IDF planning to intercept vessel if it approaches Strip; in video message, Thunberg tells crowd at Macklemore concert to stand against 'genocide' while calling to 'free Palestine'

The new mission includes the renowned Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who speaks with Democracy Now! live from the Madleen. AMY GOODMAN: As Gaza faces more than three months of a near-total Israeli blockade,

Greta Thunberg, along with a group of climate activists including French MP Rima Hassan and Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham, is sailing to Gaza on the ‘Madleen’, a boat operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.