Egyptian authorities took dozens of anti-Israel activists into custody this past Thursday after thwarting a planned march to Gaza before deporting them, according to multiple reports.
As many as 200 activists were detained in Cairo by Egyptian immigration authorities, who reportedly confiscated passports of the Europeans who sought to carry out a “Global March to Gaza.” Other activists who were allowed to remain in the country attempted to march to Gaza and clashed with local Egyptians, who threw water bottles and used clubs while the anti-Israel activists held a sit-in at a checkpoint, according to the Jerusalem Post.
Some pro-Israel activists gloated about the incident on social media.
“A group of European activists pulled a ‘Greta Thunberg goes to Cairo’ move, demanding that Egyptians break the Gaza siege,” Sarah Idan posted on X. “The Egyptian crowd responded… by breaking them instead.”
“We tried to tell you: Arabs aren’t signing up for the Hamas fan club,” Idan added. “But nope, you chose to listen to the Western Islamists over us regular Muslims.”
Thunberg, a notorious environmental activist, sought to enter Gaza by boat earlier in June to protest Israel’s military operations in response to the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by the radical Islamic terrorist group Hamas that killed over 1,200 people. Israeli naval forces halted the vessel she was on and deported her back to Sweden via airplane.
“Egyptians have beaten and stripped left wing activists from their passports when they tried to march to Gaza!” another user, Azat, posted on X.
While Israel has faced mounting pressure to accept a ceasefire due to allegations of civilian casualties, a study released in December by the Henry Jackson Society noted that media organizations often relied uncritically on data from the Gaza Ministry of Health, despite multiple errors.
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