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Greta Thunberg

A handout photograph released by Prisoners for Palestine in London on December 23, 2025, shows Swedish activist Greta Thunberg before her arrest by police officers outside the offices of Aspen Insurance at Plantation Place at a protest in support of Palestine Action hunger strikers. (AFP/Prisoners for Palestine/Handout)
December 23, 2025, 4:35 pm
Greta Thunberg arrested at pro-Palestinian protest in London
Police say the 22-year-old activist was detained for holding a placard showing support for the proscribed group Palestine Action at a demonstration backing detained hunger strikers
By AFP
People march behind a banner reading "Against the war maneuver, for wages, pensions and social rights" during an anti-Israel demonstration amid a one-day strike in Genoa, Italy on November 28, 2025 (Piero CRUCIATTI / AFP)
November 28, 2025, 10:25 pm
Flights, trains canceled in Italy as activists rally against government’s Israel support
Thunberg, UN’s Albanese join the one-day general strike against so-called war budget; activists block access to Italian defense company offices, are dispersed by water cannon
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti (C) is accompanied by Israeli prison guards after a hearing at Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, January 25, 2012. (REUTERS/Ammar Awad)
October 15, 2025, 11:25 pm
Barghouti said beaten, suffered broken ribs in jail; prison officials reject claim
Ben Gvir says he is ‘proud that Barghouti’s conditions have changed drastically’ as Thunberg alleges ‘torture,’ claims guards kicked and hit her as she was draped in Israeli flag
By Charlie Summers
A still of hostage Evyatar David taken from a Hamas propaganda video (left) released on August 1, 2025. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
October 7, 2025, 10:46 pm
Thunberg shares image of emaciated Israeli hostage in post protesting treatment of Palestinian prisoners
Sister of Evyatar David slams ’embarrassing’ post meant to highlight alleged ‘suffering’ of Palestinians in Israeli detention that includes photo of her brother in Hamas tunnel
By ToI Staff
Activists from the intercepted Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla flash victory signs as they are deported from Israel to Jordan via the Allenby Bridge crossing, in a video published October 7, 2025. (Screen capture: X/International Committee to Break the Siege of Gaza)
October 7, 2025, 3:50 pm
131 Gaza flotilla activists deported to Jordan, kingdom’s state news says
One Jordanian and people from 22 other nations said to exit Israel via Allenby Bridge, day after 171 others were deported, including Greta Thunberg
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg (c) at Ramon International Airport on October 6, 2025, before being deported along with other Gaza flotilla activists. (Foreign Ministry)
October 6, 2025, 5:15 pm
Greta Thunberg, 170 other activists from Gaza-bound flotilla deported from Israel
Spanish activists allege abuse, say they were blindfolded, dragged on ground, put in cages, insulted and made to sign papers they didn’t understand; Israel calls accusations lies
By Lazar Berman and Agencies
Greta Thunberg, detained by Israel after trying to breach the blockade on the Gaza Strip, is seen in a photo released October 3, 2025, by the Foreign Ministry. (Foreign Ministry)
October 6, 2025, 3:39 am
Greta Thunberg to be deported from Israel Monday on flight to Athens
Some 70 flotilla activists expected to leave for Greece, where they can catch flights to home countries; Spanish activist said to bite prison staff member, delaying her deportation
By AFP and Charlie Summers
An Israeli soldier detains Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg aboard a ship in the Global Sumud Flotilla of anti-Israel activists, in video released by the Foreign Ministry on October 1, 2025. (X screenshot)
October 5, 2025, 9:45 pm
Greta Thunberg has not met lawyer since being processed by immigration authorities
Flotilla activists lawyers say prominent activist refused immediate deportation; legal group says Ben Gvir is endorsing ‘inhumane treatment, abuse’ of flotilla detainees
By Jeremy Sharon
This combination of images released by the Foreign Ministry shows Greta Thunberg, second from right, with other anti-Israel activists after the Israeli navy intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla that sought to break the Israeli naval blockade on Gaza, Oct. 1, 2025. (Israeli Foreign Ministry via AP)
October 5, 2025, 5:11 pm
Israel denies abuse as Ben Gvir touts harsh handling of Greta Thunberg, flotilla activists
French detainees begin hunger strike; US congressman calls for release of Jewish American detainee; Spain says more than 20 activists headed home
By Lazar Berman, Jeremy Sharon, Agencies and ToI Staff
Flotilla activists, including Greta Thunberg, are seen being transported to Israel after their vessels were intercepted by the IDF on October 2, 2025. (Foreign Ministry)
October 5, 2025, 5:40 am
Thunberg said complaining about bedbugs in Israeli prison; flotilla activists allegedly punched
Swedish campaigner reportedly singled out by guards, made to kiss the Israeli flag and suffering from dehydration; rights group says activists mistreated while awaiting deportation
By Jeremy Sharon, ToI Staff and Charlie Summers
This handout photo from police shows anti-Israel activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla being processed after they were detained while trying to break Israel's maritime blockade on Hamas-ruled Gaza, October 2, 2025. (Israel Police)
October 4, 2025, 5:11 pm
Over 130 Gaza flotilla ‘provocateurs’ deported to Turkey, says Israel
Activists from 14 nations, including 36 Turks and 24 Italians, flown to Istanbul; Foreign Ministry says several countries ‘have shown reluctance’ to accept deportation flights
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Greta Thunberg, detained by Israel after trying to breach the blockade on the Gaza Strip, is seen in a photo released October 3, 2025, by the Foreign Ministry. (Foreign Ministry)
October 3, 2025, 2:44 pm
Israel seizes last flotilla boat, readies to deport hundreds, as more ships set sail for Gaza
New 9-boat flotilla currently off coast of Greece; navy has intercepted 42 ships, detained 470 activists who tried to breach blockade, including Greta Thunberg; 4 deported so far
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Police clash with pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators during a protest in Barcelona, Spain, on October 2, 2025, in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla after ships were intercepted by the Israeli navy. (AP/Emilio Morenatti)
October 2, 2025, 10:22 pm
Shops, restaurants vandalized in many cities to protest Israel’s flotilla interception
Israel draws global condemnation after intercepting would-be blockade-busting ships without major incident; Colombia expels Israeli diplomats, cancels trade deal; Turkey, Hamas condemns ‘terrorism’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This handout photo issued by the Foreign Ministry on September 30, 2025, is said to show Ahmad Bahar, chairman of the Legislative Council in Gaza on behalf of Hamas speaking, and Zaher Birawi, head of Hamas’ Sector within the PCPA in the UK (second from left). (Foreign Ministry)
September 30, 2025, 1:30 pm
Documents from Gaza show Hamas’s ‘direct involvement’ with aid flotilla, Israel claims
Foreign Ministry says material shows ties between Hamas and its foreign arm PCPA, whose leader in UK is flotilla organizer, while Spanish member owns some of the boats sailing to Strip
By Emanuel Fabian
Members of the group of ships of the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza are seen moored at the small island of Koufonisi, south of the island of Crete, on September 26, 2025. (Photo by Eleftherios ELIS / AFP)
September 29, 2025, 4:12 pm
Turkey saves activists from leaky ship, as Gaza-bound flotilla nears Israeli waters
Red Crescent coordinates evacuation of 12 activists, after malfunction on one of 50 vessels aiming to break blockade on Strip and deliver symbolic humanitarian aid
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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