Björk Makes Urgent Plea For Release of Childhood Friend Detained by Israeli Army After Seizure of ‘Freedom Flotilla’: ‘Our Voice Matters’

Björk made an urgent plea connected behalf of chap Icelandic instrumentalist Magga Stína connected Wednesday greeting (Oct. 8), aft claiming that her puerility person had been “kidnapped” by the Israeli service aft attempting to present assistance to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip that greeting arsenic portion of an planetary assistance flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces.

“my childhood-friend , instrumentalist magga stína has conscionable been kidnapped by the state service . she sailed connected a vessel pursuing greta thunberg successful trying to unfastened the way for planetary assistance to gaza,” Björk wrote successful an impassioned Instagram post astir the nine-boat flotilla attempting to breach Israel‘s naval blockade of Gaza to present much-needed assistance to the enclave that has been nether near-constant bombardment from Israeli forces for 2 years.

“i judge activism is arsenic divers arsenic humans are . one enactment magga stína and greta doing everything imaginable to effort to halt the genocide successful palestine . it is amerciable to starve radical and hinder that nutrient arrives to children,” Björk added, the second a notation to claims that Israel has been purposely and systematically starving the radical of Gaza successful an effort that has led to planetary organizations specified arsenic Amnesty International proclaiming successful July that Israel is utilizing starvation arsenic portion of its “ongoing genocide” successful Gaza against the Palestinian people.

According to the Associated Press, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said connected Wednesday that its actions successful the Mediterranean Sea resulted successful the detention of 145 activists taking portion successful the Freedom Flotilla Coalition & Thousand Madleens to Gaza, who were brought ashore and processed successful Israel earlier being deported. At property clip a spokesperson for Israel’s defence forces and overseas ministry had not returned Billboard‘s petition for remark connected the interception of the flotilla oregon confirmation that Stína was among those detained.

The enactment came aft much than 400 activists from a erstwhile 40-boat flotilla — which included European lawmakers and clime activistic Greta Thunberg — were intercepted past week portion trying to scope Gaza with what was described arsenic a “token” magnitude of aid. The AP reported that the o...