
An Israeli newspaper bizarrely compared the Freedom Flotilla activists' attempt to break the siege on Gaza to the 8th century "Viking takeover of Western Europe."
Greta Thunberg was one of 12 volunteers, including French European Parliament Member Rima Hassan, traveling on the Madleen, a sailing ship carrying aid, including medicine and food, for starving Palestinians in Gaza. The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stopped the boat from reaching Gaza on Sunday and detained all 12 activists early Monday morning.