Saw a post asking about why there are yellow ribbons around trees, this is an answer for that post, found in a jewish restaurant in hove with wearable yellow ribbons next to it. : r/brighton - "Let us assume that 100% of Israeli hostages are civilians and innocent and only a third or you know what? A FOURTH of Palestinian hostages are innocent. That would mean: There are 120 Israeli hostages all innocent. And 9,500/4 = 2375 Palestinian "innocent" hostages. And this is me being very liberal with numbers. It doesn't matter how you spin it, there are at least as many innocent Palestinians in Israeli prisons as innocent Israelis in Hamas prisons. At the end of the day all I am saying is ALL hostages should be released. If this is triggering for you then I pity you and your (lack of) humanity. Done arguing with you. Good bye."
"I mean you're just making up numbers to be honest, right? Unless you have a source? We know for sure that the Israeli prisoners were just kidnapped, so we can at least assume their innocence, since they weren't arrested for any discernible crimes by the Palestinians. Your argument is basically that all prisoners should be freed because some of them may be innocent, in order to free the people we know are 100% innocent? Does this logic extend to other prisons? Should say the UK, or France, or Germany, or America release all prisoners in case some of them are innocent?"
Once again, Israel always gets unique standards that no one else in the world is expected to follow
Saw a post asking about why there are yellow ribbons around trees, this is an answer for that post, found in a jewish restaurant in hove with wearable yellow ribbons next to it. : r/brighton - "It's not a lack of humanity. It's reality from having visited Israel/Palestine many times. I've seen terror attacks, such as bus bombings and stabbings. And the perpetrators arrested. And by your logic they are "hostages". Saying convicted terrorists are hostages is vile false equivalence."
"I completely agree with you. While I'd assume that there must be some Palestinians who are innocent, falsely accused, tried and convicted - that's really not the same as just grabbing up people sleeping in their homes or kids at musical festivals. That AND there is an appeals process in Israel. And it's not like people can't campaign for a release of convicted prisoners in Israeli prisons, wear Palestinian flags or watermelons if they so choose..."
Saw a post asking about why there are yellow ribbons around trees, this is an answer for that post, found in a jewish restaurant in hove with wearable yellow ribbons next to it. : r/brighton - "Please wear a yellow ribbon to support stealing Palestinian land"
Whataboutism is good when it supports the left wing agenda
Pride Toronto's statement on Gaza a betrayal of the Jewish community - "Ironically, the text espouses people to advocate for “solidarity with innocent civilians” in the region, but fails to acknowledge the 1,200 plus innocent civilians slaughtered by Hamas on Oct. 7. The biased nature of the statement is self-evident to the reader... Nowhere does Pride Toronto so much as acknowledge Hamas’s responsibility for initiating the conflict by choosing to launch its barbaric assault on Oct. 7, and only a cursory reference was made to the one hundred plus hostages that remain trapped in Gaza... Pride Toronto has often refrained from weighing in on complex geopolitical issues. After all, its entire purpose is to create as welcoming, open, and non-judgemental a place as possible for LGBTQ individuals and allies from all backgrounds and all walks of life. Perhaps for this reason, Pride Toronto did not release a statement in the wake of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Nor did they comment on the increasing oppression of LGBTQ individuals in the Russian Federation. They were also silent following the recent decision by Uganda’s constitutional court to uphold a bill that re-criminalized homosexuality and instituted the death penalty for anyone caught engaging in certain homosexual acts. In this context, it is worth questioning Pride Toronto’s motives for weighing in on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in such a controversial and contentious manner. The statement was a stinging betrayal of one of Pride’s longest-standing allies. For decades, Jewish activists and organizations have played a vital role in advancing LGBT rights in Canada. In 2022, Pride Toronto thanked B’nai Brith Canada after it exposed the nefarious intentions of a contingent of Black Hebrew Israelite extremists from the United States, who planned to travel to Canada and disrupt that year’s Pride festival. B’nai Brith, after unravelling the homophobic plot, passed the information on to law enforcement and Pride Toronto, allowing them to act before the hatemongers could create a disturbance."
Gaza destruction likely helped push Hamas to soften cease-fire demands, several officials say - "Several officials in the Middle East and the U.S. believe the level of devastation in the Gaza Strip caused by a nine-month Israeli offensive likely has helped push Hamas to soften its demands for a cease-fire agreement. Hamas over the weekend appeared to drop its longstanding demand that Israel promise to end the war as part of any cease-fire deal. The sudden shift has raised new hopes for progress in internationally brokered negotiations."
Anne Frank monument defaced with ‘Gaza’ graffiti in Amsterdam
Peter Savodnik on X - "We defaced a monument to a Jewish girl murdered for being Jewish three years before the Jewish state was founded but we're not antisemites."
Clearly, this is just anti-Zionism and if you criticise this you oppose freedom of speech, are racist against Palestinians and are just a Nazi. But of course this is a Zionist false flag to defame Palestinians
Iranian government actors seeking to 'take advantage' of pro-Palestinian protests in US: DNI - "Iranian government actors are seeking to "take advantage" of pro-Palestinian protests in the United States, according to the director of National Intelligence, including providing financial support to some protesters. "In recent weeks, Iranian government actors have sought to opportunistically take advantage of ongoing protests regarding the war in Gaza, using a playbook we’ve seen other actors use over the years," DNI Avril Haines said in a statement. "We have observed actors tied to Iran’s government posing as activists online, seeking to encourage protests, and even providing financial support to protesters." This is all part of Iran's efforts to influence "our democratic process" according to Haines... "Iran is becoming increasingly aggressive in their foreign influence efforts, seeking to stoke discord and undermine confidence in our democratic institutions, as we have seen them do in the past, including in prior election cycles," she said. "They continue to adapt their cyber and influence activities, using social media platforms and issuing threats. It is likely they will continue to rely on their intelligence services in these efforts, as well as Iran-based online influencers, to promote their narratives." In the 2020 election cycle Iranian actors sent spoof text messages around purporting to be the Proud Boys."
Foreign interference is only disqualifying when it hurts the left wing agenda
Visegrád 24 on X - "BREAKING: Swedish police confirms that 3 participants of the Malmö Gay Pride Parade in Sweden were beaten up for wearing Stars of David. The migrant men who attacked them said:
- “Do you support killing children?”
- “You f*cking f*ggots”
- “You think I won’t hit a f*g?”
🇸🇪🇮🇱"
Obviously, Israel is to blame
Trendy appointments: Australia’s special anti-Semitism envoy - "Was there any need for this?... “To promote social cohesion, we have appointed Jillian Segal AO as special envoy to combat anti-Semitism.”... In what is becoming a force of habit, Albanese’s announcement had a scouring effect on the very cohesion he was praising. While also announcing that a special envoy for Islamophobia was in the works, with details to “be announced shortly”, the impression was unmistakable: the concerns and fears of one group had been chronologically privileged and elevated in the pantheon of policy. The response from the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN) articulated that very sentiment. The move of appointing “a taxpayer-funded special envoy on anti-Semitism” was: “Particularly concerning as it singles out anti-Semitism for special government investment and attention, while failing to address the increasingly frequent and severe forms of racism experienced by Palestinians, Muslims, First Nations people and other marginalised communities.” APAN President Nasser Mashni expanded on the theme: “This seems to be yet another example of the Australian Government pandering to pro-Israel groups, and pitting parts of the Jewish community against the Palestinian Muslim communities – and against each other – rather than working to realise equal right and justice for all.” Not too socially cohesive, then." The organisation also worried that the creation of a dedicated office to combat one form of religious and ethnic prejudice was at odds with current work to combat “existing systemic approaches to anti-racism” being undertaken by the Australian Human Rights Commission’s recently appointed race discrimination commissioner"
Not all minorities are created equal. Imagine protesting combatting any other sort of hate, let alone such a big variety (Jews were much bigger victims of hate crimes than Muslims, for example - being victims more often despite being 1/8 the latter's population)
Presumably these people will also protest the envoy for Islamophobia
Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇦🇹🇼 on X - "The leader of the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network Nasser Mashni has today condemned the announcement of a special government envoy for combating anti-Semitism because he is himself an anti-Semite"
Bolt: Pro-Palestine activists are a danger to Australia - "No, this isn’t really about stopping deaths in Gaza. It looks instead like an attack on Australia. The damage being done is stunning. Most obviously, protesters are importing a Jew-hatred unparalleled in our history. They started on October 9 – just two days after Hamas terrorists slaughtered 1200 Israelis, raped women, beheaded men, shot children in front of their parents and kidnapped 253 people – by disrupting a planned memorial at the Sydney Opera House to the victims. “F … the Jews,” some chanted. “Where’s the Jews?” At that rally were Sydney University academics, including senior lecturer Nick Riemer, so pitiless that he refused to condemn the slaughter and rape of the Jews, saying: “Resistance is justified.” This shocking indifference has spread now to students occupying parts of some of our top universities. An organiser of the Australian National University occupation told ABC radio: “Hamas deserves our unconditional support.” An Adelaide University protest organiser, Habibah Jahoori, said the same: ”Unconditional solidarity to the resistance.” These protesters are also brutalising Australia by normalising the rhetoric of political violence. Many dress as Hamas terrorists with keffiyehs masking their faces, while pushing people around and chanting the Hamas-endorsed slogan to wipe out Israel: “From the river to the sea …” Students at both Sydney University and Melbourne University have chanted “Intifada, intifada” – the word for terrorist wars against Israeli Jews – and Macquarie University academic Randa Abdel-Fattah posted how she was “inspired” by a Palestinian female terrorist who helped to slaughter 13 Jewish children in a raid on Tel Aviv. These protesters are also preaching an unhinged hatred of Australia, and – worse – linking a war started by Hamas terrorists to Aboriginal activists “resisting” our supposedly white “occupation”. Palestinian flags dominated many protests against Australia Day this year, and GetUp, our biggest Left-wing activist group, posted a call to arms from board member Sara Saleh claiming Israelis “have also been invested in killing us (Palestinians), in restricting our freedoms, all of that should sound familiar to anyone living in Australia” because “we are all in this same shared anti-colonial struggle”. What’s actually linked is this hatred of Australia with the crudely racist identity politics of some anti-Israel protest leaders. Take Nasser Mashni, head of the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, who last week ranted: “Israel and Australia share two things in common, aside from being a s--thole, racist, settler colony … They also have the highest incidence of skin cancer.” Untrue. Israel is 23rd on that list, but Mashni used his fake statistic to delegitimise white Australians here and supposedly white Jews in Israel: “Their skin is designed for northern Europe … but our skin is designed for this land, it’s designed for the Middle East.”"
Victorian premier 'disgusted' after pro-Palestinian protesters storm Labor state conference - "Pro-Palestinian protesters have been lashed as bullies and anti-Semites by Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan after storming a Labor state conference in Melbourne amid heightened tensions over the Hamas-Israel war. Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters breached security and entered Moonee Valley Racecourse on Saturday as Victorian Labor MPs, members and unionists gathered for the two-day event... After making their way upstairs, the group chanted "Labor Party you can't hide, you're supporting genocide" in a credential area. They then started banging on the conference room doors, before police moved them downstairs... A Victoria Police spokeswoman told AAP the protesters left without incident and no arrests were made."
Victorian premier accuses pro-Palestine protesters of bringing ‘violence, homophobia and antisemitism’ to Labor conference - "Footage shows Fraser MP Daniel Mulino being shoved by members of the crowd before security guards stepped in and began escorting Labor members. One guard fell on to a moving escalator as protesters pushed past. Guardian Australia understands at least one state minister was taunted with homophobic slurs as they arrived."
Storming government buildings, intimidating politicians and homophobia are good when you're pushing the left wing agenda
Israel-Hamas war: Former Australian PM’s condemn ‘hatred’ spread by Hamas - "Six former prime ministers have made an unprecedented intervention in the Israel-Hamas conflict, issuing a joint letter declaring “there is no more tenaciously evil race hatred than antisemitism” and warning that terrorist organisation Hamas wants to fuel ancient hatreds throughout the world. In a public letter drafted by John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison, all six said that “no complaint or concern about international affairs justifies hate speech against any Australian, or any Australian community."... Victorian Labor MP Maria Vamvakinou, a long-time supporter of Palestine, said... “Unless Palestinians are given self-determination and statehood this cycle of violence will never end.”"
Maria Vamvakinou has a very poor understanding of history, since they already got self-determination and statehood but continued their terrorism
“Israel is bombing, Valerie is supplying the weapons!” : The mayor of Montreal evacuated during a borough council - "Valérie Plante had to be evacuated during a district council on Tuesday evening when pro-Palestinian demonstrators disrupted the session."
UK anti-Israel activists vandalize packaging supplies company - "Anti-Israel activists vandalized a British packaging supply company in Sittingbourne on Monday, Palestine Action and Kite Packaging said in statements. "Drop Elbit" was painted in red on the facade of the company's facility, and windows were completely smashed. Vehicles were also vandalized, resulting in tens of thousands of pounds in damages... Palestine Action took responsibility for the vandalism, saying on Instagram that they had targeted Kite because they ostensibly provided packaging for Elbit products. The group had allegedly found packaging materials related to Kite during a June 17 raid on a Kent Elbit facility. Kite said in its statement that it doesn't have a customer called Elbit, "which makes this situation even more perplexing.""
Update from the Policy Forum on our approach to ‘Zionist’ as a proxy for hate speech - "The word “Zionist” has layers of meaning based on its origins and usage today, and may also be highly dependent on context. This term often refers to supporters of a political movement, which is not itself a protected characteristic under our policies, but in some cases may be used as a proxy to refer to Jewish or Israeli people, which are protected characteristics under our Hate Speech policy... we have consulted with 145 stakeholders representing civil society and academia across the Middle East and Africa, Israel, North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia. Stakeholders have included political scientists, historians, legal scholars, digital and civil rights groups, freedom of expression advocates, and human rights experts... we will now remove content that targets "Zionists" with dehumanizing comparisons, calls for harm, or denials of existence on the basis that “Zionist” in those instances often appears to be a proxy for Jewish or Israeli people... Our longstanding approach to the word “Zionist” under our Hate Speech policy has been to treat the word as a proxy for Jewish or Israeli people in two narrow circumstances: (1) where Zionists are compared to rats, reflecting known antisemitic imagery, and (2) where context makes clear that “Zionist” means “Jew” or “Israeli” (e.g., “Today the Jews celebrate Passover. I hate those Zionists.”). This approach will remain in place. However, we have determined that the existing policy guidance does not sufficiently address the ways people are using the term “Zionist” online and offline. Going forward, we will remove content attacking “Zionists” when it is not explicitly about the political movement, but instead uses antisemitic stereotypes, or threatens other types of harm through intimidation, or violence directed against Jews or Israelis under the guise of attacking Zionists, including:
Claims about running the world or controlling the media;
Dehumanizing comparisons, such as comparisons to pigs, filth, or vermin;
Calls for physical harm;
Denials of existence;
Mocking for having a disease."
Terrorism supporters are very upset that their dog whistle is recognised
Brianna Wu on X - "Haha. The commies over at DSA just disowned their only real successful politician, AOC, because they didn’t like the nuance in her approach to Palestine. I’m telling y’all, abandon progressives. They canibalize everyone eventually. Respectful disagreement does not compute."
University student who yelled 'Free Palestine' reportedly deported as UAE weighs Israel-Hamas war - "At the graduation ceremony of New York University Abu Dhabi this May, a student wearing the traditional Palestinian black-and-white keffiyeh scarf shouted “Free Palestine!” as he crossed the stage to receive his diploma, witnesses say. Days later, he reportedly was deported from the United Arab Emirates... Before the graduation ceremony, students had been told that “displaying the Palestinian flag anywhere on campus is not permitted and this was strictly executed, even in residential buildings,” said another student, who similarly spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. In total, five students speaking on condition of anonymity described similar circumstances leading up to the graduation affecting those who earlier sought to bulk-buy keffiyehs as a fundraiser and organize vigils for the dead in Gaza... It also claimed that staff and students from non-Western countries had been “detained, intimidated, and deported based on surveillance.”"
Damn Zionists!
Thread by @jnewsgabe on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "Just got off the phone with a young professional in the Bay Area who broke down sobbing about the amount of vitriolic antisemitism coming from his colleagues. It was striking to hear a grown man cry, but my main takeaway was that the worst part is the gaslighting-- the insistence that no, this isn't racism, this is antiracism. This is speaking truth to power. It's subversive in an essential way--such that any pushback only reinforces the righteousness of the cause. Second is the abject dehuminization of anyone cursed enough to bear the title of "Zionist," a term now worse, in popular discourse, than "racist," or "capitalist," or most any other terms one can think of. To support the existence of a Jewish state in some portion of the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. It's a belief shared by most American Jews and their parents, grandparents, uncles, nieces, nephews, and children. It's simply a feeling that it is, well, a good thing for Israel to exist. Even passive support for the existence of a Jewish state Has become grounds for the most heinous accusations, that you are literally a Nazi, that you not only support genocide but are complicit in it. So yeah, one can understand why this could make someone cry."
Andrew Fox on X - "I swear to God there are two wars happening. There’s everything that’s actually happening in Gaza. Then there’s this insane online version where countries map their own weird social issues onto it and just invent stuff and start shrieking about genocide and sharing TikToks."
Candidates faced 'alarming rise' in abuse during election campaign, says Home Secretary - "It comes after some Labour candidates and MPs spoke of being targeted by bullying and intimidating behaviour throughout the campaign, particularly over the party’s handling of the conflict in Gaza. Jess Phillips, the Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, was booed and jeered by pro-Palestine supporters during her acceptance speech on July 4. Jonathan Ashworth, who lost his Leicester South seat to a pro-Gaza independent, said he was forced to hide in a vicarage from protesters and was the subject of anonymous leaflets calling him “Genocide Jon”... Lord Walney, the Government adviser on political violence, told The Guardian on Sunday that the UK had seen an increase in “US-style politics of aggressive confrontation and intimidation”, raising the risk of another assassination attempt on a British politician. The political violence tsar added that he believed intimidation was more regularly being used as an “electoral strategy” and that there was a particular pattern of abuse “created by aggressive pro-Palestine activists”."
More censorship of pro-Palestinian speech! Time to ban Reform and jail the far right to keep people safe
Hen Mazzig on X - "BREAKING: The Paris memorial for the 1972 Olympic massacre is going to be held in secret due to concerns that it will be a target for violence. It was originally supposed to take place at the Paris City Hall but was canceled because of safety concerns and moved to a secret location. This memorial commemorates the 11 Israelis who were killed by the Black September terrorist group when they infiltrated the Olympic village and took the Israeli team hostage, before killing them. Jews are being forced to commemorate their dead in secret to avoid being targeted by attacks. This is how Jews will remember 2024. This is the state of antisemitism in France, and all over the world."
Facebook - "YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UP: Masked anti-Israel protesters issued demands at the Islington police station in the UK and claim that police touched a Muslim, disabled, trans person of color, to show their show their support for the violent genocidal Zionists, who directed them to violently arrest members of the encampment. Last night we were attacked by 2 Zionists at our encampment, who then called police and directed them to violently arrest members of the encampment. Police showing their support for the violent genocidal Zionists proceeded to arrest 7 of our comrades. Police officers touched a Muslim, disabled, Trans person of color without consent and refused to give them medical treatment for over an hour and the. For over an hour obstructed the ambulance from leaving with the injured comrade.... all whilst mocking and laughing at them and purposefully misgendering them."
Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 on X - "“Police officers touched a Muslim disabled Trans person of colour without consent.” Yes, this is a real video."
Antisemitic TikTok terrorist jailed for encouraging terrorism and sharing material - "Hamza Alam, 22, \disguised himself before posting videos on TikTok. A number of his posts included hostile references to Jewish people alongside a video that encouraged viewers to attack and kill Jews following the Gaza and Israel conflict. Another post celebrated the 9/11 attacks... Alam also created a shareable folder which included Islamic State propaganda and videos containing images of public floggings. Today at Woolwich Crown Court he was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment and a further year on licence thereafter. He was previously found guilty of three counts of disseminating a terrorist publication and one count of encouraging terrorism following a trial at the same court which concluded in April."
More censorship of pro-Palestinian speech! This will have a chilling effect on free speech
Far-right groups that block aid to Gaza receive tax-deductible donations from US and Israel - "The three groups examined by AP and Shomrim have slowed the delivery of aid by blocking trucks on their way to Gaza, either by snarling traffic or simply standing in front of the main Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza."
Of course, all the far left "pro-Palestinian" groups which get tax benefits for inciting chaos and violence are a good thing
Weird. I thought peaceful protest was a basic democratic right
Meme - "Gaza is a special place where you can be in an "open air prison" but have a zoo and water parks and gain 50 Ibs while "there's a famine" and "You've officially ran out of food""
Hind Khoudary @Hind_...: "We officially ran out of food."
Nov 2023: *thin*
TODAY: *fat*
Meme - @Idgafwarvet: "We need a Disney princess who joins hamas"