And FIFA literally ran South Africa as soon as the bid was successful. Way before 2010, they were on South African soil, running things. Then Secretary General, Jerôme Valcke was like a Prime Minister...running the show and exerting FIFA's rules. South Africa co-operated FULLY because the first World Cup on African soil HAD to succeed. And it did!
Using phrasing like "Iran-backed Houthi rebels" — but not "US-backed Zionist settlers" when describing Israel is the hallmark of a biased, imperialist rag.
Forget politics — just from a linguistic viewpoint, what a bloody mouthful. Who wants to read that nonsense?
Suddenly all the people who cared about human rights when Russia and Qatar hosted the world cup and suddenly quiet. .. No fancy documentary from the BBC on immigrants rights. No expose on Crime in inner cities (as we saw in South Africa)
Just silence.
🚨BREAKING: Israel has closed all crossings into Gaza and halted the entry of humanitarian aid following Iran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel, cutting off supplies to roughly 2 million Palestinians in the territory.
Israel has imposed similar blanket closures during previous periods of regional escalation, including immediately after the outbreak of war in late February, collectively punishing Gaza’s civilian population.
The lesson Israel has learned, time and again, is that it can commit genocide and other atrocities with near-total impunity.
Now it's exporting the Gaza playbook to Lebanon.
Israel's war in Lebanon is killing thousands and displacing over a million.
NO MORE U.S. AID TO ISRAEL.
The thing about libel is it has to be untrue.
A Jewish baby born today in a West Bank community will have full rights in Israel, a vote in national elections, and access to civilian courts; a Palestinian baby born in that same community will have no democratic rights, tight restrictions on their movement, frequent harassment from settlers, and no access to justice beyond what Israel’s unaccountable military courts mete out.
That’s apartheid. It’s just literally apartheid.
If you think apartheid is really evil, such that it’s a terrible thing to say about a country, well, you’re right, it is. That’s why we have an issue here.
Shut the whole HELL UP, you disgusting war criminal.
You told Peter Mandelson you knew there was targeted violence against Palestinian women and children by 'israel'. But you knowingly chose loyalty to Labour Friends of 'israel'.
Instead of being a normal human being, you hunted NHS medics who opposed genocide and supremacy — including attacking me personally.
You threatened the medical regulator AND tribunal (@gmcuk, @the_mpts) to suspend me after I won my tribunal. You pushed for the IHRA definition to silence British healthcare workers. You significantly deepened the privatisation of the NHS.
You described the International Court of Justice (ICJ) genocide case against 'israel' as a 'DISTRACTION'.
The @guardian is despicable for trying to sanitise your complicity.
You do NOT get to pretend to be horrified by the genocide you participated in.
May you receive a punishment from God in this life and the next. May He trap you in hell with your 'israeli' funders, you zionist traitor to Britain and humanity.
Fuck you @CNN . This isn’t an incursion, it’s an illegal invasion and occupation. Israel is committing acts of genocide in Lebanon and you are aiding them with your propaganda.
Today I watched as an Israeli flag flew over Beaufort Castle, a @UNESCO world heritage site. I watched as the Israeli army bombed the area with white phosphorus. I photographed the destroyed castle with the Israeli flag flying over it; as if they are proud of the destruction they caused.
Shame on you and your correspondents in Beirut.
I’m eager for you to face the same fate as the propagandists at Nuremberg.