Well, well, well. After the failed attempt by Greta Thunberg and her comrades in the Freedom Flotilla Coalition on ship Madleen to take aid into Gaza, it transpires that the climate activist has now been put on an, er, plane as Israel deports her to France. The eco-zealot has long been vocal about her disdain for air travel and so her own carbon-dioxide emitting journey back to Europe in what Mr S assumes Thunberg believes is a frightfully polluting jet – calculated, by the Telegraph, to likely emit more than half a tonne of CO2 per person – is a final twist of the knife by the Israeli government.
The eco-zealot has long been vocal about her disdain for air travel
The 22-year-old is currently travelling to Paris before she will then take further transport to Sweden. Her ejection from the Middle East comes after her and her team persistently ignored calls from Israel to abandon their mission.
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