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Greta Thunberg's flotilla bound for Gaza has descended into chaos after pro-Palestine activists quit the convoy when they learnt LGBTQ+ campaigners were on board, it has been claimed.
The 22-year-old Swedish eco-protestor has also reportedly left her leadership role due to disagreements among organisers, but she will stay onboard as a participant volunteer.
On September 1, around 20 vessels displaying Palestinian flags and carrying some 350 pro-Palestinian activists departed from Barcelona.
Two weeks later, the convoy stopped off for a few days in Tunisia to pick up more activists and humanitarian supplies before it set sail again.
The Global Sumud Flotilla's (GSF) stated mission is to 'break Israel's illegal siege on Gaza' and deliver aid supplies to Palestinians.
But the convoy's journey to the enclave has been anything but smooth, with organisers claiming two vessels were targeted in a drone attack outside the Tunisian port of Sidi Bou Said earlier in the month.
Now, political differences have allegedly plagued the leadership of the GSF, with reports that Khaled Boujemaa, the Tunisian coordinator of the convoy, defected after learning about the presence of queer activists on board.
In two video streams posted on social media, he is understood to have complained about the addition of members of the Tunisian LGBTQ+ community to the convoy - activists who joined the flotilla when it stopped at the northern port of Bizerte.
'We were lied to about the identity of some participants in the vanguard of the flotilla, I accuse the organisers of having hidden this aspect from us,' he said, according to a translation by Le Courrier de l’Atlas.
The cause of his frustration was allegedly the participation of activist Saif Ayadi on the flotilla, a 'communist queer militant' who boarded the convoy when it stopped off in Tunisia.
Another prominent activist from the flotilla, Mariem Meftah, took to social media to voice her opposition to LGBTQ+ activists 'taking advantage' of the pro-Palestine cause, one that is 'sacred to us as Muslims'.
'Everyone’s sexual orientation is a private matter… But being a “queer” activist means touching on society’s values and taking a path that risks placing my children and loved ones in a situation we reject,' she wrote, according to a translation.
'I refuse to have my son offered a sex change at school… I call on everyone to save the situation and repair the mistake made against the people who gave their blood so that this flotilla can see the light of day.'
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