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JOHANNESBURG (AP) u South African activists who were detained when
their boats were intercepted while trying to breach IsraelAs blockade
of Gaza alleged Saturday they were beaten and tortured by Israeli
soldiers in a detention facility.

The Global Sumud Flotilla of 50 vessels was intercepted Monday in
international waters some 250 miles (400 kilometers) off the coast of
Israel as they sought to breach the blockade and deliver aid to
Palestinians in Gaza. The activists said they were held for several
days in IsraelAs KAtziot prison where some said they were shocked with electricity while being interrogated about their participation in the
flotilla.

The Israeli government has denied allegations of mistreatment of
detained flotilla activists, saying they were ofalse and entirely
without factual basis.o There was no immediate response to the
activistsA accusations Saturday.

The activists were welcomed by pro-Palestinian supporters and their
families as they arrived in South Africa from Turkey on Saturday
morning.

They said many of them received harsh treatment, especially when the
Israeli soldiers learned they were from South Africa, a country that
has taken Israel to the International Court of Justice and accused it
of committing genocide in Gaza.

oWe were denied access to water for a while. Food they did give us,
food that was not suitable for human consumption. We were denied
access to toilets for many hours, and the minute we started protesting
we were shot at with rubber bullets,o said activist Faizel Moosa.

Moosa, a former anti-apartheid activist during South AfricaAs
liberation struggle against white minority rule, said the treatment
they received under detention was the worst he had ever experienced.

oHaving experienced detention under the apartheid regime during the
struggle, this was far worse. It just goes to show that this is what Palestinians go through on a daily basis,o said Moosa.

https://halifax.citynews.ca/2026/05/23/south-african-gaza-flotilla-activists-allege-torture-and-electrocution-in-israeli-detention/


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Well frankly, this sounds as "reliable" as the following...

"Fleets of helicopters fly over Nablus at night dropping a dense,
green toxic gas over the city." https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/document/mideast/hidden/pref.htm

Big LOL.

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On Sun, 24 May 2026 10:09:04 -0600, phoenix wrote:

Sure bud, the Israelis are going to welcome them with open arms.

They were nowhere near Israel. Israel kidnapped them from
international waters.
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On Mon, 25 May 2026 09:01:23 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:

So they needed to be taught a lesson: do not try to obstruct the
most moral genocide in the world.

In the short term, Israel wins the battle. In the longer term, every
such incident weakens its credibility in claiming the moral high
ground. The seeming invincibility of the Hasbara is starting to wear
thin.

Sooner or later, one of those boats is going to get through. How is
Israel going to react then? Treat them as rCLHamasrCY and try to
exterminate them? That seems like an even quicker route towards
total international pariah status.
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