Zionism is both historic and spiritual; the ancient connection of the Jewish people to the land of Israel and their right to self-determination in their historic homeland.
I am British by birth, belonging and love; Jewish by inheritance, memory and faith. Britain is my country. Israel is not a competing loyalty, it is the homeland of the Jewish people to which I am bound by ancestry, memory and identity.
For millions of Jews, that is the heart of Zionism. Not supremacy, dispossession or the killing of Palestinians and not a colonial claim to a foreign land but the self-determination of a people with an ancient and continuous connection to it. In practice, it must mean two peoples entitled to self-determination both living in security and freedom with neither people’s future purchased with the lives, rights or humanity of the other.
That is why declaring “Zionism is racism” is not merely wrong, it tells most Jews that their understanding of their own history, identity and collective freedom is itself morally suspect. The Greens should ask themselves whom they are trying to please by adopting a slogan that turns Jewish self-determination into a moral stain. If your politics of inclusion requires millions of Jews to renounce a central part of their history and identity before they qualify for your solidarity, it isn’t inclusion. You are telling Jews: you may belong here but only if you disown Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people. That is not anti-racism. It is imposing a political test on Jews that no genuinely progressive movement would dream of imposing on any other minority.
@BellaWallerstei Labour are the government, they can stop this themselves by putting through legislation… I fear this is virtual signalling. I hope not. And I hope they take a firm stand.
If your voice is loud for human rights in one cause but silent when LGBT people are arrested in Turkey, ask yourself why. Lowering our expectations of equality in the name of cultural sensitivity is the soft bigotry of low expectations. If some injustices provoke outrage while others are explained away, that isn’t principle. It’s prejudice https://t.co/9LebXDwTmq
@BenGreenJeru Agree. It’s weird. Jew hate a real stain on FPL community and a blight on all those with prominent profiles in the community who conveniently turn a blind eye when they see it.
@MarinaPurkiss Yes one person speaks for an entire nation and ally. In same respects, we should blame you for for the garbage the far right in the wonderful UK spouts about immigrants.
The face of pure hatred. An Irish citizen visiting France, tells two Jewish visitors he's sorry Hitler didn't finish the job. They started videoing him and he threatens to kill them.
Identified himself as "Paddy from Ireland".
No words are big enough right now to overcome this empty feeling in the stomach. We were close, really close to another final but it wasn’t enough. We’ve given everything over these last 7 weeks and to fall short is hard to take!
I know the expectations are high and rightly so, we’ve been knocking on the door for 8 years now but again are missing that final piece of the jigsaw! That’s where we have to go away, process it and find a way to get better. I’m so proud of the boys and what we have shown throughout this tournament - some tough games and tough environments that we have overcome.
Some memories that will stay with us players and I’m sure you fans for a long long time! Going for glory doesn’t always mean you will get it. You have to fight for it, get knocked down, pick yourself up and go again and that’s what we will do, there’s no other way but to keep believing and keeping pushing.
Thank you to every single fan that travelled and showed their support in the stadiums. Thank you to every fan back home for believing in us. Thank you to the boys and staff for everything you have given. As always Win or lose, we learn and go again! 🏴🦁
@LetsTalk_FPL He compared Jews to rats on an Instagram post…
Hence lost his job on BBC…
Would you be ok with him being racist to another ethinic minority? Or is it that only racism to Jews ok?
I mean what a man right… “one of the best presenters” who cares about protecting a minority