’Israel’ Deports Tunisia Ex-President after Gaza Flotilla

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The Zionist entity deported Tunisian ex-president Moncef Marzouki and European parliament member Ana Miranda on Monday after they took part in a flotilla seeking to defy the Gaza blockade.

"The former president of Tunisia and the Spanish lawmaker flew this morning. There are another 14 who have begun the expulsion process," a spokeswoman for "Israel's" so-called immigration authority said.

"Israel" had on Monday commandeered the Swedish-flagged Marianne of Gothenburg, part of the Freedom Flotilla III, and accompanied it to the port of Ashdod.

Sixteen foreign nationals were on board.

The Marianne was part of a four-boat flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists who had been seeking to reach the Gaza Strip to highlight the inhumane and illegal "Israeli" blockade of the territory.

The three other boats had turned back before the Marianne was boarded by the "Israeli" navy in an operation that took place without the deadly force that marred a raid to stop a similar bid in 2010.

The activists' campaign came as "Israel" faced heavy international pressure over its actions in Gaza.

The reconstruction of thousands of homes destroyed during the latest "Israeli" aggression on the besieged strip is yet to begin, and both "Israel's" blockade and a lack of support from international donors have been blamed.

In 2010, 10 Turkish activists aboard the Mavi Marmara were massacred in an "Israeli" raid on a six-ship flotilla.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team