Greta Thunberg, Released From Israeli Jail, Blasts "Business As Usual" Genocide

"Let me be very clear. There is a genocide going on in front of our eyes on all our phones. No one has the privilege to say, 'We are not aware of what is happening.' No one in the future will be able to say 'We did not know.' Under international law states have a legal obligation to act, to prevent and to stop a genocide from happening. That means ending complicity, applying real pressure, and ending arms transfers. We are not seeing that. We are not even seeing the bare minimum from our governments. Our international systems are betraying Palestinians. They are not even able to prevent the worst war crimes from happening. And I will never, ever comprehend how humans can be so evil that you would deliberately starve millions of people living trapped under illegal siege as a continuation of decades and decades of suffocating oppression, apartheid, and occupation . . . 

"What we aim to do with the Global Sumud Flotilla was to step up when our governments fail to do their legal obligation . . . .This mission should not have to exist . . .

"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. . . . We cannot take our eyes away from Gaza . . . 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."

 

-----Greta Thunberg, October 6, 2025

 

 

Source: "Greta Thunberg Blasts Israel, 'Complicit' World Leaders After Release From Israeli Jail," DRM News, October 6, 2025