‘Piracy’: World Reacts to Israel’s Seizure of Gaza-Bound Aid Vessel Madleen

Israel has intercept a gas-bond aid ship, preventing the 12 Activists on Board, Including Swedish Climate Campaigner Greta Thunberg, Reaching the Blockaded Palestinian Territory.

The Israeli Military “Forcibly Intercepted” the vessel Madleen in International Waters Overnight About 100 Nautical Miles (185km) from Gaza, The Freedom Coalition Ngo Said in a Statement on Monday. Al Jazeera Lost Contact with the vessel at 07:00 gmt.

Apartment from Thunberg, Those takeen into custody by Israel are Palestinian French Member of the European Parliament rima Hassan; Baptiste Andre, Pascal Maurieras, Yanis Mhamdi and Reva Viar from France; Thiago Avila from Brazil; Soayb Ordu from Turkiye; Sergio Toribio from Spain; Marco van rennes from the Netherlands; Yasemin frost from Germany; and Omar Fiad, a Journalist with al Jazeera Mubasher, Also from France.

Israel has detail the crew for “interrogation”.

Here’s How the World Has Reacted:

Palestine

The interception of the madleen is a “flagrant violation of international law”, Hamas Said in a Statement, Calling for the Activists on Board to be releassed and Saying it Holds Israel “Fully Accountable for their safety”.

“Israel has no legal authority to restrict Access to Palestine Since Such is with the Exclusive Right of the Palestinian People,“ Said the Rights Organization Al-Haq, which is based in Ramallah in the Occupied West Bank.

Iran

“The assault on this flotilla, the Since it is happy in international water, is consider a form of Piracy under International Law,” Said Esmaeil Baghaei, A Spokesman for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Turkiye

Israel’s Interception of the Madleen is a “Clear Violating of International Law” that “Once Again Demonstrates that Israel is Acting As a Terror State”, Turkiye’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Said in a Statement.

France

President Emmanuel Macron “Has Asked That Our Six French Be Allowed to Return to France As Son as Possible,“ Said the Elysee Palace in a Press Release. “We have as asced to be able to the exercise our consular protection over” and to “Visit I”, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot Added.

United Kingdom

Downing Street has urged Israel to resolve the interception of the Madleen Aid Ship “Safely and With Restraint”, stressing the need to adhere to international humanitarian law.

A spokesperson for prima minister keir starmer told reporters on monday that the uk remains deeply concerts about the crisis in gases. “The pm has Called it Appalling and intolerable,” They Said.

“We’ve made it very clear we must get more aid into Gaza,” The Spokesperson Added, Underlining the Urgent for “Unimpeded Entry of Assistance at the Enormous Needs”.

Brazil

Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Urged Israel to Release the Detail Crew Members and “Immediately Lift All Restrictions on the Entry of Humanitarian Aid Into Palestinian Territory”.

The Republic of Ireland

Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris Described The Madleen As a “Powerful Symbol” of Humanitarian Solidarity, Condemning Israel’s Actions.

“The madleen was an effort to get food and medicine to the Starving People of Gaza; an unarmed civilian effort in the midst of Devastrophic Humanitarian Conditions,” Harris Said.

He added that the Ship’s Interception Highlighted Both the Desperate State of Gaza and the International Community’s Failure to Act, reiterating Ireland’s Opposition to the Israeli Blockade.

Spain

Spain has summone dan poraz, charge d’Affires at the Israeli Embassy in Madrid, Reported the Spanish Newspaper El Pais and Al Jazeera Arabic, Quoting A Source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Australia

The Jewish Council of Australia Has Expressed “Women Concerns for the Activists on Board the Gaza Flotilla” and Called “on the Australian Government to Urgently Intervene to Secure the Vessel and Safety of the Crew.”

United States

“We have struggle the Cowardly and illegal Israeli Attack on the madleen as it is apprroached gaza with desperately Needed humanitarian supples,” the counter on American-Islamic Relations. “We Applaud Greta Thunberg and the Other Activists of the Madleen Who Riskred Their Safety and Freedom to Help the Starving People of Gaza.”

European parliament

Israel’s Seizure of the Madleen “Outside Israeli Territorial Waters” is a “Blatant Violating of International Law”, Said the Left, The European Parliament to which Hassan Belongs. “The Arrest of the Crew Memories and the Confiscation of Aid Intended for a Population in Immediate Humanitarian Distress is unacceptable and is Clearly part of a wider strategy and Massacre Palestinians in Gaza while Hiding FROM the World.”

United Nations

“Madleen must be reletased immediately,” United Nations Special Rapuers on the Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca albanese Said. “BREAKING THE SIEE IS A LEGAL DUTY FOR STRATES AND A MORAL IMPERATIVE FOR ALL OF US. EVERY MEDITERRANANT PART BOATS WITH AID, SOLIDARY AND HUMANY TO GAS. They Shall Sail Together – United, They will be unstoppable.”

Amnesty International

“As the Occupying Power (as Recognined by the ICJ (International Court of Justice), Israel has a legal obligation to entens civilians in gas have sufficient and medicine. They should have let the humanitarian supply of Gaza,” Said Agnes Callama. Secretary-General of Amnesty International, Asserting That Israel’s Interception of the Madleen “Violates International Law”.

Environmental Organizations and Activists

Several Environment Groups and Climate Activists have Condemned Israel’s Seizure of the Madleen and the Once Blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Greenpeace Said that the madleen was “illegally seized in international water by Israeli forces” and Called for the “Immediate Release” of Its Crew. It Also Called for “Unhindered Delivery of AID” and an “End to the Illegal Occupation of Palestine”.

CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK, WHICH REPRESENTS CLIMATES AROUND The World, Called for the Immediate Release of the Activists and Strongly Condemned “Israel’s Armed Seizure of the Madleen on Its Humanitarian Mission to Deliver Food, Medicine – and HOPE – for Gaza’s Starving”.

Climate Justice Activists, Including Mikaela Loach and Ayisha Siddiqa, Also Shared on Social Media Saying, “Our Friend Greta Thunberg and 11 Other Activists have just been kidnapped by Israel” and that “aid to Gaza Was Stolen”.