Ah yes, another week, another performance from the international left-wing theater troupe, featuring none other than climate scold-turned-geopolitical strategist Greta Thunberg. Apparently, saving the planet just isn’t enough these days, so she and her merry band of professional protestors decided to take their talents to the Mediterranean. Their noble mission? To dramatically “break the blockade” around Gaza with a 59-foot “Freedom Flotilla” loaded with—wait for it—not even enough supplies to fill a single truck. If symbolism were sustenance, Gaza would be stuffed.
The Israeli Defense Forces, clearly unimpressed by the flotilla’s PR gimmick, boarded the yacht “Maldeen” in the early hours of the morning, gave everyone some sandwiches and water (how cruel, right?), and rerouted the vessel to Israel. Cue the wailing. Greta, always the drama major, popped up in a prerecorded message declaring she had been “kidnapped” in international waters. Kidnapped. As if she were being smuggled into a dungeon instead of being handed lunch by IDF soldiers with more discipline in their pinky fingers than her entire crew has in their globe-trotting protest résumé.
Oh shut up, @GretaThunberg – you attention-seeking narcissist. What an insult to the actual hostages in Gaza who really WERE kidnapped. This stupid stunt is all about your ego, and will make zero difference to the plight of innocent Palestinians caught up in this dreadful war. https://t.co/T5Tej2fgZ4
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 9, 2025
The Israeli Foreign Ministry, not missing a beat, dubbed it the “selfie yacht” and reminded everyone that actual humanitarian aid—like the over 1,200 trucks that entered Gaza in the past two weeks—is getting delivered the old-fashioned way: through channels that don’t involve hashtag activism and sunset-filtered Instagram posts. They even pointed out that any aid not already nibbled by the crew of keyboard warriors would be delivered properly. You know, without the drama, the press tours, or the suspicious alliances with people like Thiago Ávila, who’s been spotted cozying up to Hezbollah’s fan club.
According to Greta Thunberg:
“Kidnapped” “Resistance” pic.twitter.com/vKlM6btGW0
— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) June 9, 2025
And of course, we can’t forget the supporting cast: a French EU Parliament member, a “Game of Thrones” actor looking for another season of relevance, and Francesca Albanese, the ever-present U.N. “Special Rapporteur” who believes her job is to play remote-control revolution over Zoom. Nothing quite says “serious humanitarian mission” like a live blog from someone claiming to be “with the flotilla online.”
Let’s get real. This wasn’t about delivering aid. It was about making a scene. The left craves martyrdom, even if they have to manufacture it themselves. “Look at us! Risking everything on a boat full of hummus and hashtags!” Meanwhile, Hamas is sitting there laughing, hoping another few of these dinghies show up to soak up headlines while they reroute real aid to their own stockpiles.
Greta Thunberg (green hat) hides her face as her leisure cruise of narcissism ended Monday.
She and her crew were intercepted by Israeli forces, taken, and given sandwiches.
The aid Greta had brought was “tiny” and mostly consumed already by her crew.pic.twitter.com/ZYtaSa4kZV
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) June 9, 2025
And God bless Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz for saying what everyone’s thinking: “antisemitic Greta” isn’t getting anywhere near Gaza. This wasn’t a cruise to deliver food. It was a virtue-signaling stunt to delegitimize the only democracy in the Middle East while pretending Hamas is some sort of misunderstood Boy Scout troop. Sorry, kids—this blockade exists to stop weapons and supplies from being funneled to a terrorist organization. But go ahead, keep pretending your yacht party is fighting fascism.
The truth is, the Trump-era policies, including the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, are doing the real work. Eight million meals delivered in less than a month—without selfies, without red carpets, and without international celebrities demanding to be treated like freedom fighters when they get stopped for breaking a legal naval blockade.
So, to recap: the blockade remains. The “freedom flotilla” goes home. And Greta? Maybe it’s time to stick to scolding suburban parents about air conditioning. Because geopolitical cosplay on a boat doesn’t exactly make you Rosa Parks, no matter how many Instagram followers you have.
