Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’
Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Israel is a terrorist country.
Am I wrong in saying they're (seemingly) quantifiably worse than every other "terrorist" country in the region? I know plenty have human rights issues, but I can't imagine anyone is competitive on sheer quantity of murder and atrocities!?
The Swedish government, and the EU commission is not making nearly enough noise as it should here.
Conservative Swedish PM (Prime Pretend Minister) "Jam For Spine" Kristersson is known for both his mental laziness and fear of conflicts. He's still remembered for fleeing a room, literally running, when confronted by a journalist about his personal shady deals.
Kowtowing to israel? Imagine.
Since Greta waived her right to immediate deportation and chose to remain in detention, I'm not sure what you are expecting the Swedes to do.
That doesn't absolve them of responsibility for her welfare.
At the very least, under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, Swedish diplomats have the right to visit Thunberg, verify her condition, and ensure she’s being treated according to international standards. Continuing to monitor the situation like this makes sure that Thunberg is not feeling isolated and makes sure her captors do not get any (further) funny ideas.
For another, there are all sorts of pressure tactics they can use, if her welfare is danger. They could summon the Israeli ambassador to formally express concern, they can push the European Commission and the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs to issue a joint statement or demand investigation into her treatment.
Just Crimes Against Humanity Things.
It's literally genocide
There are no doubts.
The full on attempt to suppress the fact has failed.
Exactly the kind of thing Israel would do. Such a horrible nation, such horrible people.
Like that time they used an armored water cannon full of stinky shit... Or the time they cut the tail off a CIA agents pet dog.
they also put their dogs on drugs and then let the dogs rape prisoners and mual them to death. horrible eye-whitness accounts of these are all over youtube.
EDIT: You downvoted me. I wasn't going to show receipts. So now here are some eye whiteness testimonies. Go ahead and listen:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=GWqvDYbpbIg
https://youtube.com/watch?v=VaBgIEpTlAs
https://youtube.com/watch?v=93Q_8OAD_-o
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7THsqr3hH1o
They did it on camera and IOF solider even bragged about it, now it's up to you want to believe the victims or no?
Israel has their buddy America to back them up.
More than a buddy... America is the reason they are capable of any of this. It's disgusting what the failed leadership here has allowed, and Trump has opened every single floodgate in his second term, empowering them like never before.
Trump did say he would write Israel a blank check. It's a shame that that was one of the things he was actually being truthful about.
As a foreign famous activist she probably has a "good" treatment for a detainee. Imagine what the Gazan child hostages go through in Israeli prisons (spoiler: reported electrical shock torture and sexual crimes)
Do you have any evidence to support that or are you just using conjecture? I don't have a dog in the fight, but you're literally making shit up out of thin air. Given how persistent bed bugs are I would imagine they are a significant problem in any prison in the world. Keeping bed bugs out is probably like trying to keep a cold/flu/covid out of any concentrated living facility (prison, nursing home, welfare home, or homeless shelter).
If hotels struggle to prevent bed bugs then you can be assured that prisons will too. If you're gonna peacefully protest with the knowledge that you will be detained then you should also know that you're gonna deal with jail/prison conditions which include bed bugs.
There’s literally a fucking Wikipedia article you genocide denying troll. Here’s all the rape you can stomach!
In its June 2024 investigative report, the UN's Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory (CoI) concluded: "The frequency, prevalence and severity of sexual and gender-based crimes perpetrated against Palestinians since 7 October across the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) indicate that specific forms of Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) are part of Israeli Security Forces (ISF) operating procedures."
Nursing homes and welfare homes are good at getting rid of bedbug infestations. Jails on the other hand don’t have political or financial incentive to spend money on prisoners so they allow people to suffer.
And Israel’s sexual torture of Palestinian detainees is well documented with even video evidence shown on TV.
"I'm unbiased, but I think you're lying for no reason at all!"
You're a silly man.
You don't believe in privilege? Do you really think the people the news don't name get the same treatment?
Is wasn't making a proof statement: I wasn't saying that since she's more known others have worse treatment. I based my comment on knowledge of the worse treatment (cited in the other comments).
Also I wasn't talking about the bed bugs, but about the pulled by hair and forced to kiss flag kind of things.
Just google it
Greta <3
She's got balls. Straight dude here, love her.
why did you need to announce you are a straight dude? 🤣
Do they purposely use the worst photos of her?
Man, I wish my worst photo looked that good.
I was about to say. For someone detained in a prison abroad she looks freaking glowing in the photo lol
You can usually tell at a glance if an article will be critical or supportive of a certain person, based on the photo they choose to go alongside the headline.
General rule of thumb, if you want someone to look composed, use a photo with their mouth closed. If you want them to look dumb, choose a photo with their mouth open mid-speech. It’s not a universal thing, but still images of people mid-word don’t tend to be flattering.
If they are pro-Greta why would they use a really good picture here? They want to show how bad her incarceration is.
Yes. There are plenty of good photos of her.
Sooo is anyone gonna do anything here? I know USA would back up Israel here but, like, someone help?
They will be treated kinda badly in order to encourage them to not get on the next set of boats coming down, then they will be released.
Some will rejoin the next flotilla will which will hopefully be a hundred boats or more and maybe some of the countries will provide naval cover to stop the drones from attacking them on the seas.
Are we ready to believe victims now? Are we ready to act?
The rogue terrorist state of Israel commited piracy.
that bloody sucks
At least they haven’t lost her.
She deserves it. How dare she care for others like that? We don't take kindly to people caring about others around here. /s
I bet those bedbugs were vectors for some type of bioweapon so they could eliminate their greta problem. She needs to get checked out by a trusted physician asap.
Dude. They're bedbugs. We don't need extra shit on top.
Hey at least she has a bed, amirite? checkmate
No. One of the articles said they were like 10-15 people to a cell, and the mattress on the floor was only so people could rest their head on it, so that they could fit more people.
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Sleep tight... And you know the rest!
At this point I have no idea if she's ever been effective or accomplished any goal shes set out on....except make a career.l by getting in the news.
Legit, can anyone educate me on anything she has accomplished?
Greta is on the front lines bringing attention to critical issues which we collectively seem to ignore, regardless of how many times she's been hauled off by cops or kidnapped by a genocidal state.
The fuck have you done?
Made 2 girls 1 cup. View count way higher that thunberg.
“She didn’t end global warming so she’s a failure”
She’s been good at bringing attention to the public. That’s more effective than you’ve been.
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More than you have.
please go back to reddit where you belong.
We're talking about it here because of her.
Attention is cheap.
People talk about scandals, disasters, and memes every day, but that doesn’t mean those things changed minds or inspired action.
Awareness without understanding or change is hollow. Being discussed isn’t the same as being respected or effective.....sometimes, it just means you’ve become background noise in a short attention span culture.
Raising.. awareness? As an activist?
I mean, try fighting for your beliefs, y'know.
Besides, this only happens because of that Gaza genocide.
Shhh. Lemmy loves white saviors.
I've stayed in hostels that had bedbugs. They probably should fumigate the place I guess... little bastards are hard to kill. So sad she's not staying in the five star hotels she's used to.
Also.... allegedly activist allegedly allegedly allegedly activist activist allegedly. Activists that participated in a propaganda mission are producing propaganda. I guess y'all need to feel outraged so you can feel something.
Go touch grass.
As a space cowboy, they should be out wranglin' a meteor.
Grass contains insects not too dissimilar from bedbugs. You saying that I should touch grass is like saying I should be tortured. Because being bitten by a bug is like torture for a rich kid.
I guess I should report you for threatening violence LOL.
You’ve ascribed a lot of assumptions upon the other commenters in this post without evidence, while taking a clearly obstinate stance purely for attention. In other words, get fucked troll
So they're torturing her. Israel is torturing her.
Israel has no way to win in this situation. Torturing her will result in media backlash. Executing her would only make a martyr, which is even worse. Somehow, Israel didn’t choose to kick her out immediately.
The worst thing Israel could have done to discredit Greta Thunberg and damage her brand would have been to give her a nice meal, a warm bed in a nice hotel, gently push her onboard the next 1st class flight back to Stockholm the next day and release a statement telling her to go play SJW somewhere else. Instead, they're doing everything possible to confirm they're truly bad people, like dumbasses.
They realize that kicking her out just means she will be on her way back on the next boat. They are trying to intimidate her into not coming back.
I hope the Swedish government has a harsh answer for one of their citizens getting kidnapped in International Waters.
They could have not taken her hostage.
They could publicly execute her and governments around the world would still support them.
She's probably just a useful idiot. Might be useful to interrogate her and get whoever got her to do this.
Maybe but blah blah Israel reasons we gotta torture her. Sure you understand blah blah
So out of character!
it sounds like next time we see her she'll be barely alive
if she's fine, well, we know that won't be the case. and anyway inside she's hurt. but we know that anyway. this time it will be drop dead at any time hurt
ok
Paris is torturing everyone too.
It's a genocide.
What deranged nonsense are you even blathering about?