Yesterday, The Guardian reported:
The climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and 11 other activists have set sail for Gaza on a ship aimed at “breaking Israel’s siege” of the devastated territory, organisers have said.
The sailing boat Madleen – operated by the activist group Freedom Flotilla Coalition – departed from the port of Catania in Sicily, southern Italy, on Sunday.
It would try to reach the shores of the Gaza Strip to bring in some aid and raise “international awareness” of the continuing humanitarian crisis, the activists said at a press conference on Sunday, before the vessel departed.
“We are doing this because, no matter what odds we are against, we have to keep trying,” Thunberg said, bursting into tears during her speech.
“Because the moment we stop trying is when we lose our humanity. And, no matter how dangerous this mission is, it’s not even near as dangerous as the silence of the entire world in the face of the livestreamed genocide.”
Let’s not forget, Israel’s got form here, and it’s bloody. In 2010, the Israeli military stormed the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish ship in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla carrying aid and activists. In international waters, Israeli commandos killed nine activists, including one shot four times in the head. A tenth died later from injuries. The UN called it “excessive and unreasonable” force; Israel shrugged, claiming self-defence.
In 2018, the Al Awda and other flotilla vessels faced similar aggression, boarded, seized, with activists beaten and detained. These weren’t isolated incidents but a pattern: Israel targets those who dare challenge its blockade, leaving a trail of dead and wounded peaceful protesters. Greta’s mission sails into the same crosshairs.
US senator issues a death threat to Greta Thunberg and other humanitarian activists. pic.twitter.com/eJQGRX5mIo
— B.M. (@ireallyhateyou) June 1, 2025
Back in 2023, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee sneered that those pushing for Palestinian statehood should “carve it out of the French Riviera” instead of Gaza. It’s a dog whistle, plain and simple, a nudge to the far-right zealots who see dead activists as collateral damage in their stupid holy war. Huckabee’s words aren’t just rhetoric; they’re a green light for violence against anyone daring to stand with Palestinians. If Israel takes that shot, the fallout would be seismic.
The world would erupt. Greta’s a global icon, her defiance a symbol of resistance against oppression the world over. Her death would galvanise millions of climate activists, human rights defenders, and ordinary people fed up with Israel’s impunity. Protests would choke cities from Stockholm to Sydney.
Social media, already buzzing with outrage over Gaza’s unending military enforced famine, would explode. Israeli embassies would be targeted. Governments, especially in Europe, would face unbearable pressure to act, with sanctions, boycotts, and severed ties with Israel. Even the UN, currently sitting on its hands, might muster a resolution or two to try and dissuade Israel from pursuing their atrocious genocide.
This isn’t just support, it’s complicity in what the Center for Constitutional Rights correctly calls a “genocide” that’s killed over 52,000 Palestinians, including more than 16,500 innocent children. The US vetoes UN ceasefire calls, shields Israel from ICC probes, and keeps the bombs flowing. It’s not just enabling genocide; it’s bankrolling it.
If Greta’s killed, the US will wring its hands, maybe issue a limp condemnation, but don’t expect accountability. Trump’s sycophantic team of idiots would dodge, citing Israel’s “right to self-defence,” while the war machine, a juggernaut the US economy relies on, churns on killing woman and children. The world, however, won’t stay silent. Greta’s death would be a tipping point, exposing the US-Israel axis of evil as not just indifferent to peace but actively hostile to it.
