Greta Thunberg’s Gaza Aid Voyage Sparks Controversy After Senator’s Mocking Remark

[Yellowtail]

Just now, Evil Penevil said:

 

According to a press release by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition,  "The ship is carrying urgently needed supplies for the people of Gaza, including baby formula, flour, rice, diapers, women’s sanitary products, water desalination kits, medical supplies, crutches, and children’s prosthetics."

 

But the Madleen isn't a very large ship and couldn't hold much.  According to the Sky News video, it contained less than a truckload of supplies.

 

There's not much cargo space on a recreational yacht.   The real goal of the "aid ship" was publicity, not the delivery of supplies.  The mission attracted a lot of attention, but much of it was ridicule.  If Greta Thunberg had any credibility, it's all gone now.

 

It's a boat, not a ship, 

[Evil Penevil]

5 minutes ago, bannork said:

Organisers said the nine-bus convoy was not bringing aid into Gaza,

 

Looks like Greta will miss the bus!

[Magictoad]

On 6/4/2025 at 7:48 AM, Chomper Higgot said:

She sure knows how to trigger stuffed shirts.

She sure knows how please  virtuous hypocrites

[Evil Penevil]

Tossing cell phones into the sea doesn't seem a very environmentally conscious thing to do.  I'm surprised Greta didn't object and urge them to recycle the phones.  But I guess she also didn't want numerous calls to Hamas to show up on the phones.

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

10 hours ago, Evil Penevil said:

Looks like Greta is happy to get a sandwich.

 

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/08/middleeast/freedom-flotilla-gaza-aid-ship-thunberg-intl-hnk

Her selfie yacht days are over, deportation for you girl, nice smile when you see the Israelis! I doubt she would have been smiling if Hamas got her, then again?

[Patong2021]

4 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

It's a boat, not a ship, 

And not a Freedom Flotilla. It was one boat with little  humanitarian aid, but filled with  terrorist enablers and sympathizers.

[Bkk Brian]

Figures

 

London-based ‘Hamas operative’ behind Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla
Zaher Birawi is ‘founding member’ of group that organised aid boat boarded and seized by Israeli forces on Sunday

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/09/zaher-birawi-hamas-operative-greta-thunbergs-gaza-flotilla/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/katz-detained-flotilla-activists-refused-to-watch-film-of-hamas-atrocities-on-oct-7/

[Yagoda]

I wonder how she is going to react to videos of Hamas terrorists decapitating, disemboweling and raping women and children while kidnapping the elderly like  the murderous scumbag cowards they are.

 

Guess we will soon learn whether she is a decent, normal human being or a terrorist supporting worthless pos beyond her climate lunacy.

[Evil Penevil]

Her refusal to watch the video of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks is absolute proof she is a pro-Hamas antisemite.

[josephbloggs]

1 hour ago, Evil Penevil said:

Her refusal to watch the video of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks is absolute proof she is a pro-Hamas antisemite.

Guess what? I don't want to watch those videos either. I am sure 95% of people don't want to. So is everyone a Hamas loving anti-semite? Or perhaps I just don't want to see such horrendous things happening to humans. 

I also don't want to watch videos of people being bombed in Gaza either. Does that make me an pro-IDF anti Palestinian? No, I just don't want to see people getting blown up.

You are honestly ridiculous. 

[Yellowtail]

4 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Figures

 

London-based ‘Hamas operative’ behind Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla
Zaher Birawi is ‘founding member’ of group that organised aid boat boarded and seized by Israeli forces on Sunday

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/09/zaher-birawi-hamas-operative-greta-thunbergs-gaza-flotilla/

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/katz-detained-flotilla-activists-refused-to-watch-film-of-hamas-atrocities-on-oct-7/

They should rig them up like Alex in Clockwork Orange and make them see it...

[Yellowtail]

32 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

Guess what? I don't want to watch those videos either. I am sure 95% of people don't want to. So is everyone a Hamas loving anti-semite? Or perhaps I just don't want to see such horrendous things happening to humans. 

I also don't want to watch videos of people being bombed in Gaza either. Does that make me an pro-IDF anti Palestinian? No, I just don't want to see people getting blown up.

You are honestly ridiculous. 

People that are anti-Israel should watch it. 

 

People that support Israel should watch videos of people being bombed in Gaza as well. But it seems we are all constantly being shown videos of being bombed in Gaza. 

[SamSaraburi]

On 6/9/2025 at 6:09 AM, Bkk Brian said:

It was only a matter of time and they knew they would never be allowed onto a Gaza beach or dock. They can shout death to America and Israel all they want in custody now.

 

The Israeli Navy has reportedly intercepted the “Freedom Flotilla” containing Greta Thunberg and other humanitarian activists, which was heading towards the Gaza Strip, with footage from those part of the flotilla showing alarms sounding aboard the Madleen.

 

Also on X by the UN Special Rapporteur 

 

17 hours after its unlawful seizure and capture, the #Madleen crew remains held offshore, reportedly near Ashdod. I call on: – Israel to release them immediately, and let them sail unimpeded to Gaza; – The UK to act under its Article 94 UNCLOS duties as flag-state to ensure the safety of the crew; – Crew members’ home states (Brazil, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Turkey), to intervene to ensure the safety of their citizens. There is no legal basis for Israel’s actions. All states must uphold their obligations under the Genocide Convention—to prevent further acts of genocide and end Israel’s impunity. It should never have fallen to ordinary citizens to do what states refuse to.
 

 

 

https://x.com/FranceskAlbs/status/1932138690484253047?t=yBYZ2pyeHt70Iwx0vJWgjA&s=19

[SamSaraburi]

On 6/8/2025 at 5:31 PM, Hanaguma said:

Gaza is unique in two aspects;

 

1. People "starve to death" slower than anywhere else on earth. Also look quite healthy while doing so.

 

2. They are remarkably resistant to "genocide", the population today is at least as high, and maybe higher, than on October 7 2023.  Also Israel is rather poor at committing genocide. Remarkable given their military capabilities. 

Sounds like you are mocking human suffering. To suggest that people in Gaza "look healthy" while starving is both cruel and disconnected from reality. Malnutrition doesn’t always show in ways that fit media stereotypes, especially in children. That doesn’t make their suffering any less real.

The fact that people are still alive doesn’t mean a genocide isn’t happening. Genocide is defined by I”ntent to destroy a people”, not whether every last person has been killed. 

[Bkk Brian]

4 hours ago, SamSaraburi said:

Also on X by the UN Special Rapporteur 

https://x.com/FranceskAlbs/status/1932138690484253047?t=yBYZ2pyeHt70Iwx0vJWgjA&s=19

 Aside from the ruling below, it was sailing into a war zone. Get a grip!

 

https://x.com/HillelNeuer/status/1931841254591193499

 

 

[Yellowtail]

8 minutes ago, SamSaraburi said:

Sounds like you are mocking human suffering. To suggest that people in Gaza "look healthy" while starving is both cruel and disconnected from reality. Malnutrition doesn’t always show in ways that fit media stereotypes, especially in children. That doesn’t make their suffering any less real.

The fact that people are still alive doesn’t mean a genocide isn’t happening. Genocide is defined by I”ntent to destroy a people”, not whether every last person has been killed. 

If genocide is defined by "Intent to destroy a people”, does that mean Palestinians are trying to commit genocide on the Jews? 

[Evil Penevil]

 

1 hour ago, josephbloggs said:

Guess what? I don't want to watch those videos either. I am sure 95% of people don't want to. So is everyone a Hamas loving anti-semite? Or perhaps I just don't want to see such horrendous things happening to humans. 

I also don't want to watch videos of people being bombed in Gaza either. Does that make me an pro-IDF anti Palestinian? No, I just don't want to see people getting blown up.

 

There's a huge difference between Greta Thunberg and 95% of the population, in fact 99.99999% of the population.  She's a public figure who won a big audience  through her climate-change activism,  She is now taking advantage of her status to loudly advocate for the Palestinian side in the Gaza conflict.  She has accused Israel of committing war crimes and genocide, while remaining very quiet about the atrocities Hamas committed to start the conflict. 

 

She needs to watch the video of Hamas' atrocities to understand why Israel is waging the war it does in Gaza.   The 95% of the population you mention don't need to watch it because they aren't public advocates for the Palestinian side.  Many of the public supporters of Hamas, celebrity and otherwise, have downplayed or even denied Hamas committed atrocities.  Watching the video would give them the proof they seem to have ignored or avoided.

 

If you acknowledge that Hamas committed atrocities against innocent civilians on Oct. 7, then you don't need to watch video footage of these horrible crimes.  But if you or anyone else doubt they happened or believe the Israeli government is exaggerating about them, then you do.

 

1 hour ago, josephbloggs said:

You are honestly ridiculous. 

 

And I regard people who serve as apologists for terrorists and antisemites to be far worse than ridiculous.

[bannork]

The Madleen is no ‘selfie yacht’. It is a symbol of human compassion in a world that has decided to look away.

 

Imagine this: over the weekend, Britain – shocked by the scale of suffering in Gaza – decided to bypass international norms and institutions, and used its navy to deliver much-needed food, baby formula and medical supplies to the Gaza Strip’s ports.

 

This, of course, did not happen.

 

Compare the courage of Greta Thunberg’s Gaza aid mission with the inaction and complicity of western governments | Owen Jones | The Guardian

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

8 minutes ago, bannork said:

The Madleen is no ‘selfie yacht’. It is a symbol of human compassion in a world that has decided to look away.

 

Imagine this: over the weekend, Britain – shocked by the scale of suffering in Gaza – decided to bypass international norms and institutions, and used its navy to deliver much-needed food, baby formula and medical supplies to the Gaza Strip’s ports.

 

This, of course, did not happen.

 

Compare the courage of Greta Thunberg’s Gaza aid mission with the inaction and complicity of western governments | Owen Jones | The Guardian

 

 

Opinion piece by "Owen Jones"...............lol

[connda]

Well the IDF intercepted the boat.  The fact the the little curmudgeon was on board probably saved the rest of the crew from being shot.  Shooting little Greta Thunberg would be a PR disaster even for Israel who are otherwise immune to PR disasters involving shooting people.  They gave her a bottle of water and a cupcake. She'll get a hand-slap and sent back to Sweden. Then we'll see if she goes back to saving the Earth from man-made climate change or if she sets sail once more to Gaza.  The next time I doubt they'll care if it a PR disaster or not. My guess is she'll be warned in no uncertain terms not to repeat the act. 

[Nick Carter icp]

Just now, connda said:

Well the IDF intercepted the boat.  The fact the the little curmudgeon was on board probably saved the rest of the crew from being shot.  

 

  No, they would only have been shoot if they posed a physical life threatening  threat to the IDF .

   If they attacked the IDF with weapons , its only then they would have been shot, Greta included 

[hotsun]

14 minutes ago, bannork said:

The Madleen is no ‘selfie yacht’. It is a symbol of human compassion in a world that has decided to look away.

 

Imagine this: over the weekend, Britain – shocked by the scale of suffering in Gaza – decided to bypass international norms and institutions, and used its navy to deliver much-needed food, baby formula and medical supplies to the Gaza Strip’s ports.

 

This, of course, did not happen.

 

Compare the courage of Greta Thunberg’s Gaza aid mission with the inaction and complicity of western governments | Owen Jones | The Guardian

 

 

1200 murdered on october 7th, hostages still captive. A world that has decided to look away. Agreed

[Mike_Hunt]

22 minutes ago, bannork said:

The Madleen is no ‘selfie yacht’. It is a symbol of human compassion in a world that has decided to look away.

 

 

It represents a form of virtue signaling that ultimately achieves nothing.  

[Nick Carter icp]

28 minutes ago, bannork said:

. It is a symbol of human compassion in a world that has decided to look away.

 

 

   How can that seriously be posted ?

The whole World is looking away from all the others wars and conflicts in the World and all the Worlds looking at Gaza .

   The whole World is looking at Gaza and commenting and you claim the World is looking away .

   Just unbelievable 

*world that has decided to look away."  :posted in one of the 100's of threads about the conflict 

   Unbelievable 

[Hanaguma]

1 hour ago, SamSaraburi said:

Sounds like you are mocking human suffering. To suggest that people in Gaza "look healthy" while starving is both cruel and disconnected from reality. Malnutrition doesn’t always show in ways that fit media stereotypes, especially in children. That doesn’t make their suffering any less real.

The fact that people are still alive doesn’t mean a genocide isn’t happening. Genocide is defined by I”ntent to destroy a people”, not whether every last person has been killed. 

Kinda, yeah.

 

They have been "suffering" for 18 months, imminent death, bodies in the streets.... hasn't happened. 

 

As for the so-called "genocide", if Israel wanted to actually do a genocide on the Gazans, they could turn the place into a parking lot in 72 hours.  The IAF has nearly 300 attack aircraft.  They have been remarkably restrained up to now. 

[Hanaguma]

Looking at the boat, it looks like the "aid" they could carry wouldn't feed a family picnic.  Pathetic political stunt by a stunted pathetic girl. 

[Social Media]

@bannork an inflammatory and demonstrably false and off topic claim has been removed, any more of that and it will be more than posts.

 

5. You will not use ASEAN NOW to post any material which is knowingly or can be reasonably construed as false, inaccurate, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of any law. Topics or posts deemed to be scaremongering, deliberately misleading or which deliberately distort information will be removed. In factual areas such as news forums and current affairs topics member content that is claimed or portrayed as a fact should be supported by a link to a relevant reputable source.

 

Before this topic gets deflected please ensure you discuss the actual OP, it is certainly not about alleged Genocide from either side.

 

Greta Thunberg’s Gaza Aid Voyage Sparks Controversy After Senator’s Mocking Remark

[Yellowtail]

2 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Opinion piece by "Owen Jones"...............lol

Bunch of kids getting loaded on a boat, such courage

[Yellowtail]

1 hour ago, Hanaguma said:

Looking at the boat, it looks like the "aid" they could carry wouldn't feed a family picnic.  Pathetic political stunt by a stunted pathetic girl. 

And there's like 20 people on it. I wonder how much "aid" was left by the time they got there. 

[Nick Carter icp]

2 hours ago, bannork said:

The Madleen is no ‘selfie yacht’. It is a symbol of human compassion in a world that has decided to look away.

 

   Why did they take a 2000 Kilometer 7 day journey from Malta instead of departing from Cyprus and a 1 day journey ?

  More sailing  time = more self publicity ............but less aid