Israel on Sunday deported 36 pro-Palestinian activists who were taken into custody after flying into Israel for protests over the weekend, an official said. Two other activists were deported overnight, leaving 82 still in Israeli custody awaiting flights back to home.
"Now on their way to their flights are 36 people, 35 of them will leave on a Lufthansa flight and one person is going on an Alitalia flight," immigration service spokeswoman Sabine Hadad told AFP.
Those being deported were 22 Belgians, 13 Germans and one Spaniard, Hadad said. Two other Belgians were sent home earlier. Israel was hoping to deport the remainder, she said. "We hope it will be possible to return them to their home countries in the next 48 hours. It will depend on what spaces are available on departing flights," she added. The activists are currently being held in prisons in Beersheva in southern Israel and in Ramleh, near Tel Aviv.
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