{"id":38995,"date":"2026-05-25T13:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T05:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/25\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:01:21","slug":"australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/25\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian activists return after Gaza flotilla incident, allege Israeli abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Around two thousand protesters took to the streets of the Spanish city of Bilbao on Sunday to condemn the Basque police&#8217;s treatment of activists from a Gaza aid flotilla on their return from detention in Israel.<br \/>When a relative of one of the six returning activists tried to approach them at Bilbao airport on Saturday, a police officer forcefully prevented him from doing so, leading to scuffles between both sides, images from state broadcaster TVE showed.<br \/>Images showed police striking people with batons and pinning others to the ground while being jeered by onlookers. Before this, activists appeared to have blocked the exit for other passengers and police tried to move them.<br \/>The Basque regional police force said in a statement on Sunday it had launched an investigation to determine if officers complied with procedures. Reuters has reached out to the Spanish government for comment.<br \/>On Sunday&#8217;s march, pro-Palestinian demonstrators carried banners criticising the Basque police force and accusing the local government of being complicit with Zionism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around two thousand protesters took to the streets of the Spanish city of Bilbao on Sunday to condemn the Basque police&#8217;s treatment of activists from a Gaza aid flotilla on their return from detention in Israel.When a relative of one of the six returning activists tried to approach them at Bilbao airport on Saturday, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Australian activists return after Gaza flotilla incident, allege Israeli abuse - Metro Plus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/25\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australian activists return after Gaza flotilla incident, allege Israeli abuse - Metro Plus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Around two thousand protesters took to the streets of the Spanish city of Bilbao on Sunday to condemn the Basque police&#8217;s treatment of activists from a Gaza aid flotilla on their return from detention in Israel.When a relative of one of the six returning activists tried to approach them at Bilbao airport on Saturday, a [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/25\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Metro Plus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-25T05:21:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-26T07:01:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Metro Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Metro Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/25\\\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/25\\\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Metro Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6bbe2f487494b6f04d542440127c7895\"},\"headline\":\"Australian activists return after Gaza flotilla incident, allege Israeli abuse\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-25T05:21:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-26T07:01:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/25\\\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":179,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/25\\\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/25\\\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\\\/\",\"name\":\"Australian activists return after Gaza flotilla incident, allege Israeli abuse - Metro Plus\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-25T05:21:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-26T07:01:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/25\\\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/25\\\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/25\\\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Australian activists return after Gaza flotilla incident, allege Israeli abuse\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/\",\"name\":\"Metro Plus\",\"description\":\"Metro Plus\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Metro Plus\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/cropped-metroplus1044.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/cropped-metroplus1044.png\",\"width\":240,\"height\":169,\"caption\":\"Metro Plus\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6bbe2f487494b6f04d542440127c7895\",\"name\":\"Metro Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/406741887e2b499d9f2b2d4de7792c34f5c1bdcb01722828c2466332139b8510?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/406741887e2b499d9f2b2d4de7792c34f5c1bdcb01722828c2466332139b8510?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/406741887e2b499d9f2b2d4de7792c34f5c1bdcb01722828c2466332139b8510?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Metro Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/author\\\/metroadmin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Australian activists return after Gaza flotilla incident, allege Israeli abuse - Metro Plus","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/25\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Australian activists return after Gaza flotilla incident, allege Israeli abuse - Metro Plus","og_description":"Around two thousand protesters took to the streets of the Spanish city of Bilbao on Sunday to condemn the Basque police&#8217;s treatment of activists from a Gaza aid flotilla on their return from detention in Israel.When a relative of one of the six returning activists tried to approach them at Bilbao airport on Saturday, a [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/25\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\/","og_site_name":"Metro Plus","article_published_time":"2026-05-25T05:21:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-26T07:01:21+00:00","author":"Metro Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Metro Admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/25\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/25\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\/"},"author":{"name":"Metro Admin","@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/#\/schema\/person\/6bbe2f487494b6f04d542440127c7895"},"headline":"Australian activists return after Gaza flotilla incident, allege Israeli abuse","datePublished":"2026-05-25T05:21:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-26T07:01:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/25\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\/"},"wordCount":179,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/#organization"},"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/25\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\/","url":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/25\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\/","name":"Australian activists return after Gaza flotilla incident, allege Israeli abuse - Metro Plus","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-05-25T05:21:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-26T07:01:21+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/25\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/25\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/25\/australian-activists-return-after-gaza-flotilla-incident-allege-israeli-abuse\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Australian activists return after Gaza flotilla incident, allege Israeli abuse"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/#website","url":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/","name":"Metro Plus","description":"Metro Plus","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/#organization","name":"Metro Plus","url":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cropped-metroplus1044.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cropped-metroplus1044.png","width":240,"height":169,"caption":"Metro Plus"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/#\/schema\/person\/6bbe2f487494b6f04d542440127c7895","name":"Metro Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/406741887e2b499d9f2b2d4de7792c34f5c1bdcb01722828c2466332139b8510?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/406741887e2b499d9f2b2d4de7792c34f5c1bdcb01722828c2466332139b8510?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/406741887e2b499d9f2b2d4de7792c34f5c1bdcb01722828c2466332139b8510?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Metro Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/author\/metroadmin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}