{"id":1499,"date":"2025-06-17T16:17:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olanews.eu\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2025-06-17T16:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:23:06","slug":"gaza-renewed-mobilisation-with-the-flotilla-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olanews.eu\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/gaza-renewed-mobilisation-with-the-flotilla-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza : renewed mobilisation with the Flotilla Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Reading Time: 2 min<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>PARIS, June 16 (OLA NEWS) &#8211;<\/strong>They are free. This Monday, the last three passengers of the \u201cSelfie Yacht\u201d were finally released. Detained for a week following the interception of the \u201cMadleen\u201d sailboat by Israel, the three men were expelled to Jordan. Among them were French nationals Yanis Mhamdi, a journalist at <em>Blast<\/em>, Pascal Mauri\u00e9ras, and Dutch citizen Marco Van Rennes. \u201cI\u2019ve just been extradited to Jordan. Thank you all for your support. Finally freeeeeee!!!!\u201d reacted Yanis Mhamdi on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The crew, originally made up of twelve people, had set sail from Italy aboard the yacht with the aim of \u201cbreaking the Israeli blockade\u201d by delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza. They were eventually arrested on June 9, 185 kilometers off the Palestinian coast. Among the passengers were MEP Rima Hassan and environmental activist Greta Thunberg. Their return marks a new step in the international campaign of support for the people of Gaza, as pro-Palestinian demonstrations continue to grow around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.olanews.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250614_FRANCE-RALLY-FOR-GAZA-AND-RETURN-OF-FLOTILLA-MEMBERS_ACV_30-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.olanews.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250614_FRANCE-RALLY-FOR-GAZA-AND-RETURN-OF-FLOTILLA-MEMBERS_ACV_30-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.olanews.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250614_FRANCE-RALLY-FOR-GAZA-AND-RETURN-OF-FLOTILLA-MEMBERS_ACV_30-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.olanews.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250614_FRANCE-RALLY-FOR-GAZA-AND-RETURN-OF-FLOTILLA-MEMBERS_ACV_30-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.olanews.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250614_FRANCE-RALLY-FOR-GAZA-AND-RETURN-OF-FLOTILLA-MEMBERS_ACV_30-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.olanews.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250614_FRANCE-RALLY-FOR-GAZA-AND-RETURN-OF-FLOTILLA-MEMBERS_ACV_30-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Paris &#8211; June 14 , 2025, ARNAUD CESAR VILETTE \/ OLA NEWS \/ SIPA PRESS<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This weekend, rallies took place in Paris, Brussels, and The Hague. Thousands of demonstrators marched to denounce the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave, described by some organizers as \u201cgenocidal.\u201d In Paris, \u201cFree Palestine\u201d signs were held high in a protest described as \u201cunifying.\u201d In Belgium and the Netherlands, children took part in the marches. Several public figures also voiced their support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This symbolic return has reignited political engagement in France. Four trade unions and five left-wing parties\u2014including La France Insoumise, EELV, and the Socialist Party\u2014gathered in the capital this weekend to express their solidarity with Palestine. A rare moment of unity, reflecting Gaza\u2019s growing place in the public debate. Echoing through the crowds was a shared slogan : \u201cWe are all children of Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reporting and pictures by Arnaud Cesar Villette, Lucas Autr\u00e9au, OLA NEWS PARIS; editing by Alexandre Minguez<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 min PARIS, June 16 (OLA NEWS) &#8211;They are free. This Monday, the last three passengers of the \u201cSelfie Yacht\u201d were finally released. Detained for a week following the interception of the \u201cMadleen\u201d sailboat by Israel, the three men were expelled to Jordan. Among them were French nationals Yanis Mhamdi, a journalist at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,18],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-1499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-social-issue","tag-demonstration-gaza"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olanews.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olanews.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olanews.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olanews.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olanews.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1499"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.olanews.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1521,"href":"https:\/\/www.olanews.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499\/revisions\/1521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olanews.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olanews.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olanews.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olanews.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}