Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has once again used a climate rally to side with Palestinians. Wearing a Palestinian scarf around her neck, she told a live-streamed rally in Amsterdam today that the climate movement has a duty to “listen to the voices of those who are oppressed and who fight for peace and justice.”
Thunberg then passed the microphone to a woman, also wearing a Palestinian scarf, who claimed that Israel was “committing genocide in my country.” Israel specifically targets hospitals and civilians, the woman said.
Many participants reacted indignantly to the accusations. A man jumped onto the stage in front of the cameras and shouted into the microphone: “I came here for a climate rally, not to hear political opinions.”
Thunberg then appealed to participants to remain calm and then shouted several times: “There is no climate justice on occupied land.”
After a similar action last month, Thunberg had already been criticized for not mentioning the Israeli victims of the Hamas massacre on October 7, which left around 1,200 people dead.