Emre Sencer

Prof. of History, Knox College.
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[Dr. Allison Wiltz @queenie4rmnola]

Racists are cowards in every generation

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

BREAKING (bones)
Why does "Bring Them Home" exist only for some hostages?
Because in Apartheid Israel, where only Jewish lives matter, brutalising the Palestinians isn't an anomaly - it is the system. And the silence around it is the exact measure of our collective hypocrisy.

[Emre Sencer @EmreHistory]

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[Ori Goldberg @ori_goldberg]

I've been having conversations with several smart people over the past two days about the Israeli public's response to the life of the Palestinians in Gaza and in the West Bank. As far as the Israeli smart cookies are concerned, there is absolutely nothing with regard to this "situation". They are bored with the historical / legal / moral implications of the story.
"Yes, it is the Palestinians' fault. They shouldn't have started a war they are not prepared to lose. Everyone knows that they just want to kill us anyway. We, they and us, would be better off if they weren't here. That is all common knowledge. But how long can you keep repeating these things? This is war. We will keep fighting forever. That is what the PM said and we believe him. Can we move on now? Can we remember it is summer vacation and get on with the business of living? Could you be less of a stick in the mud and let us do just that?"

The smart ones who are not Israeli cannot but ask again and again and again, "now that the Israeli public knows what is happening, now that it is a broad consensus that more than 70000 were killed, is the Israeli public capable of acknowledging its actions? Is anyone in Israel capable of a discussion about what happened and is continuing to happen? Can Israelis, gearing up for a general action, consider or imagine a future that is not perpetual war?"

It is almost impossible to explain, or it may be the easiest thing in the world to explain, but the general answer to all the questions from outside Israel is "no". Israelis know everything, but they don't care and they have no plans for caring. At best or at worst they are talking about delaying "discussion" about these "affairs" to a later date, after the only issue on their agenda is resolved - replacing Binyamin Netanyahu as PM.

There is nothing there. Many Israelis celebrate the death of Palestinians. Many, many more simply don't care and will carry out any and all orders given to them by those in charge. Jewish Israel, as a society, doesn't care. I think any attempts to divine the origin of this sentiment and guiding spirit is superfluous at best. I don't think it matters. What matters (to humanity at large, btw) is recognizing the depravity and the criminality of this condition. I don't know if you can imagine "nothing". It is worse than bigotry at its most murderous. It is a rejection of the most basic human urge, to live.

Ben Gvir and Smotrich, for example, don't share this nothingness. They are full to the brim with malevolent glee. The self-styled "liberals" are where this cult of oblivion begins. All Israelis want is for things "to go back to normal". They support a perpetual war because otherwise they will be "destroyed" (remember: nothing or everything are the only options). They want Netanyahu replaced because he is mad, but also because his perpetual war was not successful enough. . Someone will take care of the "security" while Israel's finest will spend years in the reserves, continuing to kill and bomb. Those who are not will hold Summer Wine festivals and talk about flight prices and real estate opportunities. That is all there is to it.

Nothing. The killing can continue unabated. So can the ethnic cleansing. Nothing will stop them. Once again, this is not a request for pity or for lenience. If anything, it is the other way around. Don't look for extenuating circumstances. Don't look for anything. there is nothing there.

[Mothin Ali @MothinAli]

When will you:
- end all arms sales to Israel
- ⁠support comprehensive sanctions on Israel
- ⁠hand over the footage from RAF reconnaissance flights over Gaza as evidence for the ICJ and ICC
- ⁠recognise the genocide and beg for the forgiveness of Palestinians for your part in it

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Pathetic

[Tariq Kenney-Shawa @tksshawa]

So @pressfreedom, if having “participated in combat” (your words) at any given point in time is grounds for revoking a journalist’s status, why doesn’t that apply to Israeli journalists who fought in the Israeli military or still serve in its reserves? What’s your excuse?

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

83% of British people are white

87% of MPs are white

92% of Police officers are white

94% of the House of Lords are white

85% of Britains richest families are white

The notion that Britain experiences systemic anti-white racism is absurd

It’s a far-right conspiracy

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

In the UK, sitting peacefully opposing genocide is deemed terrorism whilst burning houses, rioting and targeting minority groups is considered ‘protest’

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

These aren't protests. They're racist riots. And it's time for the government to take them seriously.

The PM should be convening COBRA and setting out a real plan to end this horrific violence and bring communities together.

Now is a time for real leadership.

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Arrest the rioters.

Arrest the arsonists.

Arrest the politicians who incited the riots.

Enough is enough.

[Tanita Tikaram💙 @tanita_tikaram]

I'm just trying to understand when does the organised violence against & terrorising of working class black & brown people get a Cobra meeting ? Or are we all supposed to be Far Right now & indulge their expression of ' legitimate concerns ' ?

[Covie @covie_93]

A FIFA referee has spent more time in federal custody for being Somali than anybody on epstein's list who raped kids.

[John Wight @JohnWight1]

Whatever crap it is that you’re selling, I aint’t buying.

My white skin is an accident of birth. My worldview is the product of life experience and learning.

The man who saved my life, after crashing a car in Northern Mexico and breaking my neck in 1992, was Hispanic.

The neurosurgeon who put me back together again in hospital in San Diego was Jewish.

A black guy once backed me up in a brawl in a nightclub in Edinburgh and prevented me from being stabbed.

I have learned more about the human condition from the words of Malcolm X than I ever have from those of Shakespeare.

You can take your racism and fucking ram it.

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

i’ve been fighting the far right for a decade plus. i never would’ve imagined a labor govt would ban me from entering the uk. dark times ahead for the west. liberalism is dead, maga fascism and it’s corrosive influence is felt everywhere.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Banning Cenk Uyghur and Hasan Piker from entering the UK is an absurd and cowardly decision from an increasingly authoritarian government.

Let us call this what it is: an attack on the freedom to criticise Israel, as well as the UK government’s own complicity in genocide.

[Prof. Hanna Kienzler 🧡 🇵🇸 @HannaKienzler]

We are 136 scholars of Middle East Studies, Antisemitism Studies, and Holocaust Studies who criticise the “Draft Act on the Criminalization of the Denial of the State of Israel’s Right to Exist,” submitted by the State of Hesse to the German Bundesrat. 1/ https://t.co/PcyVt7wXZ4

[Michael Morgan @mikecmorgan]

Dear cowardly cops on this cesspool of an app. This is not reasonable force.

It’s why we film you and your snide mates without fear or favour…

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

judge me by my enemies

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

This is genuinely insane.