Greta Thunberg and ‘selfie yacht' pals refused to watch ‘horror film of the Oct. 7 massacre': Israel
Greta Thunberg and other detained activists on her Gaza-bound 'selfie yacht' refused to watch a film detailing Hamas' slaughter of more than 1,000 people in Israel, according to officials.
'Greta and her flotilla companions were taken into a room upon their arrival for a screening of the horror film of the October 7 massacre,' Israel's defense minister, Israel Katz, said of the group's arrival in the port of Ashdod after they were detained about 125 miles off the coast Monday.
But 'when they saw what it was about, they refused to continue watching,' Katz said, according to The Times of Israel.
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'The antisemitic flotilla members are turning a blind eye to the truth and have proven once again that they prefer the murderers to the murdered and continue to ignore the atrocities committed by Hamas against Jewish and Israeli women, adults and children,' Katz said..
3 Thunberg was deported Tuesday after being detained aboard the Gaza-bound 'Madleen,' which Israel dismissed as a 'selfie yacht.'
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3 Thunberg smiled as she was detained by Israeli forces.
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Thunberg agreed to be deported from Israel along with two other activists and a journalist, according to Adalah, a legal rights group representing the group. The 22-year-old was flown home to Sweden via France.
Other activists who refused deportation were being held in detention, with their cases set to be heard.
3 Video from Oct. 7 showed Hamas terrorists kidnapping an bound and bloodied woman.
The activists said they were protesting a humanitarian crisis in Gaza since the conflict began with Hamas' terror attack 20 months ago.
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Israel has maintained that such ships violate its naval blockade of Gaza.
Israel, for its part, dismissed the saga as a stunt, noting how the celebs onboard, including Irish actor Liam Cunningham, had posed smiling pictures for social media.
'The 'selfie yacht' of the 'celebrities' is safely making its way to the shores of Israel. The passengers are safe and were provided with sandwiches and water,' the ministry posted on X.
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