The ultra-Israeli minister Ben Gvir has shared a series of videos through his social networks that have sparked controversy internationally. In them you can see the activists of the Gaza solidarity flotilla, who have been detained in Israel, being humiliated by the country’s authorities.
These activists, who have been detained in waters near Cyprus, appear handcuffed and kneeling with their faces against the ground. In these images you can also see a series of prison guards and Israeli soldiers beating and humiliating the detainees.
Minister Ben Gvir, who also stars in these scenes waving an Israeli flag and walking among the immobilized activists, has shared these videos on networks with the message: “This is how we welcome supporters of terrorism. Welcome to Israel.”
For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended his right to stop these “supporters of Hamas terrorism”; but he has pointed out that the treatment exercised by Minister Ben Gvir “is not in line with the values and norms of the State of Israel.” The prime minister has already given orders to “deport the provocateurs as soon as possible.”
There are 44 Spanish activists detained
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, José Manuel Albares, has come out in defense of the 44 compatriots who are currently being held by the Israeli authorities, and has demanded “their immediate release.”
He has also considered that “they have been illegally detained in international waters where Israel has no right to touch any Spaniard”, and has classified the video as “monstrous, inhuman, undignified.”
The Government of Italy has also followed the same line, calling the images released by Minister Ben Gvir “unacceptable”, and demanding the release of the 29 detained Italian activists as well as “an apology”.
