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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    “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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      Nah they’ll actually dangle the food in front of starving people to draw a crowd and then bomb them.

      Fucking monsters.

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    Israel has decided to grab the attention of some of the people who weren’t already outraged. It’s a bold more. I hope it works out the way I think it will.

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    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.

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      this country is run and heavily populated with most vile criminals ever to exists.

      when contemplating about what they are capable of, then think of them as the most disgusting mexican drug cartel not a country of law and human decency.

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      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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      They want to make a point that they don’t care about international law

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        You may be right. The whole world is on the brink ,deciding if we will move forward as a global “rule of law” or a global “might makes right” future.

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    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?

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    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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      For private citizens yes.

      If a nations official forces do it. It is an act of war.

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        When Israel does it “it has a right to protect itself” from unarmed civilians bringing food.

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        Curious to see how the EU and other European countries will respond. One of the people on board is a EU PM.

        Besides Greta the boat had people from many other European countries such as France, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands. There are also a Turk and a Brazilian on board.

        I really hope the people on board are safe. They don’t deserve this.

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          They will respond politically. And that is all.

          The history means every nation in Europe is split to hell on this subject. So what ever action any specific gov takes. Will be the end of that gov. So no gov will have the courage to challenge with anything but diplomacy.

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      Israel would claim that the flotilla was providing material assistance to a military enemy, and were a legitimate target