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Posted on 09/24/2025 6:52:53 PM PDT by fluorescence
A single "queer activist" has thrown Greta Thunberg’s Gaza-bound flotilla into disarray, with several participants blasting the group’s leaders and at least one coordinator ditching it entirely.
The beleaguered Global Sumud Flotilla aims to bypass Israel’s blockade to deliver aid to Gaza. But when self-described "queer activist" Saif Ayadi joined the effort, Khaled Boujemâa, a Tunisian coordinator for the flotilla, resigned in anger.
"We were lied to about the identity of some of the participants at the forefront of the flotilla," he said in a Sept. 14 video posted to Facebook, the French outlet Le Courrier de l'Atlas reported, according to a translation by Google Translate. "I accuse the organizers of hiding this aspect from us."
Other flotilla activists posted similar criticisms. Tunisian television anchor, Samir Elwafi, accused the flotilla of involving "suspicious activists."
"Palestine is the issue of Muslims first and foremost and cannot be separated from its spiritual and religious dimension," he said in a Sept. 15 Facebook post, translated by Google Translate. "So why do you involve suspicious activists in it who serve other agendas that do not concern us and have no relation to Gaza, such as homosexuals!??"
"Why do we hear the voices of these suspicious outcasts in a flotilla that represents our societies and their solidarity with Gaza!??" Elwafi continued. "Why do you divide people over the greatest issue that unites and gathers them!?? What can we expect from a Muslim Arab who sees and hears the slogans of the ‘queer’ movement in a flotilla in the name of its most sacred cause and which is thus desecrated?!"
Tunisian activist Mariem Miftah echoed those sentiments.
"[B]eing a 'queer' activist means that you are violating societal values and are putting me, my children, and my relatives in a situation we reject. … I reject that my son be told in kindergarten that he is neither a boy nor a girl and that when he grows up you decide," she said in a Sept. 15 Facebook post translated by Google Translate. "I will not forgive anyone who put us in this predicament."
"I call on everyone to save the situation and correct the wrong done to the people who gave their blood so that this fleet could leave," Miftah added.
Thunberg, meanwhile, is no longer a member of the steering committee, though it’s unclear whether that’s related to the controversy surrounding Ayadi or if she left on her own accord. Her name has been removed from the list of board members on the flotilla’s website. The Italian outlet Il Manifesto reported Thunberg was spotted leaving the vessel reserved for the steering committee for another ship, suitcase in tow.
"We all have a role: mine will not be on the board, but as an organizer and participant," she told Il Manifesto in a statement.
Thunberg’s demotion and the uproar over Ayadi are just the flotilla’s latest struggles. The vessels were delayed at the Tunisian port of Bizerte while awaiting fuel, and border police required every participant to be photographed and fingerprinted, Il Manifesto reported. Further drama unfolded when one ship caught fire—the flotilla blamed a drone strike, though Tunisian authorities have disputed that claim.
In June, Israel stopped the flotilla before it could reach Gaza, resulting in an incident that generated a viral photo of Thunberg smiling as an Israeli soldier handed her a challah sandwich.
Israel’s foreign ministry has said the Jewish state will again prohibit the flotilla from entering a combat zone.
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What a shit show. As one would expect.
Queers battling pro-Palestians. Maybe I missing something, but didn’t Greta Thunberg’s cause involve the world ending due to global warming?
A coalition of tribes that hate each other, LOL
Aren’t they all queers? They are as far as I’m concerned.
Queer activists disrupted many of our churches.
This is ….rather satisfying.
“but didn’t Greta Thunberg’s cause involve the world ending due to global warming?”
that was then, this is now ...
don’t you just love it when leftist eat each other?
Figuratively yes.
Call me about it again when they run our of fuel and food on the high seas. I'll give you my answer for literally once I swallow my popcorn.
If they could stand to have the Swedish Bridge Troll on board you’d think they could stomach anything.
Ship of fools.
,,, hehehehe. Rum, bum and ship biscuits and...
,,, and indentity is everything in this industry.
per Michael Rapaport, 9/22:
“Gaza flotilla coordinator Khaled Boujemâa just quit—his breaking point? The boat had too many LGBTQI+ activists onboard, including Saif Ayadi, proudly calling himself a “queer activist.”
Meanwhile, activist Mariem Meftah and TV host Samir Elwafi are crying foul too, warning about “agendas foreign to the Palestinian cause.”
So much for “all struggles united.” Looks like the solidarity cruise hit an iceberg. 😅
This is HILARIOUS”
,,, the HR manager has a lot to answer for :)
Looks like some fissures in the old “intersectionality”. I wonder if this will cool the enthusiasm of “Queers for Palestine.”
As Rush pointed out numerous times, the left eats their own.
So what they’re saying is... Palestine isn’t a Disney Land for Queer minded people?
The odd union between Jew hating squatters and homosexuals who hate Jews is perplexing at best... How, why, where and when did this unholiest of collaborations take place?
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