> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodoil.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Greta Aims Her Hatred at Israel - URL: https://goodoil.news/greta-aims-her-hatred-at-israel/ - Published: 2024-12-31T00:00:31.000Z - Updated: 2024-12-31T00:00:30.000Z - Description: At this point, Thunberg is a full hour past her proverbial 15 minutes of fame. - Author: Reproduced with permission - Tags: World Politics, Climate Change, Israel [**Peter Murphy**](https://www.cfact.org/2024/12/29/animosity-against-jews-demonstrates-leftist-icon-greta-thunbergs-extremism/?ref=goodoil.news) *Peter Murphy is Senior Fellow at CFACT. He has researched and advocated for a variety of policy issues.* Greta Thunberg, once the darling of the climate change movement, has [revealed herself](https://archive.ph/pbr6Q?ref=goodoil.news) as virulently anti-Israel, which should make her a pariah in any legitimate social or political cause. Since the October 2023 Hamas slaughter of Israeli civilians, including children and infants, Thunberg, now 21 years old, has [called for](https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/1728485021978427894?ref=goodoil.news) “crushing Zionism” and repeatedly accused Israel of “genocide.” Her latest [episode](https://nypost.com/2024/12/09/world-news/greta-thunberg-bursts-into-laughter-as-she-declares-f-k-israel-at-rally/?ref=goodoil.news) of [malevolence](https://archive.ph/mi59G?ref=goodoil.news) was on display earlier this month in Mannheim, Germany, when she publicly cursed out the nations of Israel and Germany. She targeted the German government with public [profanity](https://rumble.com/v5xfe2q-greta-thunberg-sparks-controversy-over-alleged-anti-israel-remarks-at-germa.html?ref=goodoil.news) over its [support](https://x.com/redstreamnet/status/1843336861739307035?ref=goodoil.news) for the Jewish state. Thunberg’s anti-Israel expression was [not a one-off](https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/1728485021978427894?ref=goodoil.news) for her. Immediately following the massacre of Israelis by Hamas last year, Greta stood against Israel, the victim. Last September, she was arrested during a protest at Copenhagen University organized by Students Against the Occupation that demanded the school cut off all ties with Israel. In May at Stockholm University, she urged the same by [writing](https://nypost.com/2024/09/15/us-news/greta-thunberg-named-antisemite-of-the-week-by-jewish-advocacy-group/?ref=goodoil.news), “We demand that the Stockholm University administration cut all ties, agreements and collaborations with the genocidal, apartheid state of Israel.” She also [protested](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW83El-Vaa4&ref=goodoil.news) Eurovision for allowing an Israeli singer to participate in a singing contest. Greta has not escaped blowback for this behavior. Last September, the group StopAntiSemitism named her the “Anti-Semite” of the week and [stated](https://stopantisemitism.org/as-week/greta-thunberg/?ref=goodoil.news), “she has sadly transformed her activism into a platform for vile Jew-hatred.” After this month’s episode, the organization [wrote](https://nypost.com/2024/12/09/world-news/greta-thunberg-bursts-into-laughter-as-she-declares-f-k-israel-at-rally/?ref=goodoil.news) that “someone should remind Greta that Israel is a global leader in solving climate challenges,” as though that would somehow get her to rethink her priorities. Thunberg has [stated](https://x.com/GretaThunberg/status/1715794129144197535?ref=goodoil.news) she is against the “horrific attacks by hamas” (sic) and [denied](https://x.com/GretaThunberg/status/1715355502337499332?ref=goodoil.news) knowledge about an antisemitic symbol she included in a social media post. [According](https://www.adl.org/resources/tools-and-strategies/what-anti-israel-anti-semitic-anti-zionist?ref=goodoil.news) to the Anti-Defamation League, there are nuanced differences among being anti-Israel, anti-Zionist, and antisemitic. At a minimum, Greta has been flirting with the latter. That comports with many others in the climate change movement, spearheaded by the United Nations – a bastion of animus against Israel and Jewish people. One of many examples was last year’s COP28 climate summit in Dubai, where I listened to a group of panelists [excoriate Israel](https://www.cfact.org/2023/12/07/cop28-panel-blames-israel-and-the-u-s-for-palestinian-genocide/?ref=goodoil.news) with zero mention of the Hamas massacre of Israelis just weeks prior. Thunberg has been operating in an adult world starting as a young teenager. In 2018, she [presented](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFkQSGyeCWg&ref=goodoil.news) at the UN climate summit in Poland. The following year, she famously sailed across the Atlantic Ocean without fossil fuels (except for the [materials and construction](https://www.cfact.org/2019/07/31/climate-kid-greta-protesting-oil-on-yacht-made-of-hydrocarbons/?ref=goodoil.news) of the boat), to go before the UN General Assembly in New York, where she gave her petulant “[How dare you](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/teen-climate-activist-greta-thunberg-delivers-scathing-speech-u-n-n1057621?ref=goodoil.news)” speech. Bratty, obnoxious behavior from teens is nothing unique to Thunberg, and all of us can look back at cringe-worthy moments of our youth. Greta was given a pass because she was a celebrity youngster whose climate change agenda is embraced by the UN, most of the global media, and governments the world over. Her global climate fame earned her *TIME* magazine’s “[Person of the Year](https://www.cfact.org/2019/12/11/gretas-person-of-the-year-but-her-climate-kids-are-emotional-and-vacuous-at-cop-25/?ref=goodoil.news)” in 2019, which placed her in the pantheon of numerous historic figures, for good or ill, including American presidents, other heads of state, heroes, and mass-murderers. The magazine just named President-elect Donald Trump its [2024 recipient](https://time.com/7201547/person-of-the-year-2024-donald-trump-choice/?ref=goodoil.news), a second time for him. Legacy media outlets such as *TIME* are no longer the standout, influential publications they were in the 20th century. Instead, *TIME* is a salient example of media that has jettisoned genuine journalism to become a just another [organ](https://www.cfact.org/2019/12/23/exploiting-greta-and-the-teens-for-climate-propaganda/?ref=goodoil.news) for left-of-center politics. Thunberg’s Person-of-the-Year honor was more about the magazine promoting climate change policies than her as a newsmaker. Four years ago, I wrote an empathetic [review](https://www.cfact.org/2020/12/01/movie-review-i-am-greta/?ref=goodoil.news) of the Hulu documentary *I Am Greta*, about her challenging life and rapid rise to international fame. I felt sorry for young Greta, who is on the autism spectrum and continually morose. I believe she was being exploited by the climate change industry to further its anti-freedom, anti-economic growth agenda that empowers politicians and bureaucrats, enriches corporate chieftains and NGO grifters, and manipulates and frightens credulous students of all ages. Now that she’s a grown-up, Thunberg has translated her climate stardom to highlight something she cares about more than the planet these days: attacking Israel for responding to the violent, unprovoked aggression by Hamas 14 months ago against unarmed Israeli civilians. At this point, Thunberg is a full hour past her proverbial 15 minutes of fame. I hope she gets genuine help and finds fulfillment. But she doesn’t deserve worldwide attention. This article originally appeared at [The Federalist](https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/26/animosity-against-jews-demonstrates-leftist-icon-greta-thunbergs-extremism/?ref=goodoil.news) and was republished by [CFACT](https://www.cfact.org/2024/12/29/animosity-against-jews-demonstrates-leftist-icon-greta-thunbergs-extremism/?ref=goodoil.news).