Climate activist. Manager of galyarok.co.il, an informative website about the Climate crisis and the Ecological crisis. Member of the 'Climate Forum' which operates under the auspices of the President of Israel
Published: October 25th 2023
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October 23 2023
Greta,
We, Israeli environmental NGOs and climate justice activists, are deeply disappointed and shocked by your one-sided position in your social media postings in which you expressed support for Gaza, without mentioning Hamas’s horrendous massacre of innocent Israeli civilians- Jews, Muslims and Christians alike. While you later clarified that you oppose the Hamas attacks, you ignored the perpetrators and their victims. By doing so, you indirectly expressed support for Hamas.
Hamas is a brutal and extreme terror organization that does not care for the lives of Israelis or even of their own people, whom they use as human shields. They do not promote justice or peace and do not represent the Palestinian struggle for liberation and self-determination. Just like the most repressive regimes, they are also hostile to minorities, LGBTQ+, women’s rights and others. Instead of using billions of dollars of international aid to create better lives for their citizens, the people of Gaza, Hamas turned pipes that were supposed to become irrigation and sewage systems and to stop marine pollution into missiles. They stole concrete meant to build homes to construct underground bunkers where they now hide and hold our brothers and sisters hostage.
On October 7th, Hamas launched a heinous terror assault against Israel. The national devastation is 15 times the impact of the 9/11 attacks in New York City in terms of the proportion of the population affected: 1400 innocent lives lost, 3300 injured, including approximately 400 in critical condition, more than 200 individuals taken hostage, including babies, children, women and men, young and old, some of whom were mercilessly slaughtered. Many of these victims were grass-roots activists promoting peace, justice, human rights, environmental protection and climate action. The Supernova Music Festival turned into the deadliest concert attack in history. Hundreds of Israelis, Europeans, and American citizens, mostly around your age, were slaughtered, some of them raped beforehand, in a rampage of blood that is well documented by the cameras that these sadistic terrorists wore and held while perpetrating these terrible acts. Those cameras filmed entire families burnt alive, beheaded, and tortured in their beds and homes in nearby communities and towns. Many are still missing. Among the victims were also elderly Holocaust survivors who were dragged outside of their homes in front of their families before being shot or kidnapped; Israeli Arabs; people with special needs – handicapped and autistic, agricultural workers from Thailand; and caregivers for the elderly from the Philippines and Latin America.
While you acknowledged that a stuffed octopus can be interpreted as a symbol of antisemitism, you unfortunately failed to understand that ignoring Hamas’s slaughter of Israeli Jews, is antisemitism itself: overlooking the murder of people because they are Jews and denying Israel’s right to defend itself.
Unfortunately, your one-sided support of Gaza that totally disregarded the Israeli tragedy also harmed the climate justice movement in Israel and throughout the world. Your posts played into the hands of climate deniers. You effectively turned the climate crisis into a much more polarizing issue, alienating countless millions of people around the world who are morally repulsed by Hamas’s vicious slaughter, given their disappointment at the extreme and ill-informed positions you expressed. In our very shallow world, many of them will become anti-climate just to oppose you. Climate change deniers are already leveraging your actions to denounce everything you and we stand for environmentally, harming all our efforts to affect climate policy and public opinion in Israel, the U.S, and around the globe.
Being climate justice activists in Israel, a country where terror attacks and rockets fired on homes grab news headlines, and whose present government does not prioritize climate action, is challenging enough. We hope to remain partners in our shared work, Greta, but you have now burdened us with additional difficulty.
Greta, as a valued leader in the environmental climate movement, we urge you to remain focused on the crucial climate justice mission we are all fighting for. You are a leader and inspiration for so many people around the globe, including in Israel. But with leadership comes great responsibility: we call on you to act. It isn’t too late to mend the damage your posts have unwittingly inflicted upon the climate and upon the climate justice movement in Israel and worldwide. We urge you to call for the immediate release of all of the more than 200 hostages taken by Hamas, Israelis and non-Israelis alike.
In your posts, you invited people to follow various speakers and organizations. We invite you to check out the following speakers on behalf of Israel and publish them too:
@bringhomenow, @standwithus, @yosephhaddad, @omdimbeyachad, @3moYahya, @TMasudin, @ilzoabi48
Sincerely and painfully,
(List of signatories at the bottom of this post)
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Greta Thunberg decided to support Hamas-ISIS, So I suggest you listen to her own speech.
False Hamas propaganda is spreading across social media. It is everywhere and it is shaping public opinion and inciting hate and danger for Jews and Israelis.
Yet, brave leaders are still among us, standing with the truth.
With those who demand life
Listen to Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of one of Hamas’ founding members,
he knows a thing or two about the Palestinian society🧐
We need to free Palestine from Hamas
An an eye-opening interview, Mosab Hassan Youssef, the son of one of the co-founders of Hamas, reveals the true intentions of the militant group and calls for their removal from power.
With first-hand experience and an insider’s perspective, Youssef exposes the brutality of Hamas and emphasizes the urgent need to stop them before their destructive actions escalate further.
His passionate plea aims to shed light on the reality of the situation and highlights the importance of separating the Palestinian cause from the extremist ideology of Hamas.
He says Hamas has “opened up the gates of hell on the Palestinian people.”
Speaking to Piers Morgan, Yousef went on to also say: “Hamas’s cause is a sick one… only God knows what will happen next, if Hamas is not finished
“…Thunberg announced her support for Hamas. By doing this, she demonstrated a complete lack of understanding of Middle East history, geopolitics, religion, and even recent news reports. She relied on false reports and superficial knowledge to make a decisive claim. The problem is that she has undermined her own efforts regarding climate change by doing so. If she can be so easily manipulated by false information, the argument goes, perhaps she is also wrong on climate change and should not be taken seriously. Climate change deniers could not have hoped for anything better.”
“Like many celebrities who live online, it seems that she was also mistaken to think that millions of followers on social media equal intellectual authority on any matter, even if you have no clue about it.”
Eran Ben Yemini – CEO, Life & Environment, The Israeli Union of Environmental NGOs
Maya Jacobs – Co-Founder and CEO Climate Net
Yoni Sappir – Chairman, Israel Home Guardians; administration board member, Life & Environment (The Israeli Union of Environmental NGOs)
Amit Bracha – CEO of Adam Teva V’Din, (”People, Nature & Law’ in Hebrew)
Yael Gini – CEO, SDG Israel (NGO)
Shai Zion Golumbic – one of the leaders of Strike for Future Israel, and Head of the Jerusalem Chapter.
Doron Goldberg – MD. fertility doctor. XR Israel. Co-founder of the Global wave of Climate Action & Global Hunger Strike for Climate.
Alain Mordezki – MD. doctor. XR Israel. Global wave of Climate Action & Global Hunger Strike for Climate.
Oren Kaplun – Co-Founder Israel Clean Money Forum and Fossil Free Israel
Uri Marom – Co-Founder of Israel Clean Money Forum & Fossil Free Israel
Dr. Tamar Achiron Frumkin – XR Israel, Ecologist and environmental consultant
Dr. Jack Gilron – XR Israel, Ben Gurion University Green Campus
Rotem Lichtenstein – XR Israel
Netta Granot – XR Israel
Mor Gilboa – CEO, Zalul Environmental Association (Zalul=”Clear” in Hebrew, Israel’s leading marine preservation NGO) and the entire team of Zalul
The entire team of Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy
Dr. Michal Biterrman – co founder and CEO, The Natural Step Israel
Prof. Uri Shanas – CEO, This is My Earth (TiME)
Jakir Manela – CEO, Adamah (the largest Jewish NGO in the world. “Adama”= soil and land in Hebrew)
Shir Shafran – co-founder of The National Israeli Student Union for Climate, Fairtrade activist and graduate student of The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies where Israelis, Palestinians, Jordanians and internationals study together
Tania Dadoun, Liel Biran & Hila Lernau – Teachers for Climate Israel, supporting the Strike for Future Youth movement as well as climate education
Hagit Geffen – CEO, The Green Network – Education for Sustainable Development.
Arik Rosenblum – CEO, EcoOcean
Ela Alexandri Meir – CEO, Merchav – the Movement for Israeli Urbanism
Yaniv Bleicher – Chairman, Citizens for Clean Air (NGO)
Lara Paran – CEO, 15 minutes (green transport NGO)
Yossi Aud – Co-founder and director, Bees For Peace and the Israeli Association to Save the Bees “Magen Dvorim Adom“.
Prof. Oren Perez – Head, Bar-Ilan School of Sustainability and Environment, Bar-Ilan University
Maya Crabtree – Director of Climate & Sustainability, Forum 15
Dr. Dorit Adler – President of the Israeli Forum for Sustainable Nutrition
Dr. Yael Liebi-Finberg – worried mother, member of Parents for Climate – Israel
Naor Yerushalmi – Deputy Mayor, Ness Ziona Municipality. Founder of @GreenJobsIsrael
Hila Ackerman – Head of Sustainability, Federation of Regional Councils.
Prof. Maya Negev – Head, Climate and Health Resilience Lab, Haifa University.
Niv Meyerson – Climate Justice Activist, research assistant of Climate Law & Policy in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Former Governmental relations coordinator for Green Course
Shahar Herz – Green Course student cell organizer at Haifa University.
Yuval Serper – Former Community Organizer, Fairtrade Israel (NGO)
Dr. Amichai Amit – Mandel Foundation and Tel Aviv University, initiator of university course on “Climate Change and Sustainability” and the academic supervisor of the course. Director of Maalot – Climate Education.
Maya Sigal – Co-founder of Safe Wildlife Crossings Israel
Daniel Baram – Co-founder of Safe Wildlife Crossings Israel
Yair Engel – Director, Kayama – Center for Sustainable Design
Liat Arbel – The Natural Step Israel
Moran Berger – Environmental activist and entrepreneur. Founder of Rehovot Shel Etzim (‘Streets of trees’ in Hebrew).
Elisheva Gilad – environmental and peace activist.
Evelyn Anca – Environmental activist, primatologist and CEO of Plastic Free Israel
Rabbi Yonatan Neril – Founder and Director, The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development
Prof. Ruth Ronen – Philosophy lecturer, initiator of university course on “Climate Change and Sustainability”, Member of Steering Committee of the Climate Center, Tel Aviv University.
Noga Levtzion Nadan – CEO of Greeneye and Managing Partner of Value Squared– The Responsible Investment House
Prof. Adi Wolfson – Green Engineering, Sami Shamoon College of Engineering
Adv. Jonathan J. Jacobovitz – Council Member at the Herzliya Municipality and Chairman of the Environmental and Sustainability Committees.
Shelly Dvir – Executive Director, 2B Friendly
Slomit Doten Gissin – Environmental Planner
Shai Agmon – Environmental Education and Sustainability coordinator – Cities Association for Environmental Protection – Sharon Carmel region.
Noa Ma’ayan – Co-director “Tomorrow’s Women Org” to bring together Palestinian and Israeli young women, for peace making.
Maytal Lochoff – Arabic teacher by profession and climate activist by passion. Concerned mother of two.
Ruchama Woolf – a very worried Mum and Environmental and political activist, Parents for Climate Israel, nature activist in the Northern Galilee in Israel.
Sharona Gez – Head of Sustainability in a youth Movement, The New Movement- Hatnua Hachdasha, Hashomer Hachdash
Dr. Michal Stern – Head of the National Sea Emergency Volunteers Network. EcoOcean – Caring for the Marine Environment.
Dr. Aviad Scheinin – Head of Dolphin & Sea Center, Delphis (NGO). and Head of Marine Apex Predators Lab, Morris Kahn Marine Research Station, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa.
Hadas Yellinek – Green Campus Manager at Shanan Academy for Education. M.A in Environmental Management, Haifa University.
Harel Zeira – Coordinator of The National Israeli Student Union for Climate
Dr. Noga Naor – Mimshak Fellow at the Israeli Meteorological Service
Adi Berson – Environmental consultant and entrepreneur focused on Community and environmental education.
Shelly Poli Zus – sustainability counselor for businesses and entrepreneurs
Nigel Savage – founder, Hazon (Adamah)
Dr. Shahar Sadeh – Founding Director, Adamah-NY, Adamah.
Rabbi Aharon Ariel Lavi – founder & co-director, the Hakhel Community Network, Adamah, and postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Divinity School.
Eran Shchori – Climate activist. Manager of galyarok.co.il, an informative website about the Climate crisis and the Ecological crisis. Member of the ‘Climate Forum’ which operates under the auspices of the President of Israel.
Eyal Biger – Good Energy Initiative, a climate changing social venture focusing on hand-on practical climate mitigation and adaptation
Dr. Yael Barki-Gateno – Subdirector of The Green Network. Leading Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Israel for all societies in Israel.
Dr. Tzipi Iser Itsiq – Environmental Law Expert, Head of Environmental Protection Center, Netanya Academic College
Dr. Tamar Fredman – founder of the Israeli Primate Sanctuary Foundation
Prof. Yoram Gerchman – Oranim College and University of Haifa, Israel. Board member in TiME Israel and long-time environmental activist
Alon Yosef Fireman – sustainability & community manager, Municipal Association for Environmental Quality JUDEA
Eitan Parnass – Director Green Energy Association of Israel
Dr. Or Galant – Researcher at Civil and Environmental Faculty, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Galia Limor-Sagiv – environment and landscape researcher, Technion – Israel institute of technology
Dr. Shiri Zemah-Shamir – Head of Sustainability-Economics and Data Analysis program, School of Sustainability, Reichman University
Nurit Shulman – Head of Environmental Dept., Or Yehuda Municipality
Eyal Shay – Expert for sustainability and outdoor education and manager of an environmental theater
Leah Davidov – Director of the Environmental Department in Elad Municipality
Michal Sarfati – PhD, Senior Consultant for Sustainability and the Environment
Meital Peleg Mizrachi – Post doctoral fellow at Yale University, department of economics
Ron Paldi – Israel Clean Money Forum & Fossil Free Israel
Raz Eitan-Coocks – Environmental Economist
Amir Sharif – Teacher for environmental studies, “Sulam Tsour” high school.
Amit Unger – M.Sc student, Marine biology and ecology
Edo Perry – CEO & Co-Founder, Elements
Gali Feldboy Klinger – global sustainability director, UBQ Materials.
Dr. Tal Golan – environmental consultant, sustainability expert and researcher, CEO of Tardis.
Daphna Ben Yacov – COO, Plastic Recycling, Israel
Elite Haviv Gilad – Environmental educator and activist, founder of Fly Safe and Sound community
Dr. Zohar Barnett-Itzhaki – Head of Research Group in Environmental and Social Sustainability, Ruppin Academic Center.
Dr. Michal Ruzal-Mendelevich – Air Quality, Climate Change and Carbon Footprint specialist.
Sagi Einav – Co-Founder & CEO of Climatech MEA
Hagar Maayan Solomon – Environmental Consult, Israel Western Galilee
Merav Nir – Entrepreneur, Head of Marketing, Precycle Ltd.
Yaara Gibori – a worried grandmother
Gil Shaki – InnoValue, Capital Nature, promoting and investing in climate technologies
Tehila Sultana Schaefer – Kayamdut – Sustainability and Judaism
Ron Topol – Teacher “Keshet” – Nature Communities in schools and activist at Teachers for Climate, Israel
Einat Zuckerman Tal – community manager, EcoOcean
Sarit Vilenchik – Environmental activist
Brit Geva – Environmental activist kindergarten teacher
Uri Hashiloni – 2020 Struggle, Israel
Tsur Mishal – Doctoral student, Porter School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Tel Aviv University
Yael Kaplan – Sustainability and Environmental Expert
Dr. Galia Hanoch Roe – The Green Network (NGO)
Sophie Klimiashvili – M.A. in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Management. QA Manager in Medical Cannabis Company
Merav Berkowitz – Environmental teacher, storyteller for Nature connection, Sustainability professor in Kibbutzim College of Education
Erez Aviv – Head of the students’ Green Forum at Weizmann Institute of Science
Aviv Beilis Lerner – secretary general of Venatata (NGO)
Luce Orya Mitelman – Community Manager ISEES
Inbal Freund – Co-Director of Hatashtit, Consultant to Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel
Irit Porat – Public Policy researcher, board member at Earth’s Promise (NGO), environmental and climate activist in Be’er Sheva and the Negev.
Natan Mazeh – Co-Founder, Bar-Kayma, The Movement for Hebrew Sustainability
Lilach Chibi Menachem – Founder of The Loving Environmental Fund
Idan Oron – a green activist, political advisor and founder of “Hot and Green” community.
Dr. Nava Sever – Environmental design, environmental activist
Yifat Noah – Climate justice activist
Rotem Shahar – Climate justice activist
Galya Hazan – Climate activist
Roni Neumann – environmental activist
Sharona Shnyder – Founder of Tuesdays for Trash
Shelly Bengiat – Founder of Perfect Sea Israel & Envirotech Education Australia
Maya Shalem – Founder of Perfect Sea Israel
Dr. Itai Granot – Ecologist
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