Despite the “business as usual” attitude of most of the world’s
politicians and the people the media like to keep in the spotlight,
the genocidaires are hurting. The protests, the immolations, the
hunger strikes, the courageous acts of defiance… They are slowly
taking their toll. The genocidaires know that even if they
managed to kill every single Palestinian living in Gaza and the
West Bank, they will always be branded as mass-murderers.
And now, on the first day of June, another remarkable challenge:
Greta Thunberg and other 11 activists have set sail towards Gaza
on the Madleen, a small ship operated the Freedom Flotilla, to
dent the siege and raise “international awareness” to the
atrocities that are being committed by Israel.
Speaking before her departure, the brave activist acknowledged
the dangers involved, but equally the more insidious risks of
doing nothing:
“Because the moment we stop trying is when we lose our
humanity. And no matter how dangerous this mission is, it’s not
even near as dangerous as the silence of the entire world in the
face of the live-streamed genocide.”
Activists on board include “Game of Thrones” actor Liam
Cunningham and French member of the European Parliament
Rima Hassan. They are expected to reach Gaza in about a week’s
time.
Unsurprisingly, haughty critics soon attacked from their Pro-
Zionist ivory towers. Republican senator Lindsey Graham,
sneered: “Hope Greta and her friends can swim!”; while Brendan
O'Neill, writing in an opinion piece in the Dailly Telegraph, bent
over backwards to disparage Thunberg and what he termed a
“watery clown show”, while defending Israel’s actions. “Of all the
smug stunts of the faux-virtuous activist class,” he ranted, “this is
surely the most preposterous.”
Clearly, the stunt is working. Thunberg and her band have proved
to have more gumption than all our leaders put together, be they
political or religious. They are another voice that will not accept
what is being forced on us as a “new normal”.
