Greta Thunberg And 170 Global Activist Sumud Flotilla Deported From Israel

JAKARTA - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and 170 others from Global Sumud Flotilla, who were secured by Israeli authorities while intercepting a fleet of humanitarian ships trying to penetrate the blockade of the Gaza Strip last week, have been deported after being detained by Israel.

Israel's Foreign Ministry said it was deported on Monday via Ramon International Airport in southern Israel to Greece and Slovakia.

Photographs shared by the ministry showed Thunberg and other deportants walking through the airport in gray sports and white T-shirts.

The deportations came from Greece, Italy, France, Ireland, Sweden, Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Austria, Luxembourg, Finland, Denmark, Slovakia, Switzerland, Norway, England, Serbia, and the United States, the ministry said.

Israel insists "all the legal rights of the participants in this public relations action have been and will continue to be fully enforced," and added "the lies they spread were part of a previously planned fake news campaign."

Previously, Thunberg and other activists said they were being held in conditions that violated the law by Israel.

The only violence, according to the ministry linked to case X, came from a participant from Spain who bit a medical staff at Ketziot Prison.

With flights to Greece and Slovakia Monday, the number of global activists Sumud Flotilla who have been deported by Israel is 341, with 138 people remaining.