"Israel" Begins its Deportation Process with a Batch of 250
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"Israel" is deporting the first batch of foreign activists seized aboard the attacked humanitarian aid flotilla, the "Israeli" Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday.
The decision to deport the hundreds of foreign activists was announced by "Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu due to the avalanches of criticism around the assault.
"Israeli" newspaper Haaretz quoted "Israeli" officials as saying all 680 activists held would be released, including two dozen "Israel" had threatened earlier to prosecute charging they had assaulted its troops.
About 124 people, mostly from Algeria, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Morocco, Mauritania, Yemen, Oman, and Bahrain, will cross the land border into Jordan.
Another 70 Turkish citizens were on their way from prison to the Ben Gurion airport.
Jordanian government spokesman Nabil Al Sharif said there were 30 Jordanians in the group.
Kuwaiti ambassador Sheik Faisal Al Sabah said there were 16 Kuwaitis aboard the buses.
"Dozens of other activists remain in "Israeli" detention, but most are expected to be deported in the coming days," Haaretz reported.
"Israel" is deporting the first batch of foreign activists seized aboard the attacked humanitarian aid flotilla, the "Israeli" Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday.
The decision to deport the hundreds of foreign activists was announced by "Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu due to the avalanches of criticism around the assault.
"Israeli" newspaper Haaretz quoted "Israeli" officials as saying all 680 activists held would be released, including two dozen "Israel" had threatened earlier to prosecute charging they had assaulted its troops.
About 124 people, mostly from Algeria, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Morocco, Mauritania, Yemen, Oman, and Bahrain, will cross the land border into Jordan.
Another 70 Turkish citizens were on their way from prison to the Ben Gurion airport.
Jordanian government spokesman Nabil Al Sharif said there were 30 Jordanians in the group.
Kuwaiti ambassador Sheik Faisal Al Sabah said there were 16 Kuwaitis aboard the buses.
"Dozens of other activists remain in "Israeli" detention, but most are expected to be deported in the coming days," Haaretz reported.
Haaretz also published an "Israeli" report with breakdown of countries and numbers of activists ordered expelled, excluding the ones killed and the seriously wounded in Monday's raid:
Australia 3 - Azerbaijan 2 - Italy 6 - Indonesia 12 - Ireland 9 - Algeria 28 - United States 11 - Bulgaria 2 - Bosnia 1 - Bahrain 4 - Belgium 5 - Germany 11 - South Africa 1 - Holland 2 - United Kingdom 31 - Greece 38 - Jordan 30 - Kuwait 15 - Lebanon 3 - Mauritania 3 - Malaysia 11 - Egypt 3 - Macedonia 3 - Morocco 7 - Norway 3 - New Zealand 1 - Syria 3 - Serbia 1 - Oman 1 - Pakistan 3 - Czech Republic 4 - France 9 - Kosovo 1 - Canada 1 - Sweden 11 - Turkey 380 - Yemen 4.
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