Paul Hosford: Greta’s Gaza aid trip drew scorn — but the real story is the online backlash

The outrage over Greta Thunberg’s Gaza aid mission says more about us than it does about her or the boat

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg talks to journalists as she arrives at Stockholm Arlanda Airport outside Stockholm, Sweden, following her deportation from Israel. Picture: Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP

Earlier this week, I had a feeling of dread that I would wake up to news of the death of Greta Thunberg, a feeling others have echoed.

When I went to sleep on Sunday night, the British-flagged yacht Madleen was sailing headlong towards Gaza carrying just a drop of the flood of aid required to ease the humanitarian disaster in the enclave.