Current sectionGaza News'We Weren't Human to Them' Dr. Margaret Connolly said the Israel Navy held the Gaza flotilla activists 'bent down like hogs' without medicine or toilet paper, adding that 'They'd kicked you if you looked up'Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe10:40 AM • May 23 2026 IDTIrish activist Dr. Margaret Connolly, the sister of Irish President Catherine Connolly, said activists detained by Israel while aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla "got a feeling of what the Jews felt like during the Second World War," accusing Israel of "acting like a Nazi state."CommentsIn the NewsIrish President's Sister Likens Israeli Detention to 'Concentration Camp''Help Me, Settlers Are Coming': Armed With Clubs, They Beat a Father and His BoyTulsi Gabbard Resigns as Trump's Top U.S. Intelligence OfficialMahmoud Khalil to Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court to Avoid Re-arrest'What We Did in Gaza Is Certainly an Act of Revenge for October 7'Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIICC Prosecutor Seeks Warrants for Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, Other Israeli OfficialsBen-Gvir Posts Video of Police Dragging Detained Gaza Flotilla ActivistsThe Most Consequential Republican Primary for Israel Is Happening in KentuckyIsraeli Settler Filmed Abusing Palestinian-owned Dog in West BankUnmoved by Trump's Ticking Clock, Iran Forms a New Reality in the Persian Gulf`World Leaders Summon Israeli Envoys Over Ben-Gvir Gaza Flotilla Activists Video