Israel Hatches Plan to Throw Greta Thunberg in Terror Cell
By Jotam Confino Tel Aviv., Kieran Kelly
Swedish activist on board largest Gaza-bound flotilla yet.
Israeli ministers are drawing up plans to detain Greta Thunberg in “terrorist-level conditions” after the Swedish activist left Spain on Sunday on the largest flotilla yet bound for Gaza.
Ms Thunberg was joined by Liam Cunningham, the Game of Thrones actor, and Ada Colau, the former mayor of Barcelona, among others, on what they refered to as the “largest solidarity mission” in history.
Dozens of ships are expected to set sail for Gaza from Tunisia and other ports in the Mediterranean Sea on Sept 4 to join the Global Sumud Flotilla, which aims to break the siege of Gaza in a symbolic protest against the war and dire humanitarian conditions.
But Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s national security minister, is planning to present Benjamin Netanyahu with a plan to detain the activists in harsh “terrorist-level” conditions in the Ktzi’ot and Damon detention centres for females, according to Israel Hayom, one of Israel’s biggest newspapers.
Greta Thunberg will join other activists on what they refer to as the ‘largest solidarity mission’ in history
The plan also includes seizing dozens of vessels and using them to establish a “maritime force for police operations”.
Israel Hayom quoted individuals close to Mr Ben-Gvir saying: “Following several weeks at Ktzi’ot and Damon, they’ll be sorry about the time they arrived here. We must eliminate their appetite for another attempt.”
Israel has imposed a blockade on Gaza’s waters to prevent the smuggling of weapons to Hamas and other terror groups. The country has also been accused of manufacturing a famine inside the Strip by blocking aid as part of war plans to flush out Hamas and its hostages.
Ahead of the departure from Barcelona port, Ms Thunberg told Iranian Press TV that the flotillas aimed to “deliver humanitarian aid and break Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza and open up a people’s humanitarian corridor”.
The Left-wing activist said that more than 26,000 people signed up to join the mission to break the siege on Gaza.
She said: “This project is part of a global uprising of people standing up… when our governments fail to step up, the people will take their place, and that their atrocities and their complicity in the genocide in Gaza right now.. is not something that we can stand for.”
The International Court of Justice has not ruled on whether Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
Ms Thunberg also rejected accusations of anti-Semitism ahead of her departure, telling Sky News: “It is not anti-Semitic to say that we should not be bombing people, that one should not be living in occupation, that everyone should have the right to live in freedom and dignity, no matter who you are.
“For every politician that is fuelling the genocide further, environmental and climate destruction, and further colonisation and fascism, there will be people escalating the resistance against that.”
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, Brazilian activist Thiago Avila and others spoke to the media before taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla
Ada Colau, the former mayor of Barcelona, is also part of the Global Sumud Flotilla
Israel is expected to stop the flotillas long before they reach the shores of Gaza.
In June, Ms Thunberg joined the Madleen flotilla along with 11 other activists. But they were intercepted by the Israeli navy 115 miles west of Gaza, where they were given water and sandwiches before being escorted to the port of Ashdod in Israel.
The activists were also offered the chance to watch footage of Hamas atrocities from Oct 7, which they refused, according to Israel Katz, Israel’s defence minister.
Mr Katz said at the time: “When they saw what it was about, they refused to continue watching.”
Israel’s foreign ministry said the activists “attempted to stage a media provocation whose sole purpose was to gain publicity. There are ways to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip – they do not involve Instagram selfies.”
Israel also said that “unauthorised attempts to breach the blockade are dangerous, unlawful, and undermine ongoing humanitarian efforts”.
Ms Thunberg, who was later deported on an Israeli plane to Paris, claimed the group of activists “were kidnapped in international waters…We were well aware of the risks of this mission. The aim was to get to Gaza and to be able to distribute the aid.”
The claim of kidnapping was ridiculed in Israel, which is fighting to free 48 hostages from Gaza.
An activist waving a Palestinian flag from a boat before the departure of the humanitarian expedition to Gaza
Donald Trump, the US president, also weighed in on Ms Thunberg’s previous mission to Gaza, saying: “I think Israel has enough problems without kidnapping Greta Thunberg. She’s a young, angry person… I think she has to go to an anger management class.”
Israel said: “The IDF enforces the security naval blockade on the Gaza Strip and is prepared for a wide range of scenarios, which it will act upon in accordance with the directives of the political echelon.”
The Telegraph has reached out to the Foreign Ministry and the IDF for a comment on how Israel plans to handle the dozens of flotillas departing for Gaza.
Original source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/31/israel-hatches-plan-to-throw-greta-thunberg-in-terror-cell/