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[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago

Or unless Israel had threatened her that there would be repercussions for telling the truth.

[-] guy@piefed.social 9 points 2 weeks ago

In the scopes of "you're allowed to tell about lack of food, water, bed bugs, harsh treatment and laying on the floor, but nothing about kissing the flag because then!" I hear you mate but that's unreasonable. Read this critically and you will see the ragebait and narrative it tries to promote. Just such things as

They dragged little Greta (Thunberg) by her hair in front of our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her as a warning to others. She’s still a little kid. They made her suffer

[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That's testimony from another activist. Seems to have been corroborated by Swedish officials and others in a Guardian article

“Another detainee reportedly told another embassy that they had seen her [Thunberg] being forced to hold flags while pictures were taken. She wondered whether images of her had been distributed,” the Swedish ministry’s official added.

The allegation was corroborated by at least two other members of the flotilla who had been detained by Israeli forces and released on Saturday.

“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.

Lorenzo D’Agostino, a journalist and another flotilla participant, said after returning to Istanbul that Thunberg was “wrapped in the Israeli flag and paraded like a trophy” – a scene described with disbelief and anger by those who witnessed it.

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