{"id":2445099,"date":"2025-06-09T22:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T02:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/piers-morgan-slams-greta-thunbergs-kidnapped-claim-as-insult-to-hostages\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T22:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T02:26:09","slug":"piers-morgan-slams-greta-thunbergs-kidnapped-claim-as-insult-to-hostages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/piers-morgan-slams-greta-thunbergs-kidnapped-claim-as-insult-to-hostages\/","title":{"rendered":"Piers Morgan slams Greta Thunberg\u2019s \u2018kidnapped\u2019 claim as insult to hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpiers-morgan-slams-greta-thunbergs-kidnapped-claim-as-insult-to-hostages%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2445099&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>piers Morgan criticized climate activist Greta Thunberg for her claim that Israeli forces &#8220;kidnapped&#8221; her during a pro-Palestinian mission aboard the Gaza-bound aid flotilla, which was intercepted by the Israeli Navy.Morgan described her statements as &#8220;attention-seeking&#8221; and an insult to actual hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Thunberg&#8217;s assertions followed her interception by the Israeli military, which reportedly treated her and other passengers humanely. Israeli officials rejected her characterization of the event,referring to it as a propaganda stunt,while human rights attorney Brooke Goldstein and former president Donald Trump also weighed in,criticizing Thunberg&#8217;s remarks. In the context of the ongoing war in Gaza, where more than 50 Israeli hostages remain in captivity, morgan condemned Thunberg&#8217;s actions as mocking the suffering of real victims.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Piers Morgan slams Greta Thunberg&rsquo;s &lsquo;kidnapped&rsquo; claim as insult to hostages<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2143585\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Television personality <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/piers-morgan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Piers Morgan\">Piers Morgan<\/a> blasted climate activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/greta-thunberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Piers Morgan\">Greta Thunberg<\/a> for claiming she was &ldquo;kidnapped&rdquo; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Piers Morgan\">Israeli<\/a> forces during a pro-Palestinian mission, calling her statements &ldquo;attention-seeking&rdquo; and &ldquo;an insult&rdquo; to victims held hostage by Hamas in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Piers Morgan\">Gaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Oh shut up, @GretaThunberg &mdash; you attention-seeking narcissist,&rdquo; Morgan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/piersmorgan\/status\/1931988536812544212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">posted<\/a> on X on Monday. &ldquo;What an insult to the actual hostages in Gaza who really WERE kidnapped. This stupid stunt is all about your ego, and will make zero difference to the plight of innocent Palestinians caught up in this dreadful war.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3436251\/trump-orders-2000-more-national-guard-members-los-angeles\/\">Trump orders 2,000 more National Guard members to LA after Marines deployed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3436206\/cnn-trump-approval-rating-surging-rocket-immigration\/\">CNN says Trump approval rating surging &#8216;like a rocket&#8217; on immigration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3436124\/mark-green-retire-house-early-after-second-reconciliation-vote\/\">Mark Green to retire from House early after second reconciliation vote<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh shut up, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GretaThunberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GretaThunberg<\/a> &ndash; you attention-seeking narcissist. What an insult to the actual hostages in Gaza who really WERE kidnapped. This stupid stunt is all about your ego, and will make zero difference to the plight of innocent Palestinians caught up in this dreadful war. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T5Tej2fgZ4\">https:\/\/t.co\/T5Tej2fgZ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/piersmorgan\/status\/1931988536812544212?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Thunberg was aboard the <em>Madleen<\/em>, a Gaza-bound &ldquo;aid flotilla&rdquo; intercepted by the Israeli navy early Monday after it entered restricted waters.<\/p>\n<p>The Israel Defense Forces confirmed it detained the vessel and redirected it to the port of Ashdod, where the passengers were handed over to authorities. The IDF said the passengers were unharmed and given water and sandwiches.<\/p>\n<p>Following the interception, Thunberg appeared in a prerecorded video posted by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, saying: &ldquo;If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But Israeli officials strongly pushed back on that narrative. The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IsraelMFA\/status\/1931861734362370534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"responded\">responded<\/a> in a post on X: &ldquo;The Israeli Navy is currently communicating with the &lsquo;selfie yacht.&rsquo; Using an international civilian communication system, the Israeli Navy has instructed the &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-intercepts-and-boards-greta-thunbergs-gaza-bound-boat\/\" title=\"... Intercepts and Boards ...&#039;s ...-Bound Boat\">selfie yacht&#038;rsquo<\/a>; to change its course due to its approach toward a restricted area.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Thunberg&rsquo;s &ldquo;kidnapped&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >claim quickly sparked backlash<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Israel human rights attorney Brooke Goldstein accused Thunberg of &ldquo;propagandizing pain,&rdquo; writing: &ldquo;Greta Thunberg has the audacity to claim she was &lsquo;kidnapped&rsquo; &mdash; after being peacefully intercepted, handed sandwiches and water by the IDF, and brought safely to Ashdod for deportation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Greta is not a hostage,&rdquo; Goldstein <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GoldsteinBrooke\/status\/1932075048673693729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> on X. &ldquo;She is not being tortured in a Hamas tunnel. This &lsquo;selfie yacht&rsquo; was a propaganda stunt. And it mocks the very meaning of the word &lsquo;hostage.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Propagandizing Pain: Greta Thunberg has the audacity to claim she was &ldquo;kidnapped&rdquo; by Israel&mdash;after being peacefully intercepted, handed sandwiches and water by the IDF, and brought safely to Ashdod for deportation.<\/p>\n<p>Let&rsquo;s be clear: Greta is not a victim. She is not a hostage. She&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1xVAZYuzlw\">pic.twitter.com\/1xVAZYuzlw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brooke Goldstein (@GoldsteinBrooke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoldsteinBrooke\/status\/1932075048673693729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump also weighed in on Monday, responding to reporters asking about Thunberg&rsquo;s remarks following his phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s a strange person,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1932161125673832451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s a young, angry person. I don&rsquo;t know if it&rsquo;s real anger &mdash; it&rsquo;s hard to believe, actually. Anger management. I think she has to go to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-l-a-d-a-s-husband-who-pulled-a-gun-on-a-blm-leader-requests-diversion-to-avoid-jail\/\" title=\"Former L.A. D.A.\u2019s Husband Who Pulled A Gun On A BLM Leader Requests Diversion To Avoid Jail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-mother-gets-30-days-in-jail-for-coughing-on-cancer-sufferer\/\" title=\"Florida Mother Gets 30 Days In Jail For Coughing On Cancer Sufferer\">anger management<\/a> class<\/a>. That&rsquo;s my primary recommendation for her.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Asked specifically about her &ldquo;kidnapping&rdquo; claim, Trump said, &ldquo;I think Israel has enough problems without kidnapping Greta Thunberg.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump on Greta Thundberg:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shes a strange person. She&rsquo;s a young angry person&hellip; I think she has to go to an Anger Management class. That&#8217;s my primary recommendation.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#128514;&#128514;&#128514;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DkTX6x4wiK\">pic.twitter.com\/DkTX6x4wiK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1932161125673832451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson said passengers were &ldquo;safe and unharmed&rdquo; and added, &ldquo;The show is over.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Thunberg, 22, has been vocal about her pro-Palestinian stance in recent months, frequently denouncing Israel&rsquo;s actions in Gaza. She was joined on the vessel by 11 other activists, including <em>Game of Thrones <\/em>actor Liam Cunningham. <\/p>\n<p>Cunningham told the media as they started their voyage that they planned to &ldquo;break Israel&rsquo;s siege.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The attempted voyage was part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition&rsquo;s effort to bypass Israeli aid restrictions and draw attention to the conflict, but critics say the operation was more about spectacle than substance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3435277\/los-angeles-immigration-riots-trump-national-guard-what-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>LA IMMIGRATION RIOTS: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE PROTESTS, TRUMP&rsquo;S RESPONSE, AND MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since the war in Gaza began on Oct. 7, 2023, more than 50 Israeli hostages remain in Hamas captivity. Families of those kidnapped have continued to plead for global focus on their plight.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan&rsquo;s post concluded: &ldquo;This stunt makes a mockery of their suffering. Shame on you, Greta.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2143585\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2143585\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piers Morgan criticizes Greta Thunberg&#8217;s &#8216;kidnapped&#8217; claim as disrespectful to hostages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2445100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Greta-Thunberg-sailing.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50410,32657,56846,38975,46027],"class_list":["post-2445099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-controversy-2","tag-greta-thunberg","tag-hostage-claim","tag-media-commentary","tag-piers-morgan"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Greta-Thunberg-sailing.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2445099"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2445103,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445099\/revisions\/2445103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2445100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2445099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2445099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}