{"id":176425,"date":"2025-06-11T19:15:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T19:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/176425\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T19:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T19:15:12","slug":"france-confirms-deportation-of-pro-palestinian-mep-rima-hassan-and-three-activists-detained-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/176425\/","title":{"rendered":"France Confirms Deportation of Pro-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan and Three Activists Detained in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-6 ai-optimize-introduction\"><strong>Watan<\/strong>-French Foreign Minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot announced on Wednesday that the four pro-Palestinian French activists detained in Israel\u2014including Rima Hassan, a Palestinian-French Member of the European Parliament\u2014will be deported on Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-8\" data-start=\"874\" data-end=\"895\">Barrot posted on X:\u201cThanks to the mission personnel for their action, which led to this swift result.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">Les 4 ressortissants fran\u00e7ais encore retenus en Isra\u00ebl seront expuls\u00e9s vers la France demain et apr\u00e8s-demain. Merci \u00e0 nos agents pour leur mobilisation admirable qui a permis cette issue rapide, en d\u00e9pit du harc\u00e8lement et de la diffamation dont ils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 l\u2019objet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot (@jnbarrot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jnbarrot\/status\/1932820664765039000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u201cMadeleine\u201d Humanitarian Ship<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-10\" data-start=\"1045\" data-end=\"1359\">The detained activists were part of the humanitarian mission aboard the ship Madeleine, which set sail with the goal of breaking the Israeli blockade of Gaza and delivering emergency aid. The ship was organized by European and Arab civil society groups and included activists, doctors, and lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-11\" data-start=\"1361\" data-end=\"1815\">As the Madeleine approached Gaza\u2019s territorial waters, it was intercepted by the Israeli navy, and all aboard were detained and transported to Ashdod port, triggering international outcry. Among the passengers was Rima Hassan, a widely respected human rights advocate and legal scholar, known for her fierce advocacy for Palestinian rights and her newly elected role in the European Parliament representing France\u2019s Green Party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-12\" data-start=\"1817\" data-end=\"2047\">The Israeli military labeled the ship a security threat, despite its declared humanitarian mission and nonviolent nature. Multiple governments, including France and Spain, demanded the immediate release of their nationals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18517 size-large\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz announced on Sunday that he has instructed the military to take action to prevent the humanitarian ship &quot;Madeliene&quot; from reaching Gaza,\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/229-1024x576.jpg\"\/>Ship \u201cMadeliene\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-13\" data-start=\"2049\" data-end=\"2340\">Activists aboard the Madeleine stated that they were peacefully attempting to deliver food, medicine, and symbolic political pressure to end the siege on Gaza. The ship was not armed, and participants had signed international legal declarations asserting their peaceful intent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-14\" data-start=\"2342\" data-end=\"2654\">The detention of a sitting MEP drew criticism from across the European political spectrum. Several EU lawmakers have accused Israel of violating international law and diplomatic norms, particularly with regard to freedom of movement, humanitarian missions, and the treatment of elected officials.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Watan-French Foreign Minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot announced on Wednesday that the four pro-Palestinian French activists detained in Israel\u2014including Rima&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,36,13302,72875,72876],"class_list":{"0":"post-176425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-france","11":"tag-jean-noel-barrot","12":"tag-rima-hassan","13":"tag-the-ship-madeleine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}