Reading Time: 2 minutesClimate activist Greta Thunberg has stepped down from the steering committee of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a mission seeking to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, citing disagreements over the group’s internal direction. Italian newspaper Il Manifesto reported that the 22-year-old Swedish activist left the leadership over concerns that the mission’s communication had focused too heavily on internal issues rather than the humanitarian situation in Gaza. “We all have a role: mine will not be on the steering committee, but as an organizer and participant,” Thunberg said. Tony La Piccirella, a flotilla participant, disputed the Il Manifesto report, telling the Italian news agency statements that only Thunberg knows her reasons. “There is a steering committee that makes technical and strategic decisions.