Progress through higher standards. Account set up because THE OPPOSITE is happening after Brexit🙁
This was predictable, but none of us expected this negativity
Of course. Outrageous!
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'They shouldn't be able to get away with this level of state repression'
Hasan Piker explains why people of all political backgrounds should be concerned by his ban from the UK
Not Genocide? 20000 children?
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🚨Andy wanting to keep his head down on the question of tens of thousands of women and children being killed.
🔴”Burnham declined to describe the catastrophe on the ground in Gaza as a genocide. “I can’t judge things of that enormity from where I am as mayor of Greater Manchester,” he said. “But I do have concerns about the disproportionate nature of what has happened in terms of the destruction, and there has to be a full process of investigation and accountability.”
https://t.co/iDFyBIrLO9
More than 210 nationalities make up the NHS workforce. Among them are Palestinians or those of immediate Palestinian descent/heritage.
Claims that Palestinian flags endanger the safety of Jews is not only nonsense, its also a glaring example of anti-Palestinian racism dressed up as safeguarding for Jews. It equates a national flag/symbol of identity/solidarity with automatic hostility, without evidence of any kind that a specific staff member has acted unprofessionally. This framing also falsely suggests that all NHS staff members who support Palestinian rights would hold their Jewish patients responsible for the actions of Israel, thus they would feel justified in discriminating against Jews.
This really needs to be properly unpacked from both ends because of all the serious implications it has regarding antisemitism, anti-Palestinian racism and the very real manipulations at play designed to shield Israel from criticism/accountability.
We are in real danger of entering the territory of quite literally suggesting that Palestinians, as well as any symbols representing Palestinians, are to be automatically viewed as threatening towards Jewish people. Any Palestinians working for the NHS thus cannot be trusted to treat or even be near Jewish patients.
These are positions that nobody should accept. The portrayal of Palestinians and their supporters as vicious and violent Jew-haters is not only untrue but in itself a racist trope.
Framing this as being about Jewish safety has the added impact of promoting ignorance around what is and is not antisemitism and conflates British Jews with Israel.
Protecting vulnerable patients from bias & discrimination is entirely legitimate. Our NHS has a duty to ensure impartial care regardless of patient ethnicity, religious background, or political views. We should not be denying Jewish vulnerability or dismissing the real instances of discrimination (e.g. where kosher requests have been denied or ridiculed) as trivial matters as this ignores legitimate concerns.
I am very concerned that the rhetoric of Karen Newman, as well as the proposals & conclusions of Lord Mann, portray Jews as being irrational and paranoid, unable to coexist with Palestinian symbols, and demanding exceptional protections beyond appropriate measures. This feeds tropes of Jewish "hypersensitivity," power ("controlling" NHS policy), and dual loyalty. It also has the effect of chilling free speech and restricting criticism of Israel.
This is a weaponisation of both antisemitism and Jewish vulnerability in order to erase Palestine & Palestinians from the NHS.
I'm extremely worried that this entire debacle will further stigmatise Palestinians, manipulate antisemitism discourse to limit criticism of Israel, and worse of all it will ironically heighten divisions, causing resentment and ignorance that directs the blame for these measures onto Jews—potentially worsening the very vulnerabilities cited.
It is the CONDUCT and PROFESSIONALISM of NHS staff that should be our concern as opposed to their political beliefs or display of symbols. Any actual bias incidents must be investigated rigorously and full training should be provided so that accommodations for religious needs (e.g. halal & kosher) can be made without politicising displays of identity/solidarity.
We need to really investigate the anti-Palestinian racism that results in Jews experiencing fear/concern/vulnerability when confronted with symbols of Palestinian identity. Who is telling British Jews that this is how they should react when they see Palestinian flags or other symbols and why?
Barred from wearing pro-Palestinian symbols because? Because pro-Palestinian badge wearing = antisemitism? Obviously. Because Israelis don’t like it and all Jews are Israelis…er…hang on, I’m getting muddled.
👉NEW -- Parliament could hold vote to ban Israeli soldiers from UK
by @martinrw
Amendment tabled by Jeremy Corbyn would prevent the entry of soldiers from foreign countries subject to war crimes investigations
https://t.co/cVtHwvjknc
Every reply that pretends this is a “list of Jewish people” and “like the Nazis” is outrageously antisemitic. Conflating the IDF and Israel with all Jewish people is antisemitic to the core
Prosecuting individuals who may have committed war crimes is basic adherence to the law.
No, Camilla. @ZackPolanski & over 60 politicians, human rights lawyers + others are not calling for a “list of Jews”. They are supporting a letter asking the UK Govt to secondary screen returning dual nationals & Britons who have served with the IDF since Oct’23. The aim is to find out whether they have fought in Gaza. This is bec Israel is accused of Genocide at the ICJ. It would fulfill the UK’s commitment to the Genocide Conventions. You appear to be defending Polanski being called “human trash” by Goldsmith. Is that the case?
🚨🇦🇱BREAKING: Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama has directly accused Iran of inciting the massive protests in Tirana over the controversial Trump–Kushner resort project
This guy is a joke🤦
#Albania
Yvette Cooper's lies & contempt of court -are responsible for the arrests of elderly protestors as terrorists - just for holding placards.
Must this proscription be lifted?
Please RT after voting - thank you.
Not Genocide? 20000 children?
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This tells you all you need to know...
Burnham wouldn't have Corbyn back in the party (if he applied), but he "would like to continue working with Simons," who was a key player in the Mandelson-McSweeney-Starmer project.
Burnham is business as usual. https://t.co/XJ6Hutr4of
@harriepw Good. It's disgusting, and barely credible, that this judge was allowed near the case in the first place. One of the scariest examples of very obviously deliberate political interference in the court system. A true Starmer hallmark...
Legal experts accuse Palestine Action judge of bias, lawyers demand recusal
A complaint signed by over 3,000 people accuses Justice Johnson of 'personal animosity towards the defendants and the Palestinian cause, incompatible with the role of a judge'
https://t.co/eud6IbpYZs
BREAKING: Four Palestine Action activists found guilty of criminal damage are applying to remove the judge in their case on the grounds of bias. Mr Justice Jeremy Johnson is expected to sentence them as terrorists – despite being convicted of an ordinary criminal offence – in a move kept secret from the jury