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Swedish government offers vague support for Madleen activists
There has been a little bit of reaction from the Swedish government. The foreign department has said that [Greta] Thunberg and any other Swedish citizens on the ship will be offered support if they need it.
But it’s kind of vague what that is. At the moment, the reaction in Sweden kind of depends on which side of the spectrum, left to right. You look in the more left-leaning papers, it’s the top story, and the headline is that they’ve been imprisoned and kidnapped. In some of the other newspapers, it’s maybe the number two or three story.
Swedish activist accuses his country of being ‘complicit’ in Israel’s actions
Activist Andrew Arendt Wegerif has condemned the seizure of the Madleen ship and criticised the Swedish government for failing to denounce the Israeli move.
“What happened is outrageous,” Wegerif, a member of Ship to Gaza Sweden – an organisation aiming to break Israel’s blockade of the enclave – told Al Jazeera. “Israel has once again broken international law and boarded a civilian vessel in international waters.”
He accused the Swedish government and other Western powers of being “complicit” in Israel’s actions and urged Stockholm to speak out in support of Swedish citizen Greta Thunberg, who was among the onboard activists.
Wegerif expressed hope that the Madleen’s voyage would raise awareness about “war crimes” taking place in Gaza, as well as inspire other people to follow the Madleen’s example.
“Our governments have been terribly complicit and so weak in their reaction … and therefore people have to take action themselves,” he said.
Spain summons Israeli diplomat over interception of Madleen ship
The Spanish newspaper El Pais and our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic, quoting a source at Spain’s Foreign Ministry, are reporting that Israel’s charge d’affaires to the Iberian country has been summoned to protest against Israel’s interception of the Madleen ship.
Madrid has been critical of Israel’s war on Gaza and in April halted a $7.5m deal to buy ammunition from Israel.
France calls for swift return of six nationals on board the Madleen
France wants to “facilitate the rapid return” of the six French nationals on board the Madleen, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot says.
“As soon as the ship was boarded, we requested to be able to exercise our consular protection over them” and to visit them as soon as they reached Israeli territory “to ascertain their situation and facilitate their rapid return to France”, he said in a statement released to the media.
