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Greta Thunberg, in a video posted on social media, said she and other members of the Freedom flotilla en-route to Gaza have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. This comes after the Daily Mail reported that several Israeli vessels surrounded the ship Madleen, prompting the crew to raise an alarm.

Thunberg shared a pre-recorded video appealing for international help. “My name is Greta Thunberg, and I am from Sweden,” she said in the clip. “If you see this video, we are being intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel. I urge all my friends, family and comrades to put pressure on the Swedish government to release me and the others as soon as possible.”

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[–] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 130 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Thunberg and crew are heroes in my eyes. No doubt a very extreme form of political protest, obviously they knew the outcome here. Even they couldn't predict blatant piracy. Hope she is returned safely...

[–] Korkki@lemmy.ml 127 points 2 days ago (13 children)

"The tiny amount of aid that was on the yacht and not consumed by the 'celebrities' will be transferred to Gaza through real humanitarian channels," the ministry added.

They will toss the aid to the wood chipper and laugh about it, won't they...

[–] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

tiny amount of aid

This is like someone with a micropenis criticizing the genitals of a kitten.

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 86 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Quite a thing to create the world's most dire need for humanitarian aid in the history of the species and then criticize any aid as tiny in comparison to the need you've manufactured

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[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 195 points 3 days ago (10 children)

Isn't boarding and taking over a ship in international waters piracy?

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[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

#BringThemHome

Good thing Sweden isn't Israel or else they'd have bombed their hospitals already.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 154 points 2 days ago (13 children)

All they had to do was wait until the boat entered Israeli waters to do it legally. Why do it in international waters? Israelis seem to want to break laws just for the sake of showing they dont consider any laws to matter. In some ways they are worse than nazis. They are like perpetually angry butthurt toddlers with weapons.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 162 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

At no point would the boat enter Israeli waters. Only Palestinian waters.

The illegal Israeli sea blockade is illegal for reason: it is not their water.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 18 points 2 days ago

there's no "legally" what, they enter Gaza territoral waters, only gaza has authority to regulate it's territorial waters.

Israel has no right to control Gaza's waters.

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[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 170 points 3 days ago (57 children)

Why is everyone so hands off and permissive with Israel? Like they can do nothing wrong when they go out of their way to do wrong things?

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