{"id":27397,"date":"2026-05-01T05:14:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/reporters-without-borders-slams-israel-for-abducting-journalists\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T05:14:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:14:28","slug":"reporters-without-borders-slams-israel-for-abducting-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stingfm.com\/news\/reporters-without-borders-slams-israel-for-abducting-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporters Without Borders slams Israel for \u2018abducting\u2019 journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Three correspondents were recently detained aboard a Gaza-bound activist flotilla<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The international advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has accused Israel of kidnapping journalists traveling on board the Gaza-bound activist flotilla, which was intercepted by the Israeli Navy on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli forces seized 22 of the 58 boats of the pro-Palestinian Second Sumud Flotilla near the Greek island of Crete, detaining 175 people, according to West Jerusalem. The organizers, meanwhile, said that 211 activists were <em>\u201ckidnapped.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The boats sailed from the Spanish port of Barcelona on April 12 with the intention of breaching the Israeli naval blockade of the Palestinian enclave.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cRSF condemns the Israeli army\u2019s abduction of three journalists in international waters: Hafedh Mribah (French) &amp; Mahmut Yavuz (Turkish) from Al Jazeera, and Alex Colston (American), a contributor to the outlet Zeteo,\u201d<\/em> the group wrote on X on Thursday. <em>\u201cThe Israeli army is responsible for their safety,\u201d<\/em> the RSF added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Israel announced it had taken control of 21 out of 58 vessels from the Gaza-bound flotilla, in a piracy operation carried out in international waters about 1,000 km off the coast of occupied Palestine. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gpa6NOxn3Q\">pic.twitter.com\/Gpa6NOxn3Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EyeonPalestine\/status\/2049736378695516247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The passengers included Margaret Connolly, a physician and a sister of Irish President Catherine Connolly, who told The Journal over the phone on Thursday that the interception of the boats was <em>\u201cabsolutely illegal.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, a frequent critic of Israel, accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of violating international maritime law and called on the EU to suspend a trade agreement with the country.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu thanked the Navy for intercepting a flotilla of <em>\u201cHamas supporters.\u201d<\/em> Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar dismissed the flotilla as a <em>\u201cPR stunt,\u201d<\/em> adding that all activists <em>\u201cwho were taken off the vessels were taken off unharmed\u201d<\/em> and would be set ashore in Greece.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Israel has intercepted several such flotillas in the past, including dozens of boats in June 2025, whose passengers included climate activist Greta Thunberg and French politician Rima Hassan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three correspondents were recently detained aboard a Gaza-bound activist flotilla The international advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has accused Israel of kidnapping journalists traveling on board the Gaza-bound activist flotilla, which was intercepted by the Israeli Navy on Thursday. 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