Thousands of Israeli police officers will monitor Trump’s visit on Monday in Jerusalem

The Israeli Police confirmed this Friday in a statement that thousands of officers and volunteers will be deployed from Monday morning to “maintain public order and direct traffic” during the planned visit of US President Donald Trump to Jerusalem, which they expect to last several hours. “It’s a complex nationwide operation coordinated by the Israeli Police. Preparations will focus on several key areas, in particular: the Ben Gurion Airport region, Jerusalem, and the main routes leading to the capital,” the Israeli Police statement reads.

Deportations of the Spaniards from the second flotilla detained in Israel begin Four of the eight Spaniards detained in Israel from the second flotilla to Gaza, intercepted last Wednesday in international waters, will be deported this Friday from Istanbul, confirmed the group Rumbo a Gaza, Spanish campaign of Flotilla de la Libertad-Thousands Madleens. Among those deported is Más Madrid regional deputy Jimena González, who will land tonight at 22:30 (20:30 GMT) at Madrid’s Barajas airport, according to her political organization.

Yesterday, Thursday, the legal team of the Flotilla, Adalah, attended more than 50 court hearings in Ktziot prison (southwest) and visited several of the 140 members of the mission who were detained.

The lawyers also confirmed the deportation from Israel of “several members” of the second intercepted humanitarian mission, “including parliamentarians from several countries”, without specifying the identities or details about the departure. From the first Global Sumud flotilla, Spanish participant Reyes Rigo remains detained since last week, accused of biting a policewoman. Participants in the two flotillas were victims of “aggressive and violent conduct” and “poor detention conditions,” according to Adalah. Adalah announced that it will present an appeal in the coming hours since, according to international law, the participants have “the unequivocal right to enter Gaza” and their continued detention “constitutes a flagrant violation of their human rights”. Six participants of the first initiative, Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), (one Spanish, three Norwegians and two Moroccans) are still detained in the Israeli prison of Ketziot.