Greta Thunberg speaks out on Ed Sheeran’s “lack of spine” on Palestine, says “if we ourselves are not stepping out of our comfort zones, we are not doing enough”

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Greta Thunberg has called out Ed Sheeran‘s “lack of spine” on Palestine, and urged people not to follow suit, encouraging them to step out of their comfort zones in the fight against genocide. READ MORE: Here’s what went down at ‘Together For Palestine’, with Damon Albarn, Brian Eno, Richard Gere, Florence Pugh and more The environmental activist, who last year was abducted in international waters and illegally detained in an Israeli prison while attempting to break their blockade and deliver humanitarian aid to the occupied Gaza Strip, made her comments in a recent Instagram video. “Yes, Ed Sheeran should be accountable for his lack of spine,” it begins. “But remember that we have to continuously apply the same pressure on all those complicit in all genocides. The bigger your platform and your access to resources, the bigger your responsibility. “But [it is] also on ourselves and the institutions that we are part of, where we have to push for boycotts, sanctions, and divestments. If we ourselves are not stepping out of our comfort zones, we are not doing enough. And remember, silence is complicity, and you cannot be neutral in a genocide. The new video arrives after Sheeran drew s...

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