Greta Thunberg’s rousing speech before sailing to Gaza in aid flotilla

Greta Thunberg's rousing speech before sailing to Gaza in aid flotillaReuters

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00:01This story is not at all about the mission that we are about to embark.

00:07The story here is about Palestine.

00:09The story here is how people are being deliberately deprived of the very basic means to survive.

00:18The story here is how the world can be silent and how those in power,

00:26those who are supposed to represent us are in every possible way,

00:31betraying and failing Palestinians and all oppressed peoples of the world.

00:37Personally, I am terrified of how people can go on with their everyday life,

00:45accepting this genocide, watching a livestream genocide on their phones

00:51and then pretend like nothing is happening.

00:54Palestinians have been dehumanized to such an extent that they are only spoken of in terms of numbers and UN resolutions.

01:04That is why we are mobilizing people from all over the world coming back even stronger with dozens of boats

01:11because there is simply no alternative.

01:15We know what is at stake and what we are doing here is using our extreme privilege by living in a free world

01:25to listen to and act upon the calls of Palestinians, them telling us to step up and end our complicity.

01:35Thank you very much for the news!

01:37Thank you!

01:43Thank you!

01:45You, you, you met!

01:48You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you...