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    floofloof@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days ago

    Greta Thunberg departs Israel on flight to Paris after detention aboard aid ship

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    Greta Thunberg departs Israel on flight to Paris after detention aboard aid ship

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    floofloof@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days ago
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      Uncommonly fast for Israel.

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        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

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          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.

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

            • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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              I think what you responded to was sarcasm

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                fuck that sent me

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            https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Corrie

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              Learn something new, thanks.

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                Yup. The only reason Greta isn’t dead or held captive is because of her celebrity status.

                If she was just another no-name activist, she wouldn’t be on that plane to Paris.

            • JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              Touché

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          Didn’t stop them with this one. https://www.npr.org/2024/09/09/nx-s1-5106819/us-israel-american-woman-shooting-west-bank

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            Or this one in 2003: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Corrie

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            She wasn’t internationally famous.

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              This. While those deaths were notable and tragic, they weren’t “celebrity deaths”, which pains me to even say, but it is true.

              Greta is essentially an international celebrity at this point, not just some noteworthy activist. Her death would be much more noticeable throughout the modern zeitgeist than a random activist who happened to be American.

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          Another reason would probably be she’s too old for IDF scumbags, murdering any child above 12 yo doesn’t do it for them.

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          I figured it was a North Korea / Blazing Saddles move.

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          There are plenty of right-wingers in the west (including several politicians) who would love to see her unalived. killed.

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            Killed. The word you’re looking for is “killed”.

            This isn’t tiktok, we can use big boy language here.

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              Sorry. I didn’t wanna risk getting banned. But then this isn’t Reddit, either so I’m probably safe. I’ll fix it.

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        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.

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          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.

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        They did it for PR. The other who refused to sign paper that will make them look like they entered israel legally are still abducted in jail

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