Madleen Ship: Israel Deports Greta Thunberg, Other Activists Held in Detention
Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced that activist and climate campaigner Greta Thunberg has been deported after the Israeli military seized the Gaza-bound ship she was on, according to the Associated Press.
Thunberg Heads to Sweden
“Greta Thunberg is departing Israel on a flight to France,” the Foreign Ministry posted in X with a photo of Thunberg on a plane.
The legal rights group in Israel Adalah noted that Thunberg, two other activists and a journalist had agreed to be deported and leave Israel.
Meanwhile, other activists rejected deportation and decided to wait for Israeli authorities to hear their case.
Challenging Israeli Blockade
Thunberg and 11 other activists sailed to Gaza Strip on June 1 aboard a ship carrying humanitarian aid to Palestinian in Gaza.
The aid ship, operated by activist group Freedom Flotilla Coalition, set out from the Sicilian port of Catania in southern Italy on a mission to break “Israel’s siege” of the devastated territory, organizers said.
The activists stated that they will try to deliver some aids to Palestinians who are starving due to Israel’s blockade of humanitarian aid.
Israel Kidnaps the Ship
However, Israeli forces have taken control of Madleen yacht and detained activists on board.
“We are doing this because, no matter what odds we are against, we have to keep trying,” Thunberg said.
The mission also sought to raise “international awareness” over the ongoing humanitarian crisis. “Because the moment we stop trying is when we lose our humanity. And no matter how dangerous this mission is, it’s not even near as dangerous as the silence of the entire world in the face of the live-streamed genocide,” she added.
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