Greta Thunberg and hundreds of other anti-Israel activists were expected to depart from Spain and other countries on Sunday in what Reuters described as the largest Gaza flotilla to date, in an attempt to break Israel’s blockade of the Strip.
It is the second protest flotilla for the Swedish climate activist, who has pivoted to anti-Israel extremism since the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. She will be joined by far-left Portuguese parliamentarian Mariana Mortágua and activists from 44 countries, who are departing from Barcelona, Sicily, Greece and Tunisia.
The Global Sumud (“steadfastness” in Arabic) Flotilla is described by the Barcelona Radical Book Fair, which is broadcasting the departure live, as “history’s largest international civil humanitarian movement to b