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DoomsdaysCW

#GretaThunberg boards #GazaAid ship aimed at breaking #Israel's blockade

By Giada Zampano, June 1, 2025

CATANIA, Italy (AP) — "Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and other 11 activists set sail on Sunday afternoon for #Gaza on a ship aimed at 'breaking Israel’s siege' of the devastated territory, organizers said.

"The sailing boat Madleen – operated by activist group Freedom Flotilla Coalition — departed from the Sicilian port of Catania, in southern Italy.

"It will try to reach the shores of the Gaza Strip in an effort to bring in some aid and raise 'international awareness' over the ongoing #HumanitarianCrisis, the activists said at a press conference on Sunday, ahead of departure.

" 'We are doing this because, no matter what odds we are against, we have to keep trying,' Thunberg said, bursting into tears during her speech."

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg with other activists from a human rights organization meets with journalists in Catania, Italy, Sunday, June 1, 2025, ahead of their departure for the Mideast. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli)
AP News · Greta Thunberg boards Gaza aid ship aimed at breaking Israel's blockadeBy Giada Zampano
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OccuWorld

Greta Thunberg and other activists join 'Freedom Flotilla' trying to take aid from Italy to Gaza

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Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and other 11 activists will set sail for Gaza on a ship aimed at delivering aid to the territory.

“the moment we stop trying is the moment we lose our humanity”

YouTubeGreta Thunberg and other activists join 'Freedom Flotilla' trying to take aid from Italy to GazaBy Associated Press
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Catherine Morris

Greta Thunberg joins aid ship sailing to Gaza aimed at breaking Israel’s blockade: The activists expect it will take 7 days to get to Gaza if they are not stopped. ‘“…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,” [Thunberg said]. | Toronto Star thestar.com/news/world/europe/ #gaza #genocide #humanitarianAid #GretaThunberg

Toronto Star · Climate activist Greta Thunberg joins aid ship sailing to Gaza aimed at breaking Israel’s blockadeBy Giada Zampano And Salvatore Cavalli The Associated Press
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Gerd_Brodowski

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #solidarity

„Greta Thunberg is set to sail to Gaza this weekend with other international activists, challenging Israel's #blockade and delivering #humanitarianaid. The voyage, part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, aims to address the escalating humanitarian crisis and famine in Gaza. This action has sparked both support and #criticism, with some calling for Thunberg to remain in Gaza.“

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The Times of India'Make it a one-way trip': Greta Thunberg faces heat as she leaves for Gaza - Times of IndiaEurope News: Greta Thunberg is set to sail to Gaza this weekend with other international activists, challenging Israel's blockade and delivering humanitarian aid.
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Gerd_Brodowski

#usa #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #humanitarianaid / #massacre

„26 people have been killed and 150 injured in Israeli tank shelling and gunfire near an aid distribution centre in Rafah, southern Gaza, medics and residents say.
Mohammed Ghareeb, a local journalist in Rafah, told the BBC that thousands of Palestinians had gathered near the aid centre when Israeli tanks approached and opened fire on the crowd.‟

bbc.com/news/articles/c991j01l

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seattletimes.com/nation-world/

A body bag lies on a ground while a man kneels to kiss it. Others gather round while a woman covers her face and cries.
www.bbc.comRed Cross says at least 21 killed and dozens shot in Gaza aid incidentReports say an incident occurred in Rafah in the early hours of Sunday as people were queueing for aid.
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"[E]ven as he prides himself on dispassionate rigor, Musk has proved remarkably uninterested in figuring out how the government that he sought to transform really works. Samantha Power, head of U.S.A.I.D. under Biden, told me she tried to speak with members of the new administration, hoping to convince them there were elements of U.S.A.I.D.’s work that they could leverage for their own agenda. But aside from one meeting with transition officials, her outreach was ignored.

Instead, Musk seemed to derive his view of the agency from conspiracy theorists on X. There, he called U.S.A.I.D. a “radical-left political psy op” and amplified a post from the right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos smearing it as “the most gigantic global terror organization in history.”

It would have been easy for Musk to take his private plane to a country like Uganda to see for himself the work U.S.A.I.D. has done providing medicine to people with H.I.V. or feeding refugees from South Sudan. Instead, he drew on the counsel of internet trolls and staffed DOGE with lackeys who were similarly ignorant.

“If you heard the conversations U.S.A.I.D. staff had with the DOGE people, there is no word in any language that captures the level of obliviousness about what U.S.A.I.D. actually did,” said Power.

This kind of intellectual carelessness should make people re-evaluate their faith in Musk’s brilliance. “Being president doesn’t change who you are; it reveals who you are,” Michelle Obama has said. The same is true, apparently, of being the president’s best friend, even fleetingly."

nytimes.com/2025/05/30/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and DeathBy Michelle Goldberg
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Charlie McHenry

“DOGE was a scam from the start. It was never a department of the government because Congress played no role in creating it. And it was never about efficiency because it took broad and dramatic action to eliminate whole programs before there was any time to conduct an investigation of potential ‘waste, fraud, and abuse.’
DOGE is a scam, but its consequences are real. According to research at Boston University, more than 300,000 people have died because of the careless cuts Musk made to the USAID program, decimating US investment in fighting hunger and disease around the world. During the hour Trump and Musk celebrated themselves in the Oval Office today, 103 more people died.” —Bishop William Barber, former pres. NAACP #Doge #ElonMusk #USAID #ForeignAid #HumanitarianAid #RepublicansDidThis #RepubliansOwnThis #TrumpAdministration #USPOL #politics

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