Chris Smalls, the only black member of the Freedom Flotilla with Greta Thunberg, was subjected to especially harsh treatment by the "only democracy in the Middle East."  

[https://truthout.org/articles/us-activist-chris-smalls-released-from-israeli-prison-after-beating-by-officers/](https://truthout.org/articles/us-activist-chris-smalls-released-from-israeli-prison-after-beating-by-officers/)

'Smalls, the only Black person on the crew, [was assaulted](https://x.com/GazaFFlotilla/status/1950053773835108448) by seven Israeli guards upon arriving at the prison, the coalition said. He was the only person on the crew to be treated with this level of violence.

“They choked him and kicked him in the legs, leaving visible signs of violence on his neck and back,” the coalition said. The group [also reported](https://x.com/GazaFFlotilla/status/1950650141670813862) that Israeli authorities were holding the activists in hot cells without ventilation, where they were forced to stay in confinement all day. They were denied access to basic hygiene supplies, and the cells are infested with bedbugs.

Despite Smalls’s abduction from international waters and assault by a foreign military, only a small handful of lawmakers and U.S. [labor unions](https://prospect.org/world/2025-07-31-labor-leader-chris-smalls-out-of-israeli-prison/) have spoken out about his detention.'

Wow.  The state that features the "most moral army in the world" seems to be deeply racist.  

Who on earth is still defending Israel in August 2025?  

Chris Smalls, union organizer and all around excellent person, was brutalized in an Israeli prison for the high crime of attempting to provide aid to starving people in Gaza.