Posted on 05/23/2026 7:04:12 PM PDT by Freeleesy
GRAPHIC. Spanish Police Beat Flotilla 'Activists' Minutes After Landing in Bilbao | WATCH. Gaza flotilla activists deported from Israeli detention arrived at Bilbao airport and were met with police batons. Four arrested in clashes caught on video.
May 23, 2026 Spanish police beat Gaza flotilla 'activists' Spanish police beat Gaza flotilla 'activists' Gaza flotilla activists who were deported from Israel on Thursday landed at Bilbao airport in Spain's Basque Country and were met with police batons. Clashes broke out between local police, returning activists, and a group of supporters who had gathered to welcome them back. Four people were arrested. Footage circulating on social media showed officers striking activists with batons as the confrontation unfolded.
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I forgot to add. I would suggest one visit the Picos de Europa in the North of Spain. Absolutely beautiful is this area and not a lot of tourists as compared to Madrid and Barcelona and the Mediterranean coast of the South of Spain. Also, they have great beaches on the Atlantic. The water is really cold as opposed to the Mediterranean, which is warm.
My wife and I selected a modest hotel to stay in and almost everything was conducted in Spanish. The clerks spoke some English but our Spanish was better than their English. We stayed there for a week. Breakfast and Dinner was included. We made day trips to surrounding areas. It was a grand vacation.
The problem many tourists have is trying to see everything via organized tours of which you become just passengers on a bus and it all becomes a blur and where in the hell is the next bathroom.
Find an area you want to see and a moderate hotel. Explore the areas within a two hour drive in your rental car you picked up at the Madrid or Bilbao airport. You will be pleased.
Seems reasonable.
> Ugarte actually says they were signed by General Wegand rather than General De Gaulle. <
Thanks for touching base. The photo’s caption confused me a little. Casablanca at the time was ruled by Vichy France. A letter from Free France’s De Gaulle would have carried no weight.
Donostia is the Basque name and absolutely beautiful.
“He was later sent to North Africa to command Vichy forces but was dismissed in 1941 for obstructing Axis interests. Imprisoned by the SS in 1942, he was liberated in 1945, briefly rearrested by Charles de Gaulle, and spent his final years clearing his name of collaboration charges. “
These nogoodniks deserve a wood shampoo.
Or maybe the Israelsi should have just dumped them in Gaza?!
FAFO, I believe is the operative phrase.
I think she’s ticked off that in the midst of the sex scandal on the last flotilla, nobody thought to punch her ticket, too.
“Or maybe the Israelsi should have just dumped them in Gaza?!”
Let the punishment fit the crime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXMszatHSOE&t=72s
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