Greta Thunbergs radical turn deserves scrutiny, not applause

Greta Thunberg recently traveled to France to applaud the protest movement.Wearing a black-and-white scarf associated with pro-Palestinian activism, she appeared outside a high school in a Paris suburb and lent her celebrity to demonstrations marred by rioting, arson and vandalism — with authorities already putting the damage at no less than $34 million. Thunberg brought the applause.

Taxpayers were left to pay for the destruction.Her appearance fits a broader pattern of increasingly radical alliances and support for extremism.Before traveling to France, Thunberg had endorsed a motion declaring that "Zionism is racism" adopted by Britain’s Green Party on Oct.

4.WEAPONIZING THE CHARGE OF GENOCIDE FUELS AN INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS ANTISEMITISMClimate activist Greta Thunberg speaks with students outside a high school in Saint-Denis, near Paris, France, on Oct.13, 2026, as nationwide protests over education reform continue.

(JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP via Getty Images)Her radical turn has been unfolding for years.Yet in progressive circles, she remains the Mother Teresa of the activist left — a secular saint whose moral authority is taken for granted and whose political judgment rarely faces scrutiny.As a Swede, I watched Thunberg join ABBA, Volvo and IKEA among my country’s most celebrated exports.

Political leaders welcomed her.International institutions handed her a microphone.

Much of the liberal media mistook her indignation for insight.Climate activist Greta Thunberg, while wearing a keffiyeh scarf, speaks alongside pro-Palestinian activists in Catania, Italy, ahead of a Gaza flotilla-related event.(The Associated Press/Salvatore Cavalli))She addressed parliaments, collected international prizes and was even touted for the Nobel Peace Prize.

The world’s elites welcomed her criticism — and seemed rather pleased to be seen listening.The schoolgirl became a full-time activist and a political force.

Her immunity from scrutiny survived the transition.As Gaz...

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