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.

This comes three days after the Israeli navy prevented them from sailing into Gaza. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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.

The European lawmaker from France Unbowed, whose parliamentary immunity is not valid outside the EU, was a member of the Freedom Flotilla, which was intercepted by Israeli authorities on Monday. View

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

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.

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.

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