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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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[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 195 points 1 week ago (10 children)

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

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[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 171 points 1 week 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?

[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

Do you like having a job and a place to live? That's why.

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 154 points 1 week 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 161 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.

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[–] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 131 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 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...

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[–] Korkki@lemmy.ml 128 points 1 week ago (14 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...

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[–] RecipeForHate1@lemmy.ml 111 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Thiago Ávila, a Brazilian activist, was also in that boat and was kidnapped by the Israeli state. That's a crime against humanity.

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