The Swedish climate campaigner was reportedly deprived of food and forced to kiss the flag of the Jewish state<\/p>\n
Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was subjected to humiliation and harsh treatment in an Israeli prison after being arrested aboard the Gaza aid flotilla, according to fellow activists and lawyers.
\nThunberg was among the activists who attempted to breach the blockade of Gaza by sea, whose boats were intercepted by the Israeli Navy on Thursday and Friday. Most detainees were taken to Ketziot Prison in the Negev Desert, and more than 130 have since been deported to T\u00fcrkiye.
\nItalian journalist Lorenzo D\u2019Agostino told Anadolu that Israeli forces left flotilla members without fresh water for two days, while Thunberg was \u201cwrapped in an Israeli flag and exhibited like a trophy.\u201d Turkish journalist Ersin Celik said he witnessed the \u201ctorture\u201d of Thunberg.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThey dragged little Greta by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,\u201d he told the outlet.
\nActivists Hazwani Helmi and Windfield Beaver also said Thunberg was paraded with an Israeli flag and \u201cused as propaganda\u201d during Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir\u2019s visit to the prison.
\nIn an email cited by The Guardian, the Swedish Embassy in Tel Aviv said that Thunberg had complained about \u201charsh treatment\u201d and not receiving enough food or water. The Israeli rights group Adalah said the activists were \u201cforced to kneel with their hands zip-tied for at least five hours.\u201d
\nThe Israeli Foreign Ministry rejected the allegations as \u201ccomplete lies,\u201d saying that Thunberg and other activists were \u201csafe and in good health.\u201d The ministry added that \u201ctheir true goal was provocation in the service of Hamas, not humanitarian assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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