Israel says Greta Thunberg is being deported after Gaza-bound ship she was on was seized
Activist Greta Thunberg is being deported from Israel, Israel's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, after the Gaza-bound ship she was on was seized by the Israeli military
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Telegraph
12 minutes ago
- Telegraph
LA riots, BLM, Save Gaza: get ready for a summer of destructive far-Left activism
The gods of intersectionality must be beaming down upon America right now. As if by clockwork, the Mexican flags – the most potent symbols of the anti-ICE protests now convulsing the nation – have been joined by…what else?….Palestinian flags and other totems of Gazan liberation. It's an almost inevitable co-branding of arch-Left ideologies. The encroachment of pro-Palestinian elements into the anti-anti-migrant riots parallels a nascent – yet similar – alignment between pro-Palestine and the #blacklivesmatter movement. While actual #BLM flags have yet to join their Mexican and Palestinian counterparts on America's chaotic city streets, the protestors are clearly taking their cues from #BLM's summer of rage following the death of George Floyd five years ago. As the New York Post reported this week, one key supporter of the current anti-ICE protests, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, has also backed #BLM protests. For the moment, at least, the melding of migrants and the Palestinian cause appears to be the most worrisome. Kaffiyeh-clad rioters, faces covered in masks and carrying various Palestinian-related paraphernalia, have attacked police cars and hurled Molotov cocktails in both Los Angeles and New Orleans this past week. This is the globalising of the intifada. Thousands of anti-Israel protestors have long demanded it – except it's now taking place right here in America. According to Israel-based media watchdog group Honest Reporting: 'in the pages of major newspapers and the broadcasts of primetime news….mentions of the Palestinian flag are fleeting. The presence of anti-Israel groups is buried or ignored entirely.' The media is unlikely to maintain this ignorance for much longer. Honest Reporting has identified that leading anti-Zionist groups such as Students for Justice in Palestine and Within Our Lifetime have urged their members to support, if not directly join, the anti-Trump protests. This could fundamentally shift the tenor of the Anti-Trump movement from ad-hoc to something multi-national and truly terrifying. No protest movement in American history has been as well-coordinated and spectacularly violent as the last 19 months of Gaza mayhem. If we combine this with the LA riots – thousands of illegal migrants facing deportation and with nothing to lose – summer 2025 could make BLM's weeks of chaos five years ago seem like an Easter Parade. Of course there's nothing necessarily organic between marauding for Gaza and rioting for migrant rights. But that's where #intersectionality conveniently kicks in. The false belief that alignment with one identity-based cause demands alignment with all identity-based causes explains why Gay groups and feminists bafflingly champion Hamas despite the fact it is a misogynistic and homophobic terror group. With their focus on ethnic minorities and Trump militarism, the current riots were almost purpose built for intersectional co-option. The blueprints are certainly in place. Long before the death of George Floyd ignited BLM's summer of fury in 2020, the group enshrined anti-Zionism into its foundational manifesto. Along with advocating for boycott and divestment from Israel, BLM accused Israeli authorities of training US police forces. Those forces, BLM continued, were then unleashed upon America's ethnic minorities. The truth, of course, is more nuanced. US police officers do train in Israel, as part of a joint intelligence, education and community outreach program established after the September 11th attacks. US police officers also train in other foreign nations; Police Scotland, for instance, hosted a contingent of American police to help with de-escalation training back in 2022. But, as many frustrated pro-Israel advocates now routinely sigh, 'No-Jews/No-News'. Only Israel's shared police programs make headlines. Back in January, intersectional activists worked overtime to connect the wildfires devastating Los Angeles with Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza. Now they're doing the same thing with the anti-ICE riots. Ultra-odious broadcaster Mehdi Hasan described the LA riots and Gaza crisis as 'movements of mutual aid and solidarity.' Notorious anti-Zionist site Mondoweiss was even more intellectually-elastic when it described the LA protests and Greta Thunberg's recent failed 'relief mission' as 'represent[ing] the same imperial logic: any challenge to injustice will be met with state violence.' Most worrisome, widely-read social media accounts are busily 'connecting the dots between Los Angeles and Palestine,' laying out the same accusations of police training scheme touted a decade ago by BLM. The posts go on to describe other supposed strategic similarities: Israel's arrest of Palestinian terrorists, for instance, is akin to US arresting illegal migrants. 'Shared abuse: abduction and family separation' is how they spuriously describe it. You get the idea. Such libels are indeed bloody and – considering the recent violent anti-Semitic attacks in Colorado and Washington, DC – easily have the power to become far more so. With Trump showing no signs of backing down in his mission to rid America of illegal migrants, intersectional rhetoric is almost certain to ratchet up far louder. And as always, Israel and Jews will continue to serve as the most convenient targets.
Daily Mail
28 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Awkward moment Greta Thunberg covers her head as she is flown out of Israel after failed bid to reach Gaza - and pilot praises IDF and wishes for the return of all hostages over the tanoy
Greta Thunberg appeared to cover her head with her coat as she was flown out of Israel after she and other activists attempted to reach Gaza on a 'freedom flotilla' aid ship. Passengers filmed and took pictures of Thunberg as she was being deported by Israeli authorities on Tuesday, a day after Israeli forces detained her and a crew of 11 others in international waters. The 22-year-old looked disheveled and tired as she sat at the back of the El Al jet from Ben Gurion to Paris, with a picture showing her putting her blue waterproof jacket on her head. A video clip circulating online appears to show her with the coat pulled all the way down over her face at another point in the journey. In a separate clip shared on social media, apparently from the same flight, a member of airline staff can be heard praising the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). 'We want to thank our security forces and the IDF for protecting our homeland and wish for the swift return of all hostages,' the voice, said to belong to the pilot, is heard saying. The announcement was met with cheers from passengers. The footage of Thunberg covering her face emerged after a campaigner who was detained alongside the prominent activist claimed that Israeli officials had deprived her of sleep during her time in detention. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) said in response to the footage that Thunberg was 'exhausted' during the flight and was trying to rest when the video was taken. Thunberg and 11 other activists on the Madleen ship, who had planned to sail to Gaza to deliver aid, were intercepted by Israeli Navy boats in international waters in the early hours of Monday. The group was taken to the Israeli port of Ashdod, where four, including Thunberg, agreed to be deported immediately. 'I did not recognize I entered Israel illegally,' Thunberg told reporters when she landed in Paris on Tuesday. 'We were kidnapped in international waters... this is a violation of international rights.' All of the activists have been banned from Israel for 100 years, the rights group that represents them said in a statement. The eight who were not deported were taken into custody after they refused to leave Israel voluntarily, rights group Adalah added. A spokesman for the FFC today commented on the footage of Thunberg on the plane: 'Greta was exhausted by the arrest and detention and wanted to rest peacefully, even though she had an uncomfortable seat. 'During the detention she could hardly sleep, the Israelis woke her up every time she fell asleep,' they added. 'The clip is vague and apart from the focus on her head, it shows nothing.' Thunberg, who arrived in France on the deportation flight before travelling home to Sweden, told reporters yesterday that 'people were not being treated well' during her detention. 'I was not able to to say goodbye to people and I don't know what's happening. And there were many, many issues,' she said. Pressed for details on her treatment, she described the experience as 'very dehumanising. 'But of course, I have to stress nothing compared to what Palestinians are going through. I would prefer not to go into detail,' she insisted. She went on: 'I do know that there were major issues with people actually getting to talk to lawyers. 'When you look at the state of the world, everything feels meaningless. But unless you try to do everything you can, we lose our hope.' Asked by reporters about a viral picture of her smiling as an Israeli soldier offered her a sandwich when the boat was intercepted, Thunberg branded the gesture a PR stunt. Israel had shared pictures of the crew receiving sandwiches and water from soldiers, and said the crew were 'safe and unharmed'. Fellow activist Baptiste Andre, who also returned on the deportation flight on Tuesday, told French media that 'there were acts of mistreatment' when Israeli authorities brought the group to the port of Ashdod. The French doctor said that there had been 'no acts of physical violence' against his team, but claimed that members of the group, 'especially Greta', were put through 'sleep deprivation' and experienced 'mockery' from officials. 'As soon as [Thunberg] fell asleep, the immigration services came to wake her up,' he said. He added that music was also 'turned up loud' and that members of the immigration services 'danced in front of us'. Andre also alleged that the group had 'difficulties in accessing water and food' during their more than 24 hours in detention. 'It took three hours to get a piece of bread,' he said, adding that the detainees had difficulty accessing food, water and toilets. Andre has since returned to France after being deported from Israel by plane on Tuesday. Israel is expected to expel four of the eight activists still in the country to France by the end of the week, the French foreign minister said Wednesday. An Israeli NGO earlier said that one of the French campaigners, along with a Brazilian activist, was briefly put in solitary confinement during their detention. Rima Hassan, a member of European Parliament from the hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party who is of Palestinian descent, was placed in solitary confinement, as was Brazilian activist Thiago Avila, with Hassan later removed, Israeli human rights group Adalah said. 'Israeli authorities transferred two of the volunteers, the Brazilian volunteer Thiago Avila and the French-Palestinian European Parliament member Rima Hassan – to separate prison facilities, away from the others, and placed them in solitary confinement,' Adalah said in a statement.
Reuters
30 minutes ago
- Reuters
U.S. ambassador to Russia to leave post soon, says embassy
MOSCOW, June 12 (Reuters) - Lynne Tracy, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, will soon leave her post, her embassy said on Thursday, after serving through one of the most tense and difficult periods in relations between Moscow and Washington. Tracy, a career diplomat, arrived in Moscow in January 2023 and was greeted by protesters chanting anti-U.S. slogans when she went to the Foreign Ministry to present her credentials. Russia had questioned her suitability for the post, suggesting she might feel more at home in a hawkish think-tank. Her term was dominated by the Ukraine war, which plunged U.S.-Russia ties to a level described by the Kremlin last year as "below zero". She was notably involved in efforts to win the release of U.S. citizens jailed in Russia including journalist Evan Gershkovich and former marine Paul Whelan, who were eventually freed in August 2024 as part of a big East-West prisoner swap. Since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, Russia and the U.S. have launched a series of contacts aimed at improving relations. Russia's new ambassador to Washington, Alexander Darchiev, formally presented his credentials to Trump on Wednesday. Both sides say there is huge potential for business and investment deals if relations improve, though Trump has voiced frustration about Russia's war actions in Ukraine and the lack of any visible progress towards a peace deal. Tracy's tenure is likely to be similar in duration to her predecessor, John Sullivan, who served as ambassador for two years and seven months from February 2020 to September 2022. Reuters could not immediately reach the U.S. embassy in Moscow for additional comment.
