A flotilla activist recounts his detention after Israeli forces intercepted a Gaza-bound solidarity mission at sea.
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A flotilla activist recounts his detention after Israeli forces intercepted a Gaza-bound solidarity mission at sea.
![Detainees kneel face down on the deck of the Nahshon, an Israeli prison ship, as armed soldiers surround them following the interception of the Gaza-bound flotilla [Jawaher Al-Naimi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Final-main-image-1780940385.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The Israeli attack on part of our flotilla has convinced us we must continue with our mission to Marmaris.

With authorities clamping down on the far-right group, public sentiment has been somewhat indifferent.
![Supporters and members of extreme-right Golden Dawn party hold Greek national flags as they sing the national anthem outside the Greek police headquarters in Athens September 28, 2013 [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/201393063850175734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The Golden Dawn wishes to occupy public space in the heart of the Greek capital, “to purify and to control it”.

The eviction of Athens’ occupation points at the dead-end authorities in Greece are hastily driving themselves in.

As the economic situation in Greece worsens, so too does its political climate.

As politicians become embroiled in massively unpopular “austerity measures”, protesters find creative avenues of change.
