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.
Wait. Greta wasn’t the queer activist?
Islamists are playing a long game.
Yup. Intersections are where the accidents happen.
Of course not! The indigenous Greek Orthodox that have NOT been eradicated by Islam count for nothing! Neither do any Catholics who live in Gaza or the West Bank!
Any word from “Queers for Palestine” ?
She’s getting to be a fat little pig aint she?
“...Khaled Boujemâa, a Tunisian coordinator for the flotilla, resigned in anger.”
Look at that. Someone actually placing morals above ‘values’ and profit.
Good for him.
Shame on them. They are all homophobic and transphobic. D’oh.
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