Tunisia detains seven Gaza flotilla activists

Tunisia detains seven Gaza flotilla activists Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 03/17/2026 - 10:24 Global Sumud condemned ‘a troubling break with Tunisia's long history of solidarity with the Palestinian people’ after arrests Swedish activist Greta Thunberg from the Global Sumud Flotilla in Genoa, Italy, on 28 November 2025 (Piero Cruciatti/AFP) Off A Tunisian judge on Monday ordered the pre-trial detention of seven members of the new pro- Palestinian flotilla, Global Sumud, based on suspicions of money laundering und