<description>&lt;p&gt;“Ben Gvir came to me and said, ‘You are a terrorist, and you will be treated as a terrorist’.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In her first media testimony since leaving Israel, Yasemin Acar recounts what she endured after being on the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian mission that set sail in international waters to break Israel’s siege on Gaza.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yasemin, a leading activist from Germany, describes the moment she was dragged, beaten, stripped, and humiliated after the flotilla was intercepted in September and the volunteers were taken to an Israeli prison. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;She also recounts her direct confrontation with Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who personally called her a “terrorist”.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Facing Ben Gvir: I was stripped, beaten and detained in Israel | Yasemin Acar | Real Talk

NOV 10, 202542 MIN
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Facing Ben Gvir: I was stripped, beaten and detained in Israel | Yasemin Acar | Real Talk

NOV 10, 202542 MIN

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<p>“Ben Gvir came to me and said, ‘You are a terrorist, and you will be treated as a terrorist’.”</p><p>In her first media testimony since leaving Israel, Yasemin Acar recounts what she endured after being on the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian mission that set sail in international waters to break Israel’s siege on Gaza.</p><p>Yasemin, a leading activist from Germany, describes the moment she was dragged, beaten, stripped, and humiliated after the flotilla was intercepted in September and the volunteers were taken to an Israeli prison. </p><p>She also recounts her direct confrontation with Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who personally called her a “terrorist”.</p>