Several French pro-Palestinian activists on Friday described what they said was a violent and humiliating ordeal after they were detained by Israeli forces on a Gaza-bound flotilla.Eight French nationals arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris from Turkey on Friday afternoon, to supporters shouting "Long live the struggle of the Palestinian people".Two of the 36 French people who were on board the flotilla were still in hospital in Turkey, the returnees told awaiting reporters.

France has added its voice to international condemnation of an Israeli politician who shared a video of himself alongside Gaza-bound flotilla activists on their knees with their…

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