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World

Israel boards Greta Thunberg’s ship: “We have been kidnapped”

The situation in Gaza

Published 9 June 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Greta Thunberg
3 minute read
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On Sunday night, the sailboat Madleen, with climate alarmist activist Greta Thunberg on board, was boarded by Israeli forces in international waters.

The incident occurred at around 2 a.m. when the boat was on its way to Gaza with supplies. According to Israel’s Foreign Ministry, the ship is now being taken to Israel instead of its original destination, and the passengers are said to be flown back to their home countries soon.

The crew of the Madleen, consisting of twelve people from the left-wing activist group Freedom Flotilla, left Sicily a week ago with Gaza as their destination. Shortly before boarding, at around 1 a.m., they reported that they were “very close” to their destination. Activist Yasemin Acar described how Israeli speedboats surrounded them:

– We suspect that this is psychological warfare and that they have planned this, she said.

The Israeli boats initially withdrew, but two remained nearby with their engines turned off, and shortly thereafter the crew sent an alarm via Telegram:

“The Madleen is under attack in international waters“.

According to Freedom Flotilla, the boat was surrounded by drones that sprayed them with a white chemical substance. They also reported that “communications are blocked and disturbing noises are being played over the radio”. In a later update, a picture was published showing the crew wearing life jackets and holding their hands in the air, with the caption: “The Israeli army has boarded the ship”.

“Kidnapped in international waters”

The Freedom Flotilla claims that its crew has been kidnapped by Israeli forces, and Greta Thunberg has also shared a video clip with this message on social media:

– If you are seeing this video, it means we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters, she says in a video clip recorded before the boarding.

She urged her followers to put pressure on the Swedish government to secure her release.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry has not explicitly confirmed that it boarded the boats, but wrote on X that “The ‘selfie yacht’ is safely making its way to the shores of Israel. The passengers are safe and were provided with sandwiches and water, and are expected to return to their home countries“.

The ministry accused the activists of seeking publicity and added that “there are ways to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip – they do not involve provocations and selfies”.

The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is “closely monitoring the situation“

Another post showed a picture of a soldier handing a plastic-wrapped sandwich to Greta Thunberg, with the caption “Greta Thunberg is currently on her way to Israel, safe and in good spirits“.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that the crew will be shown videos of Hamas attacks on October 7 before they are released. He also claims that Thunberg is an anti-Semite who supports Hamas.

– It is appropriate that the anti-Semitic Greta and her fellow Hamas supporters see exactly who the Hamas terrorist organization they came to support and for whom they work is, what atrocities they committed against women, the elderly, and children, and against whom Israel is fighting to defend itself.

The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is closely monitoring the situation. In an email to the state television channel SVT, the Ministry wrote:

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the embassy in Tel Aviv are in contact with local authorities and are closely monitoring the situation. Should consular assistance be required, the embassy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will assess how we can best help Greta Thunberg resolve her situation”.

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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/sweden/swedish-minister-condemns-israels-annexation-plans-for-gaza/

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Swedish minister condemns Israel’s annexation plans for Gaza

The genocide in Gaza

Published today 12:19
– By Editorial Staff
2 minute read
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Sweden’s development aid minister Benjamin Dousa (Moderate Party) reacts sharply to reports that Israel plans to annex parts of the Gaza Strip with support from US President Donald Trump. According to Israeli media, the plans are to be presented if Hamas does not release its hostages.

According to reports in Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing an annexation plan that would receive American support. The Swedish government strongly distances itself from these plans.

— We strongly condemn any potential plans to annex Palestinian territory. This would clearly violate international law, Dousa tells Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet.

The development aid minister also criticizes American support for the annexation and believes it would have devastating international consequences. He describes how the Israeli government has “radicalized during the spring and summer” in an unexpected way.

Criticism of humanitarian situation

The catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza also draws strong criticism from Dousa. Reports of mass starvation have reached Sweden, and the development aid minister accuses Israel of not living up to international humanitarian principles.

— It is obvious that Israel is not living up to international humanitarian principles. They are letting in too little humanitarian aid, he says.

Dousa describes the handling as a “complete logistical disaster”, pointing to chaotic scenes with injuries and deaths as a result of Israel’s actions.

Sweden has summoned the Israeli ambassador and is pushing for EU sanctions against violent settlers in the West Bank. The government is also open to supporting international initiatives for airlifts to Gaza, but prefers truck transport via the UN for larger volumes.

— The homes of Gaza residents belong to Gaza residents. It is not up to Israel or the USA to redraw the map as they please, Dousa emphasizes.

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Facts about annexation and international law

International law prohibits the annexation of another country's territory. According to international law, annexation means that a state takes control over another state's territory through violence or coercion, which is an illegal act that must not be recognized by other states. This is seen as a "flagrant violation of international law", and there is no legal provision that justifies such annexation.

The UN Charter, which forms a fundamental part of international law, protects states' territorial integrity and political independence through prohibitions against acts of aggression and intervention in other states' internal affairs (articles 2.4 and 2.7). These principles mean that a state may not interfere in how another state is governed or take control over its territory.

https://nordictimes.com/world/expert-condemns-israeli-air-aid-to-gaza-a-sham-maneuver/

World

Expert condemns Israeli air aid to Gaza: “A sham maneuver”

The genocide in Gaza

Published 27 July 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Johan von Schreeb, a Swedish professor of disaster medicine, believes that the Israeli proposal to allow aid deliveries by air is likely a strategy to ensure that less food gets through.
2 minute read
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Israel’s aid shipments by air to Gaza are an ineffective sham maneuver that prevents real aid from reaching those in need. This is the view of Johan von Schreeb, professor of disaster medicine, after the Israeli military, IDF, initiated daily “humanitarian pauses” in the fighting.

The Israeli military has been conducting daily ceasefires since Sunday between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. in densely populated parts of Gaza, including Al-Mawasi, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City. In connection with the pauses, the IDF has dropped aid supplies from the air, containing flour, sugar and canned goods.

But von Schreeb is critical of the method.

— We know that it is extremely ineffective, it is ten times more expensive than bringing in food by road. In this case, in Gaza where there is infrastructure even though much is destroyed, it is simply poor and likely a strategy to ensure that less food gets in, he says.

Risky distribution

The professor also warns that the airborne aid could end up in the wrong hands or cause additional dangers for the civilian population.

— They could end up with those who have Kalashnikovs who can drive away the rest of the civilian population and instead sell the food, says von Schreeb.

According to the expert, the UN system has 6,000 trucks ready in Jordan and Egypt, but the borders to Gaza remain closed. Since the UN agency UNRWA was effectively banned from operating in Israel, the Israeli-American organization Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has taken over food distributions – with deadly consequences. Over 1,000 people are reported to have been killed or died during the organization’s distributions.

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https://nordictimes.com/world/israeli-minister-all-of-gaza-will-be-jewish/

World

Israeli minister: “All of Gaza will be Jewish”

The genocide in Gaza

Published 25 July 2025
– By Editorial Staff
"Thank God, we are erasing this evil. All of Gaza will be Jewish," said Jewish Power representative Amichai Eliyahu recently on an Israeli radio program regarding the starving population in Gaza and the ongoing genocide. Right: The starving children in Gaza where the situation is becoming increasingly desperate.
2 minute read
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Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu has drawn strong criticism after statements about Israel not needing to worry about starvation in Gaza. The statement is one in a series from officials within Israel’s far-right government in line with the genocidal ambitions expressed already at the beginning of the Gaza war.

The far-right politician Amichai Eliyahu from the Jewish Power party (Otzma Yehudit) dismissed renewed UN warnings about artificial famine in the besieged enclave on Thursday. In an interview with Radio Kol Barama, he claimed that the Israeli government is “rushing to erase Gaza”.

— Thank God, we are erasing this evil. All of Gaza will be Jewish, Eliyahu said according to Israeli news site Ynet.

— We shouldn’t be dealing with hunger in Gaza – let the world take care of them. No nation feeds its enemies. Have we completely lost our minds? Should we care about their evening meal?, he added.

Strong criticism from government leadership

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly distanced himself from the statements and pointed out that Eliyahu is not a member of the security cabinet, which decides on warfare.

“This government’s policy is clear and unified. His statements do not represent it”, Netanyahu said.

Israel’s ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, also condemned Eliyahu’s comments and called them “wrong, foolish and completely unrepresentative of Israel’s government and people”. In a post on X, he emphasized that Israel is committed to creating a mechanism to deliver humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza “but not through Hamas”.

UN warns of mass starvation

According to local health authorities, more than 59,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, including at least 113 who died of starvation. World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday that Israel’s “blockade” has brought Gaza to the brink of “mass starvation”.

Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, has urged Israel to allow access for the 6,000 aid transports currently stalled in Egypt and Jordan.

Israeli officials have in turn accused Hamas and other armed groups of hoarding supplies and attacking civilians at distribution sites.

Editorial Staff
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https://nordictimes.com/world/21-children-dead-from-starvation-in-gaza-in-72-hours/

World

21 children dead from starvation in Gaza in 72 hours

The genocide in Gaza

Published 22 July 2025
– By Editorial Staff
1 minute read
Editorial Staff
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21 children have died from malnutrition and starvation in Gaza in just the past 72 hours. This was reported by Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya, director of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, to the British public broadcaster BBC.

According to Gaza’s health ministry, an additional 15 adults have died from starvation and malnutrition in the past day. This brings the total number of such deaths to 101, of which 80 are children, according to the ministry.

Dr. Abu Salmiya warns that the situation is critical. Around 900,000 children in Gaza are suffering from hunger, and 70,000 of them are in a state of malnutrition. Diabetics and kidney patients are at particularly high risk, according to the doctor.

Acute humanitarian crisis

The organization Save the Children confirms the devastating situation on the ground.

— Everyone in Gaza is hungry now, says Rachel Cummings, humanitarian director at Save the Children, to Al Jazeera.

Gaza’s health ministry is under Hamas control, but has in previous conflicts proven to provide death tolls that correspond well with independent assessors’ figures.

Editorial Staff
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Facts about starvation and genocide

Starvation as a method involves deliberately causing or exacerbating famine to destabilize, oppress, or eliminate a group of people. This can occur by blocking access to food, stopping humanitarian aid, or attacking food infrastructure, which directly threatens the survival of civilian populations.

International law, particularly humanitarian law and international law, prohibits the use of starvation as a weapon in armed conflicts. UN Security Council Resolution 2417 recognizes starvation as a war crime when deliberately used as a method of warfare and calls on states and parties to conflict to guarantee the civilian population's right to food. Additionally, the use of starvation is classified as a war crime or crime against humanity under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court when the starvation is intentional and directed against a specific group.

Starvation can also be part of genocide when used with the intent to wholly or partially destroy a national, ethnic, religious, or other particular group. By depriving groups of their basic needs and thereby causing death and suffering, this tactic fulfills the criteria for genocide according to international conventions such as the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

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