Irish president's sister likens Israeli detention to 'concentration camp'

Dr. Margaret Connolly said the Israel Navy held the Gaza flotilla activists 'bent down like hogs' without medicine or toilet paper, adding that 'They'd kicked you if you looked up'

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Dr. Margaret Connolly said the Israel Navy held the Gaza flotilla activists 'bent down like hogs' without medicine or toilet paper, adding that 'They'd kicked you if you looked up'

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10:40 AM • May 23 2026 IDT

Irish activist Dr. Margaret Connolly, the sister of Irish President Catherine Connolly, said activists detained by Israel while aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla "got a feeling of what the Jews felt like during the Second World War," accusing Israel of "acting like a Nazi state."

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