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Climate activ Greta Thunberg hit back at US President Donald Trump Tuesday (June 10) after the latter criticised her attempt to deliver aid to Gaza, calling her a “strange” and “young, angry person”, who he said needs to go to “anger management classes”.
The Swedish activ responded defiantly, saying, “I think the world needs many more young angry women, to be honest”. “Especially with everything going on right now. That’s the thing we need the most of,” she said upon landing in Paris after being deported from Israel.
The 22-year-old was aboard the UK-flagged Madleen vessel along with other activs, carrying humanitarian aid for the people of war-torn Gaza.
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The Gaza-bound ship was intercepted and seized the Israeli naval forces and towed to the port city of Ashdod on Monday evening.
The group of 12 activs aboard the vessel were detained, of whom some individuals, including the 22-year-old, agreed to deportation.
Other activs who resed deportation are currently being held in detention centres and will have their cases reviewed Israeli authorities.

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Thunberg, in a video that was shot prior to the vessel being intercepted, said, “If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters Israeli occupational forces or forces that support Israel.”
“I urge all my friends, family and comrades to put pressure on the Swedish government to release me and the others as soon as possible,” she added in the video.
However, US President Donald Trump rebuffed the climate activ’s claims, calling her a “young, angry person”.
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“She said she was kidnapped Israel? I think Israel has enough problems without kidnapping Greta Thunberg,” Trump said, dismissing the claims.
“She’s a young, angry person…I don’t know if it’s real anger, it’s hard to believe, actually. But I saw what happened. I think she has to go to anger management class. That’s my primary recommendation for her,” he added.
The aid boat Madleen, according to the organisers, was carrying rice and ba formula. The 12 people on board the humanitarian vessel were from Brazil, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. Rima Hassan, a French member of the European Parliament, and Omar Faiad, a French journal with Al Jazeera, were also aboard the ship.
(With inputs from AP)