Israel says it is keeping Rima Hassan because hostage taking is only wrong when Hamas does it
Israel says it is keeping Rima Hassan because hostage taking is only wrong when Hamas does it
She refused to sign a false confession...
Israel has already proven it’s the good guy by spraying the Madleen with an unknown chemical, ramming the vessel, boarding it and making the crew throw their mobile phones overboard.
Israeli commandos were so nice during the encounter that they agreed not to kill anyone as long as they showed total obedience. In fact, the commandos showed such restraint that they didn’t even strip anyone naked. Well, not that I know of…
Israel was temporarily nice to the crew of the Madleen so it could get a propaganda picture and then it took them ashore where it tried to make them watch footage of October 7. When the crew refused, it demanded they sign deportation papers accepting they had illegally entered Israel, even though they were in international waters and it was Israel who took them to Israel!
I understand some of the Madleen crew signed the deportation papers and were sent on their way, but disgracefully, Rima Hassan refused to be repatriated. Apparently, she wouldn’t confess to something she hadn’t done because she has “principles”. Israel says it therefore has no choice but to keep her as a hostage, I mean an, um, prisoner.
Obviously, prisoner is the only accurate word to describe someone who is being illegally detained, having committed no crime. Hassan can’t be a hostage because she smiled defiantly and ate a sandwich and no hostage would ever eat a sandwich. It disrespects all those who were captured on October 7 to call Hassan a hostage, just because she is being held against her will after being abducted by armed men.
I’m not sure if you’re aware of this, but Hassan is Palestinian and it’s fine to treat Palestinians this way. It’s what Israel has always done x
The site is satire, just look at the archive of their posts (e.g. "Hamas offers to negotiate peace between [...]"
Even if there are "facts" that are the base for the article, we'd have to remove it. I am only keeping it here so that y'all know THIS IS WRONG. OP will get a ban for 7 days.
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I'd like to add that Rima Hassan is a member of the EU parliament. I didn't know that. I'd ask why our countries are allied with such a state, but it's clear that quite a few national government members in the EU would love it if Hassan spent the rest of her term in an Israeli prison (or worse).
So I'm going to say that I think Hassan is doing the right thing here. Either the Israelis let her go and accept that there is at least some form of accountability they must accept, or they keep a French MEP hostage, which erodes EU support day by day. Hassan does have some risk as in I wonder how France would react to something happening to her, which is ridiculous as it is.
As discussed below: She is free to leave. She doesn't want to leave Israel. Now Israel is doing the whole due process to kick her out. So she will not spent her time in jail - this is totally senseless theatre.
She shouldn’t be forced to confess to a crime she did not commit in order to be released by her kidnappers. Stop doing hasbara on the timeline
She was kidnapped, her ship was attacked by Israel in international waters and she was taken there by force. And now they want her to beg to be released, which she understandibly won't do.
She is an EU lawmaker FFS.
Yep, makes perfect sense! And this is not gaslighting, btw, it's only gaslighting when Hamas does it.
demanded they sign deportation papers accepting they had illegally entered Israel
Well, assaulting vessels in international waters and forcing the crew into your country is certainly illegal.
Generally things signed under duress are invalid
Why are all the Israel apologists here framing "having to sign a (presumably false) document attesting they are being deported for illegal activities" as "just sign a document"? None of them has contested the document's contents, which is the only reasonable angle to paint "not signing the attestation" as "willfully-petty disobedience" like they all attempt to do. Signing a lie in hopes of getting free from war crime enthusiasts is reasonable, and not signing it is understandable.
I think there's a big difference between being taken hostage and being taken into custody before getting deported, but must be just me..
Israel has no jurisdiction in international waters. Boarding a vessel uninvited under those circumstances is an illegal aggression. Some states would consider it an act of war.
Actually, it's an act of piracy.
..especially since she was only detained after refusing to sign papers. I bet, those hostages from October 7 would have loved to have that choice...
But hey, this trip mainly exists to be exploited in terms of propaganda. Both ways, btw. One sides wants to have "a huge scandal", one side wants to show how "proper and exemplary" the situation is handled. I'm sure both sides are getting their fair share out of it and this article is a part of the "huge scandal" fraction. In the end, nothing will change, as always; the conflict will carry on, as always; and the hatred for the other side will live on, as always.
They were "detained" after they were kidnapped by the army and forced into an Israeli port from international waters.
Nothing of that was done with the consent of the people. Claiming they were only "detained after refusing to sign papers" is like claiming the hostages of Oct. 7 only became hostages when they were in Gaza.
You can only legally take someone into custody if you have jurisdiction there. You could argue whether they do or do not have jurisdiction in the waters that Palastine claims but they were not even there, they were in international waters. That is kidnapping.
All of the sudden middle eastern terrorists can take westerners hostage without any concrete reaction from their governments, interesting isn't it?