(10 Jun 2025)
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Paris – 10 June 2025
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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Greta Thunberg, activist:
"We were very well aware of the risks of going on this mission. And as I said before, there has been many previous flotillas on similar missions that have been either attacked, intercepted or actually reaching Gaza. So of course, the aim was to get to Gaza and to be able to distribute the humanitarian aid. We were 12 peaceful volunteers sailing on a civilian ship carrying humanitarian aid on international waters. We did not break laws. We did nothing wrong."
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Greta Thunberg, activist:
(Journalist: Why did you come back?)
"Why would I want to stay in an Israeli prison more than necessary?”
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Greta Thunberg, activist:
(Answering question about what she plans to do next)
"As you can see, I’m desperately in need of a shower and sleep. But what is certain is that we will not stop. We are going to continue to try to do everything we can. Because that is the promise that we have given to Palestinians."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Greta Thunberg, activist:
(UPSOUND Journalist: "France is thinking of recognizing the State of Palestine, how do you feel about that?")
"It’s the very, very bare minimum. Of course, welcomed but we need so much more than that."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Greta Thunberg, activist:
"And, of course, to demand, not only humanitarian aid being let into Gaza, but also on a ceasefire, but most importantly, an end to the occupation, an end to the systemic oppression and violence that Palestinians are facing on an everyday basis."
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STORYLINE:
Activist Greta Thunberg stressed that she and her fellow volunteers on a Gaza-bound aid ship were "well aware of the risks of this mission" after her arrival in Paris and deportation from Israel Tuesday.
“The aim was to get to Gaza and to be able to distribute the aid,” she said.
Thunberg said it appears she is headed back to her home country Sweden but hasn’t had access to a phone in a few days.
The 22-year-old also said she’s in need of "a shower" and "sleep."
Thunberg was one of 12 passengers on the Madleen, a ship carrying aid to Gaza that was meant to protest Israel’s ongoing war there and shed light on the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, the group behind the journey.
Israeli naval forces seized the boat without incident early Monday about 200 kilometers (125 miles) off of Gaza’s coast, according to the coalition, which along with rights groups, said Israel’s actions were a violation of international law. Israel rejects that charge because it says such ships intend to breach what it argues is a lawful naval blockade of Gaza.
The boat, accompanied by Israel’s navy, arrived in the Israeli port of Ashdod Monday evening.
Thunberg said that once in Israeli detention, the activists were held separately and some had trouble accessing lawyers.
Asked why she agreed to deportation, she said, “Why would I want to stay in an Israeli prison more than necessary?”
Thunberg called on supporters to ask their governments to mobilize “to demand not only humanitarian aid being let into Gaza but most importantly an end to the occupation and an end to the systemic oppression and violence that Palestinians are facing on an everyday basis.”
She said recognizing Palestine is “the very, very, very minimum” that governments can do to help.
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