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Anti-Jewish racism is present, dangerous & relentless. We don't yet know the motive for today's attack, but I have warned for years about harmful discourses, platforming of antisemites & amplification of racist narratives in parliament & beyond. Civil society must now say it won't stand for it either.
Of the many laughable, offensive & stupid things the Wireless festival organisers have said over the Ye fiasco, this one is beyond satire "As with every Wireless Festival, multiple stakeholders were consulted in advance of booking YE and no concerns were highlighted at the time."
The police and Ministers should be encouraging people to keep coming forward but the statements being put out do not do that. The consequence may well be real world harm, an undermining of the lessons learned from the Stephen Lawrence inquiry and a future u-turn. Disappointing.
The change to Non-Crime Hate Incidents today is ill considered. The report of the College of Policing is one of two that were produced with different narratives. The College did not consult properly and this new approach will likely disinsentivise people to report. 1/2
Pleased to be cited in this excellent front page @guardian investigation by @geraldine_mck into Substack making money from hate material. It is rather pathetic that @substack failed to provide any reply. For too long there have been too many tech bystanders - but we won't let them simply shy away from this. https://t.co/OoLp1GmDCD
See lots of excitable tweeting about the Reginald D Hunter/Bob Vylan cases, which fell on individual contexts rather than content. Maybe focus should be on the prosecution in Preston of men that were planning to shoot and kill as many Jews as they could. https://t.co/bOFOH3dRoq
Another attack on Jews, that were just going about their business, commemorating a Jewish festival.
While synagogues have been burnt on five continents since October 7. Usually more than once.
The question many Jewish people
will continue to ask is, where are we safe?
Horrific scenes from Bondi Beach - Australian Jews being shot at, attending a family event to mark the 1st night of Chanukah. 🕎
My deepest prayers are for the people that have been murdered and injured, and their families.
The slogan on their banner - “there is only one solution intifada revolution” - is what Elias Rodriguez shouted after shooting Sarah Yilgrim and Yaron Lischinsky at the Washington DC Jewish Museum in May. Complete with the Hamas red triangle. This ought to be illegal.
https://t.co/hAkhofAlIQ terrorism targeting Jews in Australia, it was the UK and before that America this year. Antisemitism is a global hatred. People should be more worried than they appear to be. This is a warning sign.