Turkey, which has sponsored pro-Hamas “flotillas” for more than a decade, rescued a ship in Greta Thunberg’s flotilla Monday after a leak in its engine room caused it to break down and issue a distress signal.
The Times of Israel reported:
Turkey helps evacuate activists aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla after one of the vessels broke down and began taking on water, organizers and Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu report.
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According to Anadolu, the vessel was located in international waters between Crete, Cyprus and Egypt when it issued a distress call early this morning.
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Semih Fener, the captain of one of the ships dispatched to assist, tells Anadolu the incident was due to a technical malfunction, not a sinking.
An Instagram post by the group documented the near-disaster:
Thunberg, who made her name as an activist against climate change, did not explain why her flotilla is powered by traditional fossil fuels and not renewable energy sources, such as wind-driven sails.
President Barack Obama forced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to apologize to Turkey for a melée that ensued in 2010 when Israeli commandoes boarded another flotilla — one that was armed.
Turkey’s government openly supports Hamas and rejects the blockade that both Israel and Egypt have imposed on the Gaza Strip since Hamas took over in a coup in 2007 and sought to import weapons.
Earlier this year, Thunberg was a participant in another flotilla that tried to reach Hamas-run Gaza and was intercepted. She was arrested and deported. She later claimed that she had been “kidnapped” by Israel.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of The Zionist Conspiracy Wants You, now available on Amazon. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
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