Israel Deports Activist for Delivering Aid, Calls it 'Security'
Greta Thunberg, climate activist extraordinaire, found herself deported by Israel alongside 170 others after attempting to deliver 'symbolic aid' to Gaza through a naval blockade. The Independent dutifully parrots Israel's line about sending flotilla members to Greece, conveniently omitting the broader context: blocking humanitarian aid to a famine-struck population is a war crime, and nations
like the US continue to enable it with billions in military aid. (OpenSecrets.org shows AIPAC donations exceeding $10 million in 2023 cycle alone, influencing votes like the recent $26B aid package, which included funds for 'Iron Dome'.) One might wonder if a nuclear-armed state, receiving endless American largesse, feels truly threatened by a boatload of peace activists and a few tons of flour.
Or if perhaps, the "security concerns" are just a convenient smokescreen for maintaining a brutal siege. When will blocking basic necessities be called what it is, instead of a diplomatic 'deportation' operation?