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Luisa Neubauer Details Panic Attack and Reassesses FFF’s Gaza Response in New Podcast

The German climate leader also breaks her silence about her father's 2016 death, saying public grief long felt impossible.

Overview

  • Neubauer says the clash over Fridays for Future’s stance after the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks led to her first panic attack.
  • She describes intense pressure with accusations directed at the movement and Greta Thunberg, including claims of antisemitism and calls to rename the German branch.
  • Looking back, she calls it a mistake that the German FFF did not emphasize Palestinian suffering more or speak out more clearly against repression of pro‑Palestinian advocates in Germany.
  • Neubauer recounts that her father died of cancer in 2016 when she was 19 and that she long avoided discussing it publicly for fear of breaking down.
  • Her remarks appear in Funke Mediengruppe’s podcast “Meine schwerste Entscheidung,” which is available on major streaming platforms.