Israeli forces intercepted the Gaza-bound aid vessel Madleen, detaining Greta Thunberg and 11 others. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition says the unarmed activists were “kidnapped” in international waters while carrying baby formula, food and medical supplies.
📽️ Katz’s forced “screening”
Defense Minister Israel Katz then ordered the detainees to watch footage of Hamas’s October 7 attacks on arrival at Ashdod port. He blasted Thunberg as “anti-Semitic” and insisted they see “exactly who the Hamas terrorist organisation…is, what atrocities they committed…against women, the elderly, and children.”
🎬 Enter Clockwork Orange
That forced screening sparked a flurry of Clockwork Orange references online. In Stanley Kubrick’s film, anti-hero Alex is strapped to a chair, eyes clamped open, and pumped full of drugs to watch brutal violence. He begs for it to stop—just as many critics say the Madleen activists must have felt.
🧐 Why the comparison sticks
Moral outrage: Just as the film questions state overreach, observers now question using “truth” as a weapon.
Involuntary viewing: Both scenarios involve people coerced into watching horrifying footage.
Psychological ordeal: Alex’s treatment was meant to break his will; critics argue Katz’s order aims to intimidate.
Related: Watch: Greta Thunberg and other activists ‘kidnapped’ as Israel intercepts aid ship ‘The Madleen’
