French-Palestinian Member of the European Parliament Rima Hassan said Thursday that a new aid ship is “almost ready to depart” for Gaza in remarks following her return to Paris after being ...

Recommended - French-Palestinian lawyer and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Rima Hassan has returned to France after spending three days in detention in Israel.

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 ...

RIMA Hassan, a member of the European Parliament of Palestinian descent, is one of the activists who participated in the Freedom Flotilla that set off for Gaza. The Madleen ship departed from the port ...

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French leftist MEP Rima Hassan has remained in Israeli custody and was awaiting a hearing on Tuesday before an Israeli judge, after being detained the day before alongside seven other people. Hassan ...

Among those onboard the ship are Rima Hassan, French-Palestinian member of European Parliament. Rima Hassan has been vocal about the conditions of refugees and the action of Israel in Israel Gaza war.

Born in a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria in 1992, Rima Hassan grew up without official nationality until she became a French citizen in 2010 at age 18.

Among those on board the boat are Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and Rima Hassan, a French member of the European Parliament. The Israeli military had no immediate comment.

Thunberg's boat, launched by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, was intercepted by the IDF on its way to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip amid Israel's blockade in Palestine.

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