712
submitted 1 week ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 371 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

EDIT: Kidnapping. The word you're ignoring in the title is kidnapping.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 26 points 1 week ago
[-] Doorbook@lemmy.world 61 points 1 week ago

Funny how they are careful with words when they were literally on international water.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 22 points 1 week ago

I feel like indie news is more important than ever, even if it means hand-cranked mimeos and passing them from person to person. Telecom can be cut at any time.

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] derry@midwest.social 185 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

She could do the funniest thing now and get on the next humanitarian boat back.

Edit: me do grammar poorly

I know it's stupid, but I have this nagging thought that they should use a narco sub next time.

load more comments (9 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 153 points 1 week ago

Uncommonly fast for Israel.

[-] Ekybio@lemmy.world 217 points 1 week ago

Probably because they dont want to turn her into a martyr...

Alternatively its because killing a white western girl with a recognisable name is more difficult to justify over here and they are VERY aware of this

[-] prole 89 points 1 week ago

I truly believe that they were ready to murder her before they saw the reaction she was getting and realized it would have backfired tremendously.

[-] JusticeForPorygon 36 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

See guys Isreal's above something as terrible as killing a white person

No but in all seriousness I think they were ready to kill her before they saw how popular she is

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 week ago

Not in general. Something deterred them here - probably the public scrutiny.

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (5 replies)
[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago

Probably wanted to get her gone fast before one of the many psychopaths in their army got to her and created an incident they'd have to transparently lie about, then ignore. It's tough being the most moral army in the world.

[-] Crankenstein@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

100%

She is too high profile to have around the grunts, also is a very vocal woman who isn't afraid to upset authority. One pissed off murderer that feels slighted ends up doing something to her and that's a mountain which can't be made into a mole hill like they have been doing.

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 122 points 1 week ago

Adalah, an Israel-based non-governmental legal organization that is representing some of the activists, said that those who remain are being held in Givon Prison in Ramleh, central Israel.

So grab the passengers of a boat in international wares and jail them in Israel. 😒

In a statement to CNN, Israel said that it “is preventing the entry of all vessels into the Gaza Strip, in accordance with international law.”

Is there a charitable interpretation that could make this statement true?

[-] Kirp123@lemmy.world 98 points 1 week ago

The ship was nowhere near Gaza. They were off the coast of Egypt in International waters. Israel just kidnapped a bunch of people. Also they only released Greta? What about the other people?

[-] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 24 points 1 week ago

The others refused to be sent back to France, as they would have to agree to be permanently banned from Israel.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[-] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

Is there a charitable interpretation that could make this statement true?

Since Gaza is an open air prison under the control of Israel and not recognized as an independent state we can blockade it all we want.

Best I got.

Really hard to justify genocide.

load more comments (5 replies)
[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago

They were running a blockade. Being arrested was the point.

load more comments (15 replies)
[-] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago

What an anemic headline. How did she become detained? By an act of piracy and kidnapping in international waters. CNN is a tool of the oligarchs.

load more comments (10 replies)
[-] ScrambledEggs@lazysoci.al 32 points 1 week ago

I honestly didn't expect her to survive this one. She made it publicly known what she was doing so Israel couldn't say it was a normal bombing of transport ships. But I figured they would use her as an example and destroy the ship.

[-] nlgranger@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

One person on board with her is a European Union member of parliament from France. That provides a lot more protection than Greta's reputation can.

load more comments (3 replies)
[-] CircaV@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago

I hate that someone recorded this without her consent.

load more comments (3 replies)
load more comments
view more: next ›
this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2025
712 points (100.0% liked)

World News

47555 readers
2501 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS