{"id":26582,"date":"2025-06-12T17:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=26582"},"modified":"2025-06-12T18:53:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:53:37","slug":"eu-parliament-member-refuses-to-drink-israeli-water-while-in-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/eu-parliament-member-refuses-to-drink-israeli-water-while-in-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Parliament Member Refuses to Drink Israeli Water While in Custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rima Hassan, French Member of the European Parliament of Palestinian descent, is currently under arrest in Israel, after joining what the Foreign Ministry mockingly dubbed the \u201cselfie yacht\u201d to Gaza, and she&#8217;s found something to complain about: the tap water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe water in Israel is dirty\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nAccording to journalist Avishai Grinzaig, Hassan has refused to drink the tap water at the Israeli detention facility, claiming that \u201cthe water in Israel is dirty.\u201d She\u2019s demanding that the Border Police and Israel Prison Service supply her exclusively with bottled mineral water, and won\u2019t touch the same water given to all other detainees.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26585\" style=\"width: 777px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26585 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-92.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"777\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-92.webp 777w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-92-300x239.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-92-768x613.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greta Thunberg on the plane | Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hassan was arrested in Israel after joining the widely publicized and deliberately provocative \u201chumanitarian aid&#8221; flotilla to Gaza\u2014an attention-seeking stunt aimed at challenging the naval blockade on the Strip. The vessel she sailed on was intercepted by elite Shayetet 13 commandos, who carried out a non-violent boarding and towed the boat to shore with support from Israeli security forces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Headed for a Judge<\/strong><br \/>\nThe activists, including Rima Hassan, were transferred to Israel for detention following the interception, taken to a designated facility in Ashdod, and processed according to standard procedures. Some participants, such as Greta Thunberg, signed deportation papers and were sent home. 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