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Israeli authorities screened footage of Hamas's October 7 atrocities to Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and other pro-Palestinian flotilla participants upon their arrival in Ashdod on Monday, shortly after the IDF intercepted their ship, the Madleen, in international waters.

According to Defense Minister Israel Katz, the activists refused to continue watching the film after seeing the brutality of the attacks.

"These antisemitic flotilla activists closed their eyes to the truth and once again proved they prefer the murderers over the victims,” Katz said. “They continue to ignore the atrocities committed by Hamas against Jewish and Israeli women, the elderly, and children.”

The activists were given the option to sign a voluntary departure form or face arrest after 96 hours. Among those refusing to leave is French MEP Rima Hassan.

Hassan has previously drawn wide criticism for her denial that the Bibas family, excluding Yarden Bibas, were murdered, her claim that the October 7 massacre was "legitimate" and her insistence that Palestinians in Europe should be allowed to join the "resistance."

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[-] ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml 151 points 1 month ago

Is no one going to say or do anything about the fact that Israel illegally "intercepted" another ship in international waters?

Also arrested for what? They weren't even under Israeli jurisdiction when picked up.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 71 points 1 month ago

Sweden threw her under the bus, along with the rest of the West.

[-] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 39 points 1 month ago

The entire earth's waters are under the USA's jurisdiction, didn't you know? Maybe you should read some more CNN news stories about China's evil navy trying to take over the South China Sea from the USA, who obviously should have more control over the South China Sea than China does. And the Israeli Navy is just another branch of the American Navy, which has the second largest air force in the world (after the American Air Force).

[-] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

Laws are fake.

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[-] piskertariot@lemmy.world 150 points 1 month ago

Peaceful protestor held at gunpoint refuses to watch violent propaganda.

As such, branded as hypocrite.

Modern politics.

[-] gorikan@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Delivering baby formula to certain people seen specifically as a form of protest by all media.

Modern politics.

[-] simontherockjohnson@lemmy.ml 72 points 1 month ago

This is quite literally the plot to A Clockwork Orange.

[-] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

At leat in A Clockwork Orange the point of the footage wasn't to try to persuade them that violence is good.

[-] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

How did it end, again? I forget

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[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 72 points 1 month ago

October 7 atrocities

Israel has been doing october 7 numbers daily for over a year now. Even if hamas managed to do 100x the numbers on the day it still wouldnt justify this unlimited childmelting that israhell is doing.

[-] boiledfrog@hexbear.net 36 points 1 month ago

And that's not even counting all the shit isntreal has been doing since it's inception.

[-] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

I'm always reminded that CBC was including a graph of Israeli & Palestinian deaths after October 7 in their reporting on Gaza. They quietly stopped including it when Palestinian deaths dwarfed Israeli deaths and made it clear that Israel was killing indiscriminately

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 66 points 1 month ago

They refused to watch a propaganda video 🙄

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 52 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"These antisemitic flotilla activists closed their eyes to the truth and once again proved they prefer the murderers over the victims,” Katz said. “They continue to ignore the atrocities committed by Hamas against Jewish and Israeli women, the elderly, and children.”

Not gonna believe this hasbara rag unless they show unedited video of the flotilla participants not watching the tapes. And likewise for everything else in the article. 💩

[-] very_poggers_gay@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

Worthwhile reminder that, of the ~1000 israelis who died on October 7th, 36 (<4%) were minors. In Gaza, more than 30% of the 60,000-100,000 Palestinians killed by israel are children.

israel has killed an October 7th's worth of Palestinians before their first birthday (916 infants). They've killed more than 10,000 kids 12 or younger. And they still have the nerve to play victim. Thoroughly diseased society.

illegal-to-say

[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 50 points 1 month ago

Do they think the floridly theatrical condescension makes them look like the good guys here?

[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh absolutely, yes. The entire country is rotten to the core.

[-] teagrrl@lemmy.ml 42 points 1 month ago

There's no footage from October 7th that comes close to what happens in Gaza every fucking day.

[-] AnarchoBolshevik@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 month ago

The IOF and the apartheid officials need to be forced to watch every hour recorded of Palestine’s suffering.

Fair’s fair.

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[-] frogbellyratbone_@hexbear.net 40 points 1 month ago

"These antisemitic flotilla activists closed their eyes to the truth and once again proved they prefer the murderers over the victims,”

weren't they just bringing food and supplies for normies on the strip?

TIL everyone in Gaza is Hamas

[-] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 20 points 1 month ago

TIL everyone in Gaza is Hamas

Well Israel has been openly claiming it for years. So we'll done.

Just like questioning the acts of the Israel government. Is an attack on every Jewish person. Even if Jewish folks object.

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh you want to bring people food and medicine???!!? 🤔😬😬

You should watch this fake video I made about them first, then you'll change your mind.😏

/s

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[-] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 35 points 1 month ago

Voluntary departure from where? The international waters, from which they were kidnapped?

[-] Jean_le_Flambeur@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"Lost its radio signal" As if we didn't have footage of them jamming

"Blockade to avoid weapon delivery"

"Ship carrying humanitarian aid"

"These antisemitic flotilla"

"The IDF prepared in advance to intercept the ship before it could enter Israeli territorial waters; "

Enough said

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 9 points 1 month ago

Lindsey Graham advocated for worse.

[-] Thebigguy@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Isreal knew Oct 7 was coming.

Source: I know this sounds crazy but trust me

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 45 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They did, it has been proven beyond any doubt because they openly admitted it. They also willfully ignored warnings from military officials. Also the pager operation was already in progress months before Oct 7 so they were planning all out war with the whole region for a while.

[-] Thebigguy@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago

Yep, they also purposefully moved the festival closer to Gaza. The organisers is known to have Mossad connections

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 1 month ago

"These antisemitic flotilla activists closed their eyes to the truth and once again proved they prefer the murderers over the victims,” Katz said. “They continue to ignore the atrocities committed by Hamas against Jewish and Israeli women, the elderly, and children.”

They refused to watch videos of atrocities that aren't part of the videos, such as the murders of babies (unfounded) and mass sexual violence (unfounded). They must hate Jews. They certainly aren't protesting the genocide of Palestinians. It can't be that. /s

[-] Azarova@hexbear.net 26 points 1 month ago

voluntary departure form

I bet that form is basically a declaration of allegiance to the entity and states that the zionists are pure innocent angels who've never done anything wrong and that every Palestinian is a ultra mega Nazi.

Also, just the phrasing of being forced to sign a """"voluntary"""" departure form or face indefinite brutal imprisonment after being kidnapped in international waters is so insane.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 16 points 1 month ago

I was wondering if the 96 hours were sleep dep, forced to watch the film.

[-] DandomRude@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This unlawful attempt at forced brainwashing is truly scandalous and absolutely intolerable with its repugnant double standards.

No one disputes that the terrorist attack by Hamas was brutal.

Nevertheless, this by no means justifies the genocide being committed by Israel. There are also horrific images of this, of starving children, cold blooded murder of civilians and unbearable suffering - and Israel is even using every means at its disposal to prevent the world from seeing the full extent of their own atrocities.

If Israel were to adhere even remotely to international law and human rights, Thunberg would not be there.

It is absurd that this country continues to portray itself as the victim. They are the perpetrators and responsible for crimes against humanity.

These savages who represent Israel are truly the scum of the earth.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

Hamas wanted hostages, not bodies.

Don't give an inch. The brutality came from the Israeli side. They fired on their own people to stop them from being taken hostage.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No one disputes that the terrorist attack by Hamas was brutal.

Lol what. > 33% active duty IDF soldiers killed. Almost no children.

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[-] Bouzou@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

"Yeah, I agree, that is horrible. I am literally just trying to keep more innocent people from suffering and dying..."

[-] Bwaz@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Well, those Gaza children shouldn't have committed those atrocities.

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[-] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Remember, kids, nothing Israel has done justifies October 7th, but also, October 7th justifies everything Israel is doing.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"Hostage refuses to be psycologically tortured by war criminals"

[-] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Are the Jewish nazis trying to guilt trip them into helping their genocide? Before you even say anything what's the difference between a free range cage and a cage? The comfort level of the animal. A lot easier to gun down when you say it's safe here

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[-] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago

So Israel is doing the „But they are doing it too!” thing

Are we in kindergarten or what?

[-] jwiggler@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago

Who's posting this Israeli propaganda

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 month ago

I'm assuming everyone here is smart enough to recognize and filter out the propaganda.

What is left is Israelis boasting about their own war crimes.

[-] MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 month ago

According to Defense Minister Israel Katz, the activists refused to continue watching the film after seeing the brutality of the attacks.

So this headline is probably a lie.

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[-] flandish@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

wouldn’t the footage be of defenders coming in to boot out the invading zionists?

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