Laura Hanly

A court in Israel says the two volunteers abducted in international waters from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla will not be released. The lawyer for Brazilian national Thiago Avila and Spanish Saif Abu Keshek says they have been abused in custody. Brazil and Spain say their abduction and detention are illegal.

BREAKING: Netanyahu says we must find a place for the Palestinians to go.

البطل الحبيب تياغو أفيلا في السجون الصهيونية

Israeli soldiers beat and tortured flotilla organisers Saif Abukeshek and Thiago Ávila after abducting them in international waters near Greece in the early hours of Thursday morning, lawyers and diplomats have said. After illegally intercepting 22 boats and kidnapping around 200 activists hundreds of miles from Gaza, Israel transferred the majority to Greek authorities, but refused to release Abukeshek and Ávila. Instead, it transported them back to an Israeli desert prison, where Palestinians are routinely tortured. Brazilian activist Ávila was dragged face-down across the floor and beaten so badly he passed out twice, lawyers said, after visiting him on Saturday. His wife, Lara Souza, said an embassy official told her he had been temporarily blinded by his injuries, with his left eye still swollen shut, but he was being denied medical treatment. In a brief visit, where he was separated from the consul by a glass screen and not able to speak freely, he reported pain all over his body, especially in his hand and shoulder, and said that soldiers had threatened to throw him overboard and target his wife and two-year-old daughter. Abukeshek, who had been sailing on an observer boat and did not intend to go to Gaza, was “in shock”, his wife Sally Issa said. He was forced to lie face-down on the floor of an Israeli warship for two days, lawyers said, blindfolded and with his hands bound behind his back. Spain has demanded Israel release Abukeshek, who is Palestinian but holds Spanish and Swedish citizenship. On Friday, prime minister Pedro Sánchez said he had been "illegally abducted by the Netanyahu government". On Sunday, the activists appeared before an Israeli court, where a judge extended their detention by two days. Lawyers demanded their immediate and unconditional release, telling the court the entire process was "fundamentally flawed and illegal", and describing Israel's actions as a "retaliatory measure against humanitarian activist leaders". The two men have now been transferred back to solitary confinement in Shikma prison, where they are being held in windowless cells. Both are on hunger strike, with Ávila saying he will not leave without Abukeshek.

This SCUMBAG basically got a slap on the wrist 😡!! Animal abuser CALLUM PALMER of BRISTOL threw Apollo the cat from a balcony by his tail for Snapchat likes…🤬! Palmer’s sickening attack on the male cat, named Apollo, was filmed during a drinking session and uploaded to Snapchat. The 11-second clip showed Palmer on the outdoor balcony of a flat in the Kingswood area of Bristol, where Apollo was sitting. He was filmed leaning down to stroke the friendly cat, who rolled onto his back to be petted. Palmer then crouched down and said “I love cats” – before grabbing the animal by his tail and flinging him over the balcony and into the air.” This is all he got…. Sentencing | 12 month community order; two-month alcohol abstinence order; £500 costs. Banned from keeping animals for seven years but can appeal after five years.

These 2 Hamas /Flotilla leaders will be prosecuted in Israel.