Environmental activist Greta Thunberg was named “Anti-Semite of the Week” by Jewish groups after her arrest at a recent anti-Israel rally.
Thunberg “joined the ranks of kefir-wearing protesters, boldly expressing her contempt for the Jewish state.” The watchdog group Stop Anti-Semitism on FridayThat was just days after Thunberg was among those taken away by Danish police during a demonstration at the University of Copenhagen.
“Unfortunately, she has turned her activism into a platform for vile Jew-hatred,” the group added.
The 21-year-old was arrested on September 4 during a protest with a group of students opposed to the occupation, who were calling on the university to sever all ties with Israel, including ending several inter-university student programs.
According to StopAntisemitism, the program between the University of Copenhagen and Israel includes a student exchange program focused on fighting climate change, Thunberg's main focus.
“Sadly, Greta has overshadowed her love of the environment with her hatred for the world's only Jewish state. Despite the fact that Israel is leading the world in tackling climate disaster and helping with crises around the world, she is siding with her murderous terrorist enemies,” founder Liora Rez said in a statement.
“Her actions speak louder than words. She claims to care about the future of humanity, yet her active defense of Hamas leaders who openly call for genocide exposes Greta's hypocrisy.”
Thunberg's arrest at the University of Copenhagen was just her latest act in the anti-Israel protests she has been fully engaged in since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.
“We call on the Stockholm University authorities to sever all ties, agreements and cooperation with genocidal and apartheid Israel,” she wrote as she was taken away by police after taking part in a demonstration at Stockholm University in May.
She joined the pro-Palestinian camp just a few days later on October 7, posting a photo of herself holding a sign that read “Support Gaza” and a toy octopus, which some have interpreted as an allusion to Nazi anti-Semitic propaganda visualizing Judaism's web of global control.
Thunberg, who is autistic, later deleted the photo, claiming she had “no idea” about the historical use of octopus imagery as anti-Semitic, and that she had taken the picture to express her own feelings.
“The toys in the photo are tools that autistic people often use as a way to communicate their emotions,” she said.
