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Far-right pundit calls for Israel to torture Greta Thunberg

As reported by the Canary and other independent outlets, Israel ‘illegally abducted’ flotilla activists on 2 October. Activist Greta Thunberg was among those abducted, and this has drawn attention to the following message from Newsmax Australia ‘broadcaster’ Daniel Lewkovitz:

Shocking, on Greta Thunberg

Speaking on the flotilla bringing aid to the victims of Israel’s genocide, Lewkovitz said:

No sandwiches this time. Game time is over. I want Greta Thunberg terrified. I want her screaming and begging for it to stop. I want her rocking in a corner, covering her eyes. pissing and shitting in her pants. Israel is fighting a genocidal enemy and doesn’t need to be distracted by attention seeking activists with no skin in the game who think this will be cute content for Instagram. They want to enter a war zone? Fine. War is hell. Give. Them. Hell. Let them Find Out. Let their screams be a warning to other Useful Idiots for Hamas.

It’s time to grow up, Greta.

In America, Newsmax is a right-wing competitor to Fox News. Famously, Newsmax aired programming from Bill O’Reilley after he left Fox News in the wake of sexual harassment allegations. The station similarly ran segments with Mark Halperin who left NBC and MSNBC following sexual harassment allegations of his own.

Lewkovitz describes himself as a “broadcaster” on Newsmax Australia and as a “Security Expert”. He doesn’t list the ‘broadcaster’ position on his LinkedIn, suggesting he’s a talking head on security concerns. Lewkovitz has made multiple appearances on Australian news channels.

People highlighted the following story related to Lewkovitz:


Australian Telegraph journalist Eliza Barr tweeted about the story on 15 August 2024, but the link no longer works:

This suggests that either the article was removed or that Barr and others saw fit to fabricate the story for some reason.

Other commented on the story at the time, with more recent posts highlighting that the article is not accessible:

Several people took objection to Lewkovitz’s response to Thunberg:

People have also defended Thunberg from other attacks:


Thunberg released a video recorded before her abduction:

Thunberg has previously said:

Sky News Australia, meanwhile, released a video ridiculing the activists who are opposing Israel’s genocide:

Featured image via Christopher Dawson Centre / Global Sumud Flotilla Commentary

By Willem Moore

This post was originally published on Canary.