Gaza flotilla activist ‘disgusted’ by UK’s lack of intervention after Israeli interception
LONDON: A British-Polish activist detained on board an aid flotilla bound for Gaza has accused the UK’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer of “moral bankruptcy” for failing to act after the vessel was intercepted by Israeli forces.
Ewa Jasiewicz, a journalist and campaigner who was also on the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla in which nine activists were killed, was among hundreds detained on Wednesday night when the Global Sumud Flotilla was stopped en route to the besieged territory.
Speaking to The Independent from detention, Jasiewicz said: “I'm stunned that (Starmer) can be this morally and ethically bankrupt. Is this what being in power does to somebody? I’m not just baffled, I’m disgusted as well.”
Calling on the UK to intervene, she added: “I fully expect my MP to intervene on my behalf and to support civilian efforts to break the siege on Gaza. I expect full diplomatic and state efforts to lift this genocidal siege on Gaza.”
