I'm simply highlighting the worldwide protests this weekend towards the war in Gaza continuing way beyond the claim for 'self-defence'.
Pro-Palestine Protests
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PM statement on one-year anniversary of the October 7th attacks
Words from Prime Minister Keir Starmer, on the one-year anniversary of the October 7th attacks.
Good old Keir
Not entirely correct. There was an Israeli end demo in the UK concerning hostages. Much larger in Israel itself. Ok but it is not entirely clear what these people want as polls on war support there are high.
So you have we want the hostages back demo's. More now say make a deal with Hamas. That seems to have evolved from any deal on offer even if Hamas just would not accept it. Numbers - pass.
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His earliest comment on it was the need for a Palestinian state and international pressure to achieve it. This related to the general argument that Israel has the right to defend itself. Not extreme enough for a few Labour politicians even though the UK can do little / nothing about it. Reality doesn't feature sometime in politics. Reality in this case is just how to achieve a Palestinian state. Some say the end game which currently is an unknown. Also now in Lebanon and Iran.
After the protest camps were dismantled earlier this year, a new academic year [has begun] and Zionist genocidal aggression continues in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon students are once again mobilising in protest. These student protesters are already facing further intimidation from university administrations, threats from political leaders, abuse from the police and unsubstantiated accusations of anti-Semitism from mainstream media. Moreover, campuses this academic year are facing a new threat: intimidation from so-called Zionist “self-defence” groups with far-right links.
At the University of Toronto, Magen Herut Canada (Defender of Freedom Canada), a volunteer-based Zionist vigilante group affiliated with Herut Canada – an organisation tied to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right, revisionist Likud Party, which advocates for the “Greater Israel” settler-colonial vision – was mobilised to ostensibly “defend” Jewish students from what they claim to be protesters’ anti-Semitism.
They go on patrol in sizeable groups, wearing black T-shirts* that identify them as members of the Magen Herut “Surveillance team”. The group’s leader, Aaron Hadida, a security expert, teaches “Jewish self-defence,” including the use of firearms. Magen Herut works closely with J-Force, a private security firm that provides “protest security” for Israel supporters. J-Force deploys volunteers to pro-Palestine events in tactical gear. Both groups are expected to remain active on campus throughout the academic year.
Zionist activists with the Jewish Defense League (JDL), a Southern Poverty Law Center designated hate group whose stated goal is to “protect Jews from anti-Semitism by any means necessary”, have also been spotted at pro-Palestinian events at the university. The group, which was largely inactive prior to October 7, was deemed a “right-wing terrorist group” by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2001,
*Black Shirts: the comparison is plain to see. The Fascists go marching in and as folk of good conscience resist they're called 'anti-semite' and denied the right to protest. Do not be decieved, nor daunted by these far-right thugs.
Regardless of the outcome of the upcoming US elections, white supremacy, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism continue to rise across North America. Additionally, the election discourse risks diverting attention from the threats posed by the increasing presence of Zionist groups with direct ties to far-right violence. To challenge it, people, including Jews, must stand against all forms of ethnocentrism and exclusion. The Jewish community’s long history of trauma and persecution should inspire a unified pursuit of justice, freedom and equality for everyone, rejecting Zionist vigilante terrorism.
Yoav Litvin@Al Jazeera.com
At the University of Toronto, Magen Herut Canada (Defender of Freedom Canada), a volunteer-based Zionist vigilante group affiliated with Herut Canada – an organisation tied to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right, revisionist Likud Party, which advocates for the “Greater Israel” settler-colonial vision – was mobilised to ostensibly “defend” Jewish students from what they claim to be protesters’ anti-Semitism.
They go on patrol in sizeable groups, wearing black T-shirts* that identify them as members of the Magen Herut “Surveillance team”. The group’s leader, Aaron Hadida, a security expert, teaches “Jewish self-defence,” including the use of firearms. Magen Herut works closely with J-Force, a private security firm that provides “protest security” for Israel supporters. J-Force deploys volunteers to pro-Palestine events in tactical gear. Both groups are expected to remain active on campus throughout the academic year.
Zionist activists with the Jewish Defense League (JDL), a Southern Poverty Law Center designated hate group whose stated goal is to “protect Jews from anti-Semitism by any means necessary”, have also been spotted at pro-Palestinian events at the university. The group, which was largely inactive prior to October 7, was deemed a “right-wing terrorist group” by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2001,
*Black Shirts: the comparison is plain to see. The Fascists go marching in and as folk of good conscience resist they're called 'anti-semite' and denied the right to protest. Do not be decieved, nor daunted by these far-right thugs.
Regardless of the outcome of the upcoming US elections, white supremacy, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism continue to rise across North America. Additionally, the election discourse risks diverting attention from the threats posed by the increasing presence of Zionist groups with direct ties to far-right violence. To challenge it, people, including Jews, must stand against all forms of ethnocentrism and exclusion. The Jewish community’s long history of trauma and persecution should inspire a unified pursuit of justice, freedom and equality for everyone, rejecting Zionist vigilante terrorism.
Yoav Litvin@Al Jazeera.com
Nwgs2 fully supports Israels endless bombing of innocent Palestinian children and women
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