Romanian interim foreign minister Oana Țoiu harshly criticized the way Israeli authorities treated members of the “Gaza flotilla” on Wednesday, May 20, stating that the “hostility and public humiliation” directed at them are “unacceptable.” The reaction came after Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir visited approximately 430 “Gaza flotilla” activists brought to the port of Ashdod and published images in which they appear kneeling, with their hands tied behind their backs. The activists were brought to the port by armed Israeli commandos, who intercepted some 50 ships bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza.  The minister appeared in the video waving an Israeli flag and saying “welcome to Israel!” to the bound activists.  “This is how we welcome supporters of terrorism,” the same minister said in a message on the social network X, where he shared the images. He then reaffirmed the position of the Israeli government, according to which the mission intended to transport humanitarian aid to the population of the Gaza Strip, and which attempted to break the maritime blockade imposed by Israel on the Palestinian enclave since 2007, would amount to support for the Islamist group Hamas.