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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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[–] [email protected] 164 points 1 week ago (41 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?

[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 week ago (2 children)

For Germany: Israel is an indulgence for the Holocaust.

For the USA: Israel is an unsinkable aircraft carrier in a largely hostile region that is protected by international law.

For the rest of Western Europe: They are vassals of the US, so naturally they don’t want to piss of their daddy.

For everyone else: they don’t want to provoke the US either.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't forget that the rest of Europe benefits from the imperialist projection in the same ways as the US does.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That should go without saying.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It should but people love giving Europe a pass whenever they can for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Literally this. This should never be left unsaid, actually it should be underscored.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

This makes the most sense.

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