From radical ecology to anti-Zionism, Greta Thunberg embraces the convergence of struggles

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2023-11-30 10:43:44

Greta Thunberg with her Keffiyeh on November 12 in Amsterdam. PIROSCHKA VAN DE WOUW / REUTERS

NARRATIVE – The 20-year-old Swedish environmental activist has made numerous pro-Palestinian statements since October 7, notably displaying herself with “Stop the genocide” signs.

On October 20, 13 days after the massacre committed by Hamas, Greta Thunberg published a photo on her social networks, followed by nearly 20 million Internet users on X and Instagram. The photo, taken on the occasion of the weekly Friday climate strike led by her movement Fridays for Future, reveals the young activist accompanied by acolytes carrying signs “Free Palestine« et «Stand with Gaza». «We strike in solidarity with Palestine and Gaza», she comments.

Since then, Greta Thunberg has mixed genres and shades of green. Here with a Palestinian flag, there in a crowd calling outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm on November 22 to “crush Zionism“. These clear-cut positions have since sparked controversy. In addition to its silence on the killing of 1,300 civilians and soldiers by Hamas which triggered a new war, some Internet users did not fail to point out in the photo of the first “strike» for Palestine, the…

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