Report: Foreign Ministry stopped Katz from forcing Thunberg, detained activists from watching Oct. 7 atrocity film

The Foreign Ministry stopped Defense Minister Israel Katz from forcing Greta Thunberg and 11 other detained activists to watch a film of the October 7, 2023, atrocities, Channel 12 reports.

According to the report, the foreign ministry intervened after Katz announced his plans, fearing that it could create a diplomatic incident and undermine Israel’s largely successful handling of the interception of the vessel, the Madleen, to prevent it from sailing to Gaza.

However, Katz felt it was important to show the hypocrisy and ignorance of the activists regarding what Israel faced on October 7, when terrorists invaded southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people amid widespread atrocities, and taking 251 hostages.

In the end, the activists were put in a room, and the film began playing. They were asked if they wanted to continue watching, and they declined. At that stage, the screening was halted, Channel 12 says.

Haaretz reports that Katz had also wanted to film the activists watching the October 7 footage but that the Foreign Ministry successfully pushed back on the effort, fearing that the move would draw more attention to the activists’ initiative.

The harrowing 43-minute video produced by the Israel Defense Forces spokesperson’s office shows uncensored, difficult-to-watch footage of people being massacred and bodies mutilated during the Hamas-led onslaught, much of it taken from terrorists’ bodycams.