🚨 Greta Thunberg’s vanity flotilla has been intercepted—calmly and without drama—by Israel’s navy.
No casualties. No spectacle.
Just the quiet end of another misguided attempt to breach Israel’s legal blockade.
Here’s what actually happened 🧵
Yet again, the Mediterranean was used as a platform for self-congratulatory theatre.
This time, it ended swiftly.
👉 The Madleen—a vessel heavy with symbolism and sanctimony—set sail in defiance of Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza.
Israel responded with precision and restraint.
Elite naval commandos from Fleet 13 boarded the ship peacefully.
The Madleen is now sailing toward Ashdod.
Its passengers—including Greta Thunberg, activist turned moral tourist—are safe and well, provided with sandwiches (plastic wrapped, sorry Greta) and water.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry didn’t mince words:
“There are ways to deliver aid to Gaza—they don’t require Instagram stunts.”
Perspective: the Madleen carried cargo equivalent to less than one aid truck.
Meanwhile, 1,200+ trucks entered Gaza from Israel over the past 14 days.
For further context:
🇮🇱 Nearly 11 million meals have been delivered recently through proper humanitarian channels.
This flotilla was never about meaningful relief.
It was designed as a media event—a photogenic morality play tailored for Western eyes.
Israel’s Defence Minister, Israel Katz, spoke plainly:
“It is right that the anti-Semitic Greta and her fellow Hamas sympathisers see the truth of what Hamas is—and the horrors it committed.”
He plans to show them the horrific Hamas footage from October 7th.
This mission was not about aid.
It was about ideological performance.
A few crates of supplies—tampons, rice, crutches—were not going to transform Gaza’s humanitarian situation.
The flotilla’s goal was not impact but symbolic provocation.
And it exposed its passengers to very real risks.
Key points:
✅ Israel’s blockade is legal and internationally recognised (Palmer Report, 2011).
âś… Genuine aid continues to flow via controlled crossings.
✅ This was not humanitarian assistance—it was theatrical provocation.
The vanity of the Madleen voyage is staggering.
It trivialises Israel’s legitimate security imperatives.
It manipulates Palestinian suffering for a Western morality pageant.
And it flatters activists’ egos—while helping no one.
Had the Madleen actually docked, its crew would have landed amid a chaotic, faction-ridden conflict zone.
They would have served no one’s real needs—and put themselves in needless danger.
An act of self-indulgence masquerading as solidarity. Pathetic
Read my full piece in The Spectator: spectator.co.uk/article/greta-…
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