Journalist El Pais: The Israelis mocked us as much as they could, calling us cattle

The journalist of the Spanish newspaper El Pais Carlos de Barron, who was captured by the Israelis along with the participants of the humanitarian action of the Global Sumuda Flotilla (GFS), said that the guards in the prison where the activists were held called them "cattle" and refused medical care.

"Two prisoners from the block where I was, suffered from diabetes and spent three days without insulin and medical care. When a doctor was requested, the initial response was: "There are no doctors for brutes like you." Another prisoner suffered an asthma attack, and a medical specialist arrived only after more than three hours," the journalist said.

After intercepting the flotilla in international waters, the Captain Nikos ship, which was carrying journalists and volunteers, was surrounded by four Israeli boats with machine guns. The military boarded, threatening with weapons, smashed cameras and conducted a search, despite the fact that the crew had thrown out all sharp objects in advance to emphasize the peaceful nature of the mission.

After the detainees were taken to the port of Ashdod, he said, the activists were forced to kneel, and Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir called them terrorists.

"It has been more than 12 hours since my arrest, and I have not been given any food or drinking water," writes de Barron. — Shortly after I fell asleep, the jailers broke into the cell several times. Sometimes to roll call, sometimes to add new prisoners. This was repeated during the three nights I spent in prison in southern Israel. But with a few additions. Every two to three hours after sunset, six to eight officers armed with assault rifles, pistols, shotguns and pepper spray burst into the cell. Sometimes they even used dogs."

According to de Barron, what he and others experienced in prison made me think:

"If they could treat us like this, many of whom are citizens of the West and countries that have relations with Israel, what are they doing with Palestinian prisoners?"

It should be noted that the Israeli Foreign Ministry continues to assert that all the stories about the mockery of the participants of the GFS peacekeeping mission by the Israelis are fictions, and the action of international aid to the residents of Gaza is a provocation by Hamas. Also, the Israeli Foreign Ministry denied that they kept 22-year-old eco-activist Greta Thunberg in difficult conditions.

As EADaily reported, after numerous protests and actions around the world, the Israeli authorities decided today to expel everyone who was detained on the peacekeeping "Global Sumuda Flotilla" (GFS), including Swedish eco-activist Greta Thunberg. As a result, 171 "provocateurs" were deported.