Eilish Mulryan

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[Eilish Mulryan @eilishmulryan]

@iqrafatma1278 Ok o Kiki

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

The UK is getting crazier and crazier in its defense of Israel. Now they’re canceling the visas of mainstream normie political pundits for criticizing the state of Israel, and investigating people for antisemitic hate crimes when they denounce Zionists who aren’t even Jewish.

American progressive commentator Cenk Uygur and his nephew Hasan Piker have both been denied visas by the British government, saying they were blocked from entering the country because of their criticism of Israel.

“I’ve been banned from the UK,” Uygur said in a tweet. “I tried to get on a flight to London to attend SXSW London and give a speech at Oxford. I’ve been banned for criticizing Israel. Are we free anymore? This is oppression of Western citizens by our own governments on behalf of a different country!”

“the uk has revoked my visa as well. all at the behest of israel,” said Piker in a repost of his uncle’s statement. “the west is betraying ‘liberal values’ for a genocidal fascist foreign government. soon we will all become israel.”

This is a significant escalation from London, because neither Uygur nor Piker could reasonably be described as politically extremist in any way. They’re essentially just Bernie Sanders progressives who sit well within the mainstream US political Overton window; I personally don’t follow either of them because they are both far too aligned with the Democratic Party for my liking.

This move is yet another win for the UK’s extremely powerful Israel lobby. Two weeks ago the Jewish Chronicle ran a story titled “Social media influencer Hasan Piker must be banned from Britain, say Jewish leaders,” subtitled “Online agitator who said Zionists were like ‘Nazis’ and refused to condemn Hamas poses a threat to British Jews.”

So the pressure campaign appears to have paid off.

This comes as the Metropolitan Police launch an investigation into an incident in which actress Helen Mirren was called an “evil Zionist bitch” by a man on the street last year, saying in a statement that “We are aware of a video circulating online, showing a man and a woman being subjected to antisemitic verbal abuse in Tower Hill.”

To be clear, Helen Mirren is not Jewish, so she can’t have been a victim of “antisemitic verbal abuse”. She is however an avowed supporter of the state of Israel, which makes her a Zionist.

In a 2023 interview with Israeli media, Mirren stirred up controversy with her remarks on her 1967 visit to the Zionist ethnostate, saying, “I saw Arabs being thrown out of their houses in Jerusalem. But it was just the extraordinary magical energy of a country just beginning to put its roots in the ground. It was an amazing time to be here.”

This just says so much about the true nature of the artificially manufactured panic around “antisemitism” in the west. That a woman who is not Jewish can be framed by law enforcement as the victim of an antisemitic hate crime because someone criticized her support for Israel is an admission that this has always been about protecting the interests of the Zionist state, rather than protecting Jews.

Jewishness or Judaism never entered into the equation here; a person who isn’t Jewish was criticized for supporting a genocidal apartheid state, and nothing more. Yet the person who uttered that criticism is now under investigation for antisemitic abuse, because in the eyes of British law enforcement, “antisemitic abuse” just means criticizing the state of Israel.

Western governments will tell you that it is antisemitic to equate all Jews with the state of Israel, and then in their very next breath they will tell you that anti-Zionism is anti-semitism. These two statements are completely contradictory; they cannot both be true. If it’s wrong to equate all Jews with the state of Israel, then it’s wrong to equate criticism of the pro-Israel political ideology with a hateful attack against all Jews.

But that’s how insane the west’s support for Israel is making everything. They’ve got everyone performing impossible mental gymnastics and feats of Orwellian doublethink in order to reconcile the official narrative with reality.

[liam cunningham @liamcunningham1]

108 girls between aged 8 and 12 have been murdered in an elementary school by Israel and the US in this UNPROVOKED war on the sovereign nation of Iran. Utterly despicable.

[Eilish Mulryan @eilishmulryan]

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[Derry GAA @Doiregaa]

🇦🇹 Full time in Newbridge..

Three cards, three goals, two points and up the road 💪

[Censored Humans @CensoredHumans]

“I look forward to the day when there will be an investigation into the role of Western corporate media in this genocide.”

“Because this is not just a genocide that has been overlooked.”

“This is a genocide that has been justified and enabled by the media.”

—Francesca Albanese

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

Yes, Israel bombed a wedding in Gaza today.

No, the mainstream media is not interested.

[Candace Owens @RealCandaceO]

My interview with the great @normfinkelstein just dropped.

I hope everyone worldwide will watch and learn the truth about Gaza.

https://t.co/MfCarq3JHs

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

A Washington Post poll has found that 61% of US Jews believe Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza, and 39% say it is committing genocide. Among the broader American public, 45% told the Brookings Institution they believe Israel is committing genocide.

[Eilish Mulryan @eilishmulryan]

@Nermeenalswaisi …

[Petra Schurenhofer @PetraSchur]

@TadhgHickey For people based in Ireland 🇮🇪: Please contact the Department of Foreign Affairs now. 👇

[Andrew Feinstein @andrewfeinstein]

This is a degree of depravity & inhumanity I cannot recall witnessing before, not even under apartheid in South Africa

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

A truly chilling story. Guardian reporting that the Israeli Defence minister has asked IDF to draw up plans to move 600,000 Palestinians to a camp on the ruins of Rafah, something he calls a “humanitarian city.”

Once in, they wouldn’t be allowed to leave.
https://t.co/80Y9LmcKdL

[liam cunningham @liamcunningham1]

Tonight Channel 4
10pm
If you’ve an ounce of humanity.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

In case you missed it, Iran's lead negotiator Shemkhani said TWO WEEKS AGO Iran was ready to commit to NEVER having a nuclear weapon, but Mr. Art of The Deal trump didn't make it happen, he let Israel bomb the guy instead.

Useless fucking idiot.

[Bernadette @Bernadette05098]

@EmmanuelMacron

[Eilish Mulryan @eilishmulryan]

@SamCoatesSky This is a hallucination

[Eilish Mulryan @eilishmulryan]

@KNEECAPCEOL 👏👏🇵🇸 Keep being brave and speak the truth #genocide #Gaza #truth

[KNEECAP @KNEECAPCEOL]

KNEECAP STATEMENT:

Since our statements at Coachella — exposing the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people — we have faced a coordinated smear campaign.

For over a year, we have used our shows to call out the British and Irish governments' complicity in war crimes.

The recent attacks against us, largely emanating from the US, are based on deliberate distortions and falsehoods. We are taking action against several of these malicious efforts.

Let us be absolutely clear.

The reason Kneecap is being targeted is simple — we are telling the truth, and our audience is growing.

Those attacking us want to silence criticism of a mass slaughter. They weaponize false accusations of antisemitism to distract, confuse, and provide cover for genocide.

We do not give a f*ck what religion anyone practices. We know there are massive numbers of Jewish people outraged by this genocide just as we are. What we care about is that governments of the countries we perform in are enabling some of the most horrific crimes of our lifetimes — and we will not stay silent.

No media spin will change this.

Our only concern is the Palestinian people — the 20,000 murdered children and counting.

The young people at our gigs see through the lies.

They stand on the side of humanity and justice.

And that gives us great hope.

Kneecap ❤️