“It is a favorite tactic of the Israeli regime to try to bully people into silence and submission,” says @RaniaBatrice, member of the @gbsumudflotilla's communications team. Global Sumud Flotilla members Saif Abukeshek and Thiago Ávila were abducted from their ships and taken to Israel last week when Israeli forces violently intercepted dozens of vessels carrying humanitarian aid bound for Gaza.