In Spain, activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla were beaten by police officers at Bilbao Airport on Saturday, after they returned home from being intercepted at sea, abducted and abused by Israeli forces while attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. At least four people were arrested, after members of the autonomous police force for Spain’s Basque Country known as the Ertzaintza used batons to attack activists, family members and supporters who had gathered to pose for pictures.

The police violence drew attention to more than 1.66 million Euros’ (about 1.9 million dollars’) worth of security contracts between Basque police forces and an Israeli firm run by a former Mossad agent to provide body armor, surveillance technology and tactical training courses. Meanwhile, 15 American Sumud flotilla activists held a press conference at JFK on Sunday morning. We’ll speak to Alex Colston, a U.S. citizen and flotilla participant who just returned home. This comes as Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has been barred from entering France. France’s Foreign Ministry cited Ben-Gvir’s “incitement of hatred and violence against Palestinians,” as well as video he shared last week showing him taunting dozens of activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla who’d been abducted by Israeli forces and pushed to the ground, face-first, with their hands bound behind their backs.