Sweden’s Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard has addressed the status of Swedish national Greta Thunberg and the 11 other activists illegally taken into Israeli custody.
In comments carried by Swedish media, Stenergard emphasised that Sweden’s government has long advised against travel to Gaza and the activists bear “clear personal responsibility”.
Meaning, it is not Sweden’s responsibility.
The government’s current assessment is that the activists are not in danger and there is no need for consular support, she added.
How they assessed this is not mentioned.
Activist Thunberg recorded a video before her capture.
“I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces … I ask all my friends, family, and comrades to put pressure on the Swedish government to release me and the others as soon as possible,” she said.
No great shock, Sweden is the only country other than the USA that has refused to resume aid through Unrwa. The excuse there is that Israel has banned them.
So instead of putting pressure on Israel they immediately folded and decided to start throwing money at other UN organs which will likely just end up in Israeli front groups like Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.