She said the Israeli prison officers were savages and she was treated like not a person. The British activist also urged that, despite the ceasefire, the world should come together in solidarity with the oppressed people of Palestine as the Zionist regime is not trustworthy for the ceasefire. Below is the full text of the interview:
Iran Press: Could you please tell us the terrifying ordeal you had in the Israeli prison?
"Well, I don't want to give the impression that I'm expert on the prison, but I have to say compare to the Taliban experience, I would rather spend two months in a prison in Kabul than for two minutes inside Israeli jail. The prison officers were savages, the men and the women. The women were actually worse. I was pushed around, nocked around, strip-searched, and humiliated. It was constant humiliation, degradation, and I was treated like not a person. It was some traumatizing. But we must remember that whatever I went through, the Palestinians go through ten times worse."
Iran Press: What is the responsibility of the global community in saving the people of Palestine?
Yvonne Ridley: The Global South must look at the West in disgust because we have done nothing to stop the genocide. Infact, Britain has fueled the war by providing bombs, and America has funded it. The West has blood on its hands, that is for sure. And for stopping the genocide, it's only ordinary citizens of this world who can stop the genocide through these magnificent marches, the protests, the rallies, the petitions, and the Flotilla. You know, the Flotilla was historical. It's the largest ever seaborne act in the name of peace in the history of the Mediterranean. And, I was proud to be part of that. Proud of Britain, not so much.
Iran Press: Now that there's an announcement of the ceasefire, is there a need for continuing the solidarity?
Yvonne Ridley: Yes, there is. We need to focus on Gaza more than ever. And the world needs to come together in solidarity to make sure that this ceasefire holds. Israel has a notorious reputation for breaking the ceasefire. I'm not part of optimism, the ceasefire will hold, but as long as the guns stay silent, then women of Gaza can put their little ones to bed at night without fear of the bombs dropping through attacks.
Hossein Amiri - ahmad shirzadian
