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Two foreign activists — Thiago Avila and Saif Abu Keshek — from a Gaza-bound
flotilla who were brought to Israel for interrogation and appeared before an
Israeli court on May 3 (Photos by Ilia Yefimovichvia Getty Images)
Nothing illustrates the inversion of the international and moral order more
than the genocide in Gaza and the shipment of tens of billions of dollars of
weapons to Israel by Western nations, especially the United States, to sustain
it. Part of this inversion is the unrelenting persecution of those who denounce
the genocide — especially those who risk their lives to halt it and demand the
rule of law.
But the rule of law, it appears, is buried under the rubble in Gaza.
And because of that Israel is able, with barely a word of protest by Western
nations – Spain being one of the few exceptions – to abduct 175 activists
aboard Sumud Flotilla 500 nautical miles from Gaza and 80 nautical miles west
of the Greek island of Crete.
This violation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea was
accompanied by the usual Israeli brutality. Flotilla members from the 22
vessels that were intercepted and then transferred to the Israeli vessel
NAHSHON were denied food, forced to sleep on the floor as it was flooded
“repeatedly” with water, punched, kicked, dragged across decks with their hands
tied and shot at with rubber bullets and live ammunition. Eventually, all but
two flotilla members were transferred to Crete, with 36 requiring medical
attention.
Two of the leading activists on the flotilla, the Brazilian organizer of the
flotilla, Thiago Avila, and the Spaniard Saif Abu Keshek, who is of Palestinian
descent and who has organized Palestinian solidarity movements across Europe
for over two decades, were not allowed to disembark when the vessel reached
Ierapetra Port in southern Crete, although the ship was in Greek territorial
waters.
They were kidnapped and taken to Israel.
“Participant eyewitnesses provided harrowing testimony of Abukeshek’s screams
echoing throughout the ship as he was subjected to systematic torture, after
being separated from the others,” read a communique issued by The Global Sumud
Flotilla.
Abu Keshek was blindfolded, forced to lie on his stomach “since the moment of
his seizure until this morning” which resulted in “bruising to his face and
hands.” Thiago was “dragged face-down across the floor” and beaten so severely
that he passed out twice.
When the two activists appeared in an Israeli court there were visible bruises
on their faces. Thiago had trouble lifting his right hand.
Since their detainment, the two men have been on hunger strike. They are
accused of “assisting the enemy during wartime” and “membership in and
providing services to a terrorist organization.”
This is the world we now live in. The moral and the courageous are
criminalized. The ruling class weaponizes the law to justify the abuse and
atrocities of the lawless.
Here is a link to an interview I did in Italy with Thiago:
Here is a link to the documentary we made in Italy where Thiago, along with
Francesca Albanese, Greta Thunberg, Yanis Varoufakis and the striking Italian
dock workers, who refuse to load weapons onto ships bound for Israels, are
featured:
We must contact the Israeli Embassy in Washington. We must protest in front of
the embassy, as well as the Israeli consulate in New York, to demand the
release of Thiago and Saif.
They are the best among us.
Chris Hedges
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