«Leaders, so-called leaders, who are supposed to represent me, who continue to fuel a genocide, death and destruction, they do NOT represent me.'nAnd this is a last resort, that this mission has to exist.

[trames@poliversity.it]

«Leaders, so-called leaders, who are supposed to represent me, who continue to fuel a genocide, death and destruction, they do NOT represent me.

And this is a last resort, that this mission has to exist. It's a shame. It is a shame. And I could talk for a very very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.

What happened here was that Israel, while continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an entire population, an entire nation in front of our very eyes, they once again violated international law by preventing humanitarian aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.

And we want to also emphasize that we do not only need humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, we need an end to the siege, we need an end to the occupation and the oppression. This action, it was challenging our extremely violent 'business as usual'. That it's preventing these war crimes from happening. That is what this story is about.

We cannot take our eyes away from Gaza from all the places of the world that are suffering living on the forefront of this 'business as usual' systems, Congo, Sudan, Afghanistan, Gaza and many many more. What we are doing is the bare minimum. This genocide and other genocides are being enabled and fueled by our own governments, our institutions, our media and companies. It is our responsibility to end that complicity. And I also...

No, no, not heroes! No, no, we are doing the bare minimum. What we are doing is not in any way. No one has to come to the rescue of Palestinian people. What we are doing is hearing and acting upon their calls for people all over the world to take action and end our complicity, to use our privileges, our platforms, to take a stance against this, that this is in every way unjustifiable».

Greta Thunberg, newly released from Israeli detention.