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.”

      • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOP
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        3 days ago

        So explain why Biden and Trump don’t tell Israel to stop the genocide instead of destroying the entire ‘rules based order’.

          • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOP
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            4
            ·
            edit-2
            3 days ago

            I have. Nobody seems to be able to explain why America is not stopping Israel from committing genocide.

            Besides this, Israel is also probably the least reliable ‘aircraft carrier’ as it has turned on the US to collude with Russia many times in the past. And there is no doubt that Israel will gladly team up with China or Russia if the winds start blowing the other way.

            • Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              3
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              2 days ago

              How about you try explaining why the US would have any reason to want to stop a genocide? Or maybe provide any evidence whatsoever for Israel colluding with Russia lol

              • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOP
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                1
                arrow-down
                2
                ·
                edit-2
                2 days ago

                Because American soft power is getting destroyed. What do you think the ‘rules based international order’ theater was for? The entire illusion the empire crafted so carefully over the last decades has come crashing down.

                Or maybe provide any evidence whatsoever for Israel colluding with Russia lol

                https://www.military.com/history/jonathan-pollard-was-one-of-most-damaging-spies-us-history.html

                Another great example is Israel explicitly telling Europe they cannot send weapons their weapons Ukraine because they want to stay friends with Russia. Including putting it in the terms for the Israeli Pulse missile system. which many European countries are now buying. Nice ally lmao.

                • Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  3
                  arrow-down
                  1
                  ·
                  2 days ago

                  Soft power failure does nothing to explain how the US would benefit from suddenly reversing course completely on Israel to oppose this specific genocide.

                  The article you posted contains no evidence at all to support your claims. At one point it says “Some of his disclosures are said to have ended up in the hands of the Soviet Union, which many believe were traded by Israel to the USSR in exchange for the continued emigration of Soviet Jewish citizens to Israel” but presents no evidence to support that, and links to another article that presents the same claim with also no evidence. Try again.