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Israel Confirms Arrival of Detained Flotilla Activists; Spain and Brazil Demand Release
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Israel Confirms Arrival of Detained Flotilla Activists; Spain and Brazil Demand Release

From ABC Color · (6m ago) Spanish Critical tone

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

TLDR

  • Israel's Foreign Ministry confirmed the arrival of two detained activists, a Palestinian-Spanish national and a Brazilian, after their flotilla was intercepted.
  • The activists will be interrogated, and their countries' representatives will visit them, while Israel accuses them of ties to a designated militant group.
  • Spain and Brazil have demanded the immediate release of their citizens, who were taken to Israel instead of being freed in Greece with other detainees.

Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the arrival of Palestinian-Spanish activist Saif Abukeshek and Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila on Israeli territory. The two were detained after the Israeli military intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters. They are set to undergo police interrogation, and consular visits from their respective countries' representatives will be facilitated.

Serán trasladados para ser interrogados por las autoridades policiales. Ambos recibirán una visita consular de los representantes de sus respectivos países en Israel

— Israel's Foreign MinistryConfirming the arrival and planned treatment of the detained activists.

Israel reiterated its accusation that the activists have links to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), an organization designated as terrorist by the United States. This assertion frames the activists' actions within a broader security context, portraying them as connected to groups deemed hostile by Israel and its allies.

mantener lazos con la organización militante palestina Frente Popular para la Liberación de Palestina (FPLP) que, según afirma, ha sido catalogada como terrorista por Estados Unidos.

— Israel's Foreign MinistryAccusing the activists of ties to a designated militant group.

Meanwhile, the legal defense team for the activists, represented by the organization Adalah, confirmed their arrival in Israel but expressed frustration over the lack of official responses to their inquiries. They have filed a petition for urgent information regarding Abukeshek and Ávila's whereabouts. The legal team maintains that the interception of the flotilla and the detention of approximately 175 activists in international waters were illegal. The governments of Spain and Brazil have joined the call for the immediate release of their citizens, highlighting the international dimension of this incident.

la interceptación de 21 embarcaciones de la Flotilla que se dirigía a Gaza por parte de Israel -que tuvo lugar al oeste de Creta en aguas internacionales- fue ilegal y también la detención de alrededor de 175 activistas.

— Adalah legal teamAsserting the illegality of the flotilla's interception and detentions.
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