Jeannette Escanilla Explained

Jeannette Escanilla Diaz (born 1961) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Left Party, she represented Uppsala County between June 2018 and September 2018.^[1]

Escanilla was president of the Ship to Gaza foundation.^[2] She was part of the Women's Boat to Gaza crew aboard the Zaytouna-Olivia that tried to break the Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip in October 2016 but were intercepted by the Israelis in international waters and taken to Ashdod in Israel before being deported.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ledamöter & partier: Jeannette Escanilla (V) . . 8 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210808112841/https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-partier/ledamot/Jeannette-Escanilla_e51b1ecf-b62b-4ecf-93f6-94b550b1f62c/ . 8 August 2021 . Stockholm, Sweden . sv.
2. News: Altuntas . Atila . Kazanci . Handan . Swedish NGO plans another bid to break Gaza blockade . 8 December 2022 . . 30 March 2018 . Ankara, Turkey.
3. News: Escanilla (V) är med på Women's boats to Gaza . 8 December 2022 . . 28 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161111214149/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/escanilla-v-ar-med-pa-women-s-boats-to-gaza . 11 November 2016 . Stockholm, Sweden . sv.
4. News: Carty . Ed . Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire: Israeli navy detention is kidnap . 8 December 2022 . . 6 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201113044613/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/nobel-laureate-mairead-maguire-israeli-navy-detention-is-kidnap-35109445.html . 13 November 2020 . Dublin, Ireland.
5. News: Uppsalapolitikern släppt ur fängelse . 8 December 2022 . . 7 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161112213409/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/uppsalapolitikern-slappt-ur-fangelse . 12 November 2016 . Stockholm, Sweden . sv.