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Greta Thunberg's Self-Serving Stunt Ended with Sandwiches from the IDF
(Telegraph-UK) Stephen Daisley - The picture of a smiling Greta Thunberg being offered a sandwich and a bottle of water by an IDF soldier is perfect - an awkward moment when the Israel Defense Forces spoiled her Instagram story. Whatever images the activists hoped to come out of their voyage, it was probably not Thunberg being given food and water by an Israeli soldier. It is an embarrassing end to a vanity mission for Thunberg, the climate change activist who adopted "Palestine" as her latest cause. While it's amusing to see HMS TikTok provoke the IDF into nothing more drastic than snack distribution and a free trip to Tel Aviv, no one should doubt the dangerous folly of Thunberg and her companions. Israel's maritime embargo is a lawful security measure which is in place for a reason. In 2011, after the MV Mavi Marmara incident in 2010, a UN Secretary-General's Panel of Inquiry, the Palmer Report, concluded that Israel's implementation of the blockade "complied with the requirements of international law." To re-chart the Marmara's reckless course is impetuous vanity masquerading as humanitarian concern. Greta Thunberg should be grateful to the IDF for their care and professionalism in ensuring her publicity stunt ended in sandwiches and not fatalities.