Greta Thunberg has spoken out about the alleged mistreatment she suffered after being taken into captivity in Israel.
The 22-year-old took to social media last week to report that she had been 'abducted' by Israeli forces for a second time after boarding a 'Freedom Flotilla boat' aimed at bringing aid into Gaza - prior to the ceasefire having been agreed.
After the humanitarian activist was intercepted by armed forces, she was allegedly detained in a 'bedbug infested' cell and her luggage was confiscated.
When she finally received her belongings, she discovered that her bag had been vandalized - with the Star of David graffitied on it alongside the words 'Wh**e Greta', alongside a penis.
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Now, speaking to the Swedish outlet, Aftonbladet, Thunberg has detailed the horrific abuse she allegedly received and the state of the cells she was thrown in.
Speaking about the moment she was captured, the Swede said: "When I’m about to get off the boat, there are a bunch of police officers waiting for me. They grab me, pull me to the ground, and throw an Israeli flag over me."
She went on to explain that she was taken off by cops and while in captivity, she passed 'maybe 50 people sitting in a row on their knees with handcuffs and their foreheads against the ground'.
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"They dragged me to the opposite side from where the others were sitting, and I had the flag around me the whole time. They hit and kicked me," Thunberg explained.
"Then they ripped off my frog hat, threw it on the ground, stomped and kicked it, and kind of threw a tantrum."
Thunberg described being 'very brutally' moved to a corner of a room where she was instructed to face the wall while the guards repetitively called her a 'little wh***e' and 'wh**e Greta', after learning how to say it in Swedish.
"The guards have no empathy or humanity, and they keep taking selfies with me. There's a lot I don't remember. So much is happening at once. You're in shock. You're in pain, but you go into a state of trying to stay calm," the climate activist continued.
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In the corner where she was positioned, the police placed a flag beside her - close enough for it to occasionally touch her as the wind blew, she told the publication.
"The flag was placed so that it would touch me," she went on. "When it fluttered and touched me, they shouted, 'don’t touch the flag’ and kicked me in the side.
"After a while, my hands were tied with cable ties, very tightly. A bunch of guards lined up to take selfies with me while I was sitting like that."
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Tensions rose when far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir entered the room, labeling them all 'terrorists' who want to 'kill Jewish babies', Thunberg claims. If any of the prisoners complained, they were taken to one side and beaten.
"I could only see it out of the corner of my eye, because every time I lifted my head from the ground, I was kicked by the guard standing next to me," she added.
UNILAD has contacted the Swedish Foreign Ministry for comment.
Topics: Greta Thunberg, Israel, World News, Terrorism
Joe Yates