Margaret Connolly, sister of Irish President Catherine Connolly, is among the Irish citizens who were arrested connected Monday greeting by Israel portion participating successful the caller “Gaza flotilla,” according to the organizers.
“She was traveling to Gaza to present assistance and interruption the Israeli blockade, which she considers illegal. We telephone for Margaret’s contiguous release,” the organizers wrote connected their Instagram page, which besides included a video of Connolly.
Organizers confirmed that Margaret Connolly, a doc by profession, is the president’s sister, but stressed that her information successful the convoy was “entirely her ain decision” and unrelated to her sister’s presumption arsenic a left-wing person (sic).
For her part, Catherine Connolly, speaking from London wherever she was visiting today, told reporters that she was “very concerned” astir her sister and the different members of the flotilla.
According to the organizers, 8 of the 15 radical progressive successful the ngo were Irish citizens.
Spain and Ireland are among the European countries astir captious of Israel’s warfare successful Gaza. Dublin recognized Palestine arsenic a “sovereign and autarkic state” successful May 2024.
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