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French MEP Rima Hassan, who is still being held in an Israeli jail after refusing to sign deportation papers, is demanding the jail provide her with bottled water.

Mark van Rennes from The Netherlands, Suayb Ordu from Turkey, Yasemin Acar from Germany, Thiago Avila from Brazil, Reva Viard from France, and Rima Hassan from France, will all be deported.

Four French activists who are being detained by Israel after being intercepted on board the Madleen humanitarian aid boat sailing for Gaza will be sent back to France on Thursday or Friday, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Wednesday.

RIMA Hassan, member of European Parliament of Palestinian descent, is one of the activists who participated in Freedom Flotilla that set off for Gaza

Early this morning, activists aboard the Madleen announced that their aid boat had been intercepted by Israeli forces and the passengers “kidnapped.” While the British-flagged vessel, operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FCC),

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was among those who opted to be deported from Israel, while French parliamentarian Rima Hassan and several others are awaiting court hearings.

Four passengers agreed to be deported, while eight, including European Parliament Member Rima Hassan, will be detained for 96 hours after refusing to sign deportation orders.

Israel deports 12 radical left-wing activists who participated in a Gaza-bound flotilla, including climate activist Greta Thunberg and French MEP Rima Hassan. The group was intercepted by naval forces and brought to Ashdod without resistance.

When they arrest us, I will look at them as Larbi Ben M'Hidi looked at the colonizers of his land: serene, assured of the liberation of Palestine,’ Rima Hassan says - Anadolu Ajansı