The Israeli troops have taken control of the British-flagged charity vessel Madleen, which had tried to break a naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. The boat–operated by the pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC)–with its crew of 12, including activist Greta Thunberg, is now heading to a port in Israel, officials said on Sunday.
The FCC posted a pre-recorded “SOS” video of Thunberg on X and said, " the volunteers on ‘Madleen’ have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Pressure their foreign ministries and help us keep them safe!"
Exactly who says that they will let them go. They could very well hold them indefinitely call them terrorist and torture them. I don’t see a single powerful government intervening when by law they should. I hope they stay safe and are released.
She’s a white western girl with some celebrity appeal (not to undermine the incredible activism and support that she provides for worldwide causes). It’s easy to dehumanize non-western nobodies with off-white skin. Torturing her would be an incredibly bad look, even for them.
They deliberately shot at UN officials, people who have really good connections internationally. I do not think they care. I think the IDF is so far gone that they feel immortal - Israel might truly believe that they can truly do anything and suffer no consequences.
And if they do? “Oh she died of disease/malnutrition/an accident, nothing we could do. No you can’t have the body back.”
Hamas sent an assassin into her IDF controlled cell and killed her. Give us more bombs
I don’t think they care how they look. With the shit they are getting away with, and the fact that the west was actually cheering them on to kill her. I don’t see the EU standing up for her either. I fear greatly for her and the rest of the activist. Remember they weren’t all rich white girls on that boat.
I can’t see the west ever celebrating her death at the hands of the IDF. She is a famous beacon of hope with massive rallying power appealing to both young progressives and even some regressives (white rich north european girl as you say). Her death would be incredibly destablilising for their younger masses.
I doubt they’d even try to pin it on a surprise attack by Hamas, since no one would believe it.
Oil fascist have been running a smear campaign on her for a decade. Most of people I have heard speaking about her think she is annoying/entitled/mentally ill because all of that propaganda. I wish people cared about her, but they don’t.
I see you are unfamiliar with American conservatives.
“the west”? No, I don’t think so either.
Being an American though, I could absolutely see “the United States government via Trump and the republican party almost unanimously” cheering her torture and death, and honestly I personally know people who would probably pay to watch it happen live.
I believe people in the Israeli government recognize how bad that would look and likely have even issued orders not to harm her or anyone who was with her directly.
However, I also believe that a politicians orders mean about as much as a fart in the wind to anyone in the militarh if they believe differently and think they can get away with it. And as TV shows and movies like to say, “accidents happen”
That’s true, it’s definitely a card that she has to play
There is little to gain from torturing them.