Israel on Monday (October 6) announced the deportation of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg along with 170 other participants from an aid flotilla headed towards Gaza, calling the operation a “PR stunt” and accusing the group of orchestrating a “pre-planned fake news campaign.”
In a post on X, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said, “171 additional provocateurs from the Hamas–Sumud flotilla, including Greta Thunberg, were deported today from Israel to Greece and Slovakia.” The statement noted that the group included nationals from Greece, Italy, France, and the United States.
Israel insisted that all participants’ legal rights “were and will continue to be fully upheld” but accused them of spreading lies to fuel their campaign. “The lies they are spreading are part of their pre-planned fake news campaign,” the ministry said.
The statement also claimed the only violent incident during the detentions occurred when a Hamas–Sumud flotilla member allegedly bit a female medical staffer at Ketsiyot Prison. “Don’t believe the fake news they are spreading,” the Foreign Ministry added.
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