Israeli court extends detention of two Global Sumud flotilla activists by two days (irishtimes.com)

• Israeli court extends detention of Spanish and Brazilian activists from Global Sumud flotilla by two days.
• Activists face allegations of assisting enemy, contact with foreign agent, and terror organisation ties; they deny charges.
• Spain and Brazil call detention illegal; over 100 other activists taken to Crete.

"An Israeli magistrate's court on Sunday extended by two days the detention of two activists, Saif Abu Keshek (Spanish) and Thiago Avila (Brazilian), arrested aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla intercepted in international waters near Greece. They face allegations including assisting the enemy during wartime and contact with a foreign agent. Their lawyer says the allegations are denied and the arrest unlawful due to lack of jurisdiction. Spain and Brazil issued a joint statement calling the detention illegal. Over 100 other activists were taken to Crete."