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Impending diplomatic clash? Spain demands release of flotilla activists
Arutz Sheva ^ | 3/5/26

Posted on 05/03/2026 1:31:28 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

Spain’s Foreign Ministry has called for the immediate release of a Spanish citizen detained by Israel following the interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla, after an Israeli court extended his detention by two days.

Saif Abu Keshek, a resident of Barcelona, and Brazilian national Thiago Ávila appeared before a court in Ashkelon on Sunday, several days after Israeli forces intercepted multiple vessels attempting to breach Israel’s maritime blockade on Gaza.

The flotilla consisted of dozens of boats carrying activists from numerous countries. Israeli authorities stated that over 170 individuals were removed from the vessels, with Abu Keshek and Ávila transferred to Israel for questioning.

A legal advocacy group representing the two stated that the court approved a two-day extension of their detention without filing formal charges.

A source from Spain’s Foreign Ministry told The Guardian that the Spanish consul in Tel Aviv attended the hearing and described Abu Keshek as being “held illegally." The source added that his next hearing is scheduled for Tuesday and that Spain is demanding his immediate release.

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(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Humor; Local News; Reference; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; demands; dhimmis; europe; eussr; fourthreich; gaza; israel; mistreatment; release; rop; spain

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¡Váyanse a la mierda!
1 posted on 05/03/2026 1:31:28 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Oh no!? What evah shall we do?


2 posted on 05/03/2026 1:32:51 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: Eleutheria5

Send him back in a body bag.


3 posted on 05/03/2026 1:36:03 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (There is no gravity. The earth just sucks. )
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To: Eleutheria5

Spain used to be part of the non-Islamic European Nations.


4 posted on 05/03/2026 1:37:44 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Eleutheria5

Saif Abu Keshek


Sounds like a Spanish name to me. Oh, Barcelona, is that a Catalan name?


5 posted on 05/03/2026 1:41:21 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Eleutheria5

Save Saif


6 posted on 05/03/2026 1:42:58 PM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: Eleutheria5

Or else what? No more Paella?


7 posted on 05/03/2026 1:43:22 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: hanamizu

It’s not Basque.


8 posted on 05/03/2026 1:43:58 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Eleutheria5

“several days after Israeli forces intercepted multiple vessels attempting to breach Israel’s maritime blockade on Gaza.”

No, that’s dishonest. Israel raided those boats over 600 miles from Israel off the south coast of Crete.


9 posted on 05/03/2026 1:51:46 PM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: Eleutheria5

Time for payback for the Spanish Inquisition. Methinks Spain should shut the hell up.


10 posted on 05/03/2026 1:55:25 PM PDT by rottndog (If dimocrats didn't have double standards, they'd have none at all. )
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To: rottndog

I wasn’t expecting that.


11 posted on 05/03/2026 1:55:54 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Eleutheria5

the current Spanish neo-Nazi regime isn’t worth discussing anything with
but perhaps just call in the Spanish ambassador and tell him that Israel will defend itself no matter what so that he can go home and tell his government to STFU


12 posted on 05/03/2026 1:58:38 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: dfwgator

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!


13 posted on 05/03/2026 1:59:07 PM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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To: dfwgator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqreRufrkxM Also see my tagline.


14 posted on 05/03/2026 1:59:40 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I wasn't expecting a kind of Spanish Inquisition.)
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To: Eleutheria5

https://youtube.com/shorts/z00rwpSYo44?si=n67hUTMCyyOuEpEL


15 posted on 05/03/2026 2:00:39 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” -Matthew 5:9)
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To: Eleutheria5
Pity the Spanish Armada lost so many ships back in 1588. If Spain still had all those ships, they’d be able to mount a rescue mission on their own.


16 posted on 05/03/2026 2:04:05 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Eleutheria5

Spain has gone hard Left. Kick them out of NATO.


17 posted on 05/03/2026 2:07:21 PM PDT by RoosterRedux ( )
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To: Eleutheria5

“Saif Abu Keshek” Definitely sounds like a Spanish name.

/s


18 posted on 05/03/2026 2:09:30 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: Eleutheria5
This guy and another were held because of terrorist ties. Spain can suck it.

Israel said that Keshek and Avila are affiliated with the Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA), which has been accused by the US Treasury of “clandestinely acting on behalf of” Hamas.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/court-extends-detention-of-2-gaza-flotilla-activists-accused-of-hamas-links/

19 posted on 05/03/2026 2:15:44 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: Eleutheria5

FU Spain. You done stepped in the sh*t and now you have to pay.


20 posted on 05/03/2026 2:34:10 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck ( Neocons in love with the Ukraine War hate how long the Iran War is taking..........)
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