One week after setting sail for Gaza on a ship stocked with humanitarian aid, Greta Thunberg and her fellow activists have been detained by Israeli forces. Thunberg was one of 12 people aboard the Madleen, a ship of journalists and activists who were hoping to deliver crucial supplies to Gaza and raise awareness about the dire conditions in the region where more than 2 million people are facing starvation as a result of Israel’s aid blockade. (Though Israel has claimed to be implementing a system for aid distribution, the WHO has called the plan “grossly inadequate” while the U.N. accused Israel of “violating core international humanitarian principles” for putting “military personnel in charge of aid delivery.”)

Based on videos posted by people on the ship, Israeli forces inte

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