US EditionGreta Thunberg Publishes Picture Of Hostage Evyatar David As She Claims 'Palestinian Mistreatment'
Thunberg shared an image of Israeli hostage Evyatar David in a pro-Palestinian post, sparking backlash for misrepresenting the photo as showing Palestinian prisoners, activists said.
- On Monday, Greta Thunberg shared an Instagram post jointly with Yasmin Aker using Instagram's 'Collaboration' feature, and the post remained on Thunberg's account as of Tuesday.
- The Global Sumud Flotilla sought to break Israel's maritime blockade and deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, involving more than 400 activists intercepted by the Israeli navy on Yom Kippur.
- The image was traced to a Hamas propaganda video shared on August 3 showing Evyatar David, kidnapped on October 7, 2023, appearing severely malnourished in a Hamas tunnel.
- Prominent Israelis and organisations criticised Greta Thunberg; Israel's Foreign Ministry circulated the post screenshot, while Noa Cochva, Aviva Klompas, and Yeela David urged her to remove the image.
- Framed as a human-rights appeal, the post sought to highlight the suffering of Palestinian prisoners with graphics citing more than 11,000 detainees, while Israel called hunger reports exaggerated and the Global Sumud Flotilla a Hamas publicity stunt.
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A Polish activist after a Swedish environmentalist, Greta Thunberg, who has been employed for a long time in the Palestinian cause, published Instagram a message condemning the conditions of detention of Palestinian prisoners in Israel, but one of the photographs used by it actually posted it on Evyatar David, an Israeli hostage captured by Hamas terrorists.
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She may have deleted the post, but Greta Thunberg is about to find out that the internet is forever. On Monday, the Swedish climate activist who has recently taken a shine to the situation in Gaza, posted an image on Instagram decrying the treatment of Palestinian prisoners. Attached were heartwrenching images, but Thunberg clearly doesn’t do her research before hitting publish. Look: I don’t know why the guy who posted this blocked me so I’m j…
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