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Israel Releases All Flotilla Activists Detained In Mediterranean, Including Spanish Nationals
JERUSALEM — Israeli authorities have released all activists from a humanitarian flotilla who were detained after being intercepted by the Israeli Navy in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea, according to the legal rights organization Adalah, which confirmed that all detainees have departed the Ktziot detention center for deportation proceedings. Spain Summons Israeli Diplomat After […]
Palestinian-spanish Activist Saif Abukeshek Arrives In Barcelona After Ten-day Detention In Israel
BARCELONA, Spain — Palestinian-Spanish activist Saif Abukeshek, a member of the Global Sumud Flotilla, arrived at Barcelona’s El Prat-Josep Tarradellas Airport on Sunday evening following his deportation by Israeli authorities after ten days of detention and a hunger strike, vowing to soon “pack his bags again” to rejoin his comrades in Turkey and continue efforts […]
Spanish Judge Proposes Trial for Begoña Gómez, Wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, on Four Corruption Charges
MADRID – Judge Juan Carlos Peinado has concluded the investigation into Begoña Gómez, the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, and has proposed putting her on trial for four separate criminal offences: influence peddling, corruption in business, embezzlement of public funds, and misappropriation. In the same ruling, the judge also proposes trying Gómez’s former […]
Israel Reprimands Spain Over Explosion of Giant Netanyahu Effigy
MADRID – Israel has formally reprimanded Spain’s most senior diplomat in Tel Aviv after a giant effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was blown up during a traditional ceremony in a southern Spanish town. The seven-meter (23-foot) effigy, stuffed with 14 kilograms (31 lb) of gunpowder, was detonated on April 5 in El Burgo, […]