun and the Comuns MEP, Jaume Asens.
A genocidal State appears with the silence and complicity of the rest of the Mediterranean governments
One of the activists, Ariadna Masmitjà, better known as Masmi, a teacher linked to the IAC union, has told the media what these days have been like. The objective was to “break the blockade, open a humanitarian corridor and, above all, denounce what the Palestinian people are experiencing.”
Although, he has denounced that other ships can advance through the Mediterranean without anyone stopping them, but when it is a Flotilla, “then a genocidal State does appear with the silence and complicity of the rest of the governments of the Mediterranean and the world.” “They have allowed this flotilla to be intercepted, the people traveling in it to be kidnapped, the boats to be left adrift,” he criticized.
Criticism of the Government and the EU
For this reason, it has asked that the European Union take a position, break relations and present complaints to the International Criminal Court. “Netanyahu has an arrest warrant. All relations with that State should be severed,” he said. She has also criticized the Spanish Government, which according to her “perhaps has speeches, but no actions.”
“If our governments do not take a position, the violence against the Palestinian people will not end. We are putting our bodies because the governments are not doing it. We are risking our lives because the governments are silent and are complicit. Therefore, we demand that they act, that they stop limiting themselves to speeches and take action,” she concluded.
