Israel has already proven it’s the good guy by spraying the Madleen with an unknown chemical, ramming the vessel, boarding it and making the crew throw their mobile phones overboard.
Israeli commandos were so nice during the encounter that they agreed not to kill anyone as long as they showed total obedience. In fact, the commandos showed such restraint that they didn’t even strip anyone naked. Well, not that I know of…
Israel was temporarily nice to the crew of the Madleen so it could get a propaganda picture and then it took them ashore where it tried to make them watch footage of October 7. When the crew refused, it demanded they sign deportation papers accepting they had illegally entered Israel, even though they were in international waters and it was Israel who took them to Israel!
I understand some of the Madleen crew signed the deportation papers and were sent on their way, but disgracefully, Rima Hassan refused to be repatriated. Apparently, she wouldn’t confess to something she hadn’t done because she has “principles”. Israel says it therefore has no choice but to keep her as a hostage, I mean an, um, prisoner.
Obviously, prisoner is the only accurate word to describe someone who is being illegally detained, having committed no crime. Hassan can’t be a hostage because she smiled defiantly and ate a sandwich and no hostage would ever eat a sandwich. It disrespects all those who were captured on October 7 to call Hassan a hostage, just because she is being held against her will after being abducted by armed men.
I’m not sure if you’re aware of this, but Hassan is Palestinian and it’s fine to treat Palestinians this way. It’s what Israel has always done x
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Even if there are “facts” that are the base for the article, we’d have to remove it. I am only keeping it here so that y’all know THIS IS WRONG. OP will get a ban for 7 days.
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I’d like to add that Rima Hassan is a member of the EU parliament. I didn’t know that. I’d ask why our countries are allied with such a state, but it’s clear that quite a few national government members in the EU would love it if Hassan spent the rest of her term in an Israeli prison (or worse).
As discussed below: She is free to leave. She doesn’t want to leave Israel. Now Israel is doing the whole due process to kick her out. So she will not spent her time in jail - this is totally senseless theatre.
demanded they sign deportation papers accepting they had illegally entered Israel
Well, assaulting vessels in international waters and forcing the crew into your country is certainly illegal.
Why are all the Israel apologists here framing “having to sign a (presumably false) document attesting they are being deported for illegal activities” as “just sign a document”? None of them has contested the document’s contents, which is the only reasonable angle to paint “not signing the attestation” as “willfully-petty disobedience” like they all attempt to do. Signing a lie in hopes of getting free from war crime enthusiasts is reasonable, and not signing it is understandable.
All of the sudden middle eastern terrorists can take westerners hostage without any concrete reaction from their governments, interesting isn’t it?
Do I understand correctly she didn’t sign the deportation papers and because people say it was international waters she is “kept hostage”? And that’s the same Hamas did to people on Oct 7? Many people on Lemmy went from critizing Israel for commiting genocide (which is a fact) to openly supporting the Hamas during the last year. What the fuck is wrong with you people
Many people on Lemmy went from critizing Israel for commiting genocide (which is a fact) to openly supporting the Hamas during the last year.
This is an extraordinary claim. Please provide your extraordinary evidence.
Ah yes, of course, everyone is supporting Hamas. In your head, maybe.
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[…] everyone is supporting Hamas
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So they are free to leave if they want.
“Free” to sign a document that would implicate them in the crime of having entered illegally, which they haven’t committed as they did not enter Israel by themselves. They were kidnapped from international waters by the Israeli army and dragged to Israel.
From the CNN article:
Adalah, an Israel-based non-governmental legal organization that is representing some of the activists, said that those who remain are being held in Givon Prison in Ramleh, central Israel.
You know what being held in a prison is not? Being free.
That’s not “free” as in “you can go any time”. That’s “sign here that you did something that I think is illegal and that you don’t think is illegal and that also recognizes my right to define what is and what is not illegal and then you can go”.
Your submission in “Israel says it is keeping Rima Hassan because hostage taking is only wrong when Hamas does it” was removed for they’re not free to leave if there’s a condition (be it sign a document or whatever else.) So this is disinformation…