Overview
- David Adler, 33, says he spent a month at sea with the Global Sumud Flotilla and was detained briefly by Israeli authorities before being deported to Jordan.
- He alleges mistreatment during processing and compares Israel’s Ketziot facility to an internment camp, a characterization Israeli officials reject as false.
- Adler maintains the vessels carried limited humanitarian items, saying he personally loaded supplies such as lentils and baby formula.
- He describes the participants as ordinary citizens including doctors, nurses and journalists, and says he joined as a voice for “Jews of conscience.”
- Israel intercepted roughly 42 boats carrying about 500 people by Oct. 3, with high‑profile activists among them, and Adler trained in Barcelona before departing from Tunisia.