Greta Thunberg is accusing Israeli forces of subjecting her to “harsh treatment” and a campaign of humiliation while in custody after the interception of a Gaza-bound aid ship back in June. This news is pretty awful, and it sounds like the whole situation was absolutely chaotic and deliberately designed to break the spirits of the activists who were trying to deliver aid to the war-torn enclave.
Thunberg, the well-known climate activist, was one of more than 450 activists detained when the Israeli military intercepted the so-called Global Sumud Flotilla. The vessel, the Madleen, was attempting to deliver aid, but Israeli naval forces seized it in what Thunberg herself has described as a “kidnapping” in international waters. Upon arrival in Paris after her deportation, she was very clear in her testimony, stating they were “attacked and kidnapped by Israel and taken against our will.”
