What is wrong with Israelis?
@MaxBlumenthal takes a searing look at the societal sickness that exploded into the open after October 7, as Israelis of all walks of life took to social media to mock the suffering of Palestinians, flaunted war crimes and clamored for genocide
@AnaKasparian@RealSarahIdan I wish every daughter in this world channels some form of Ana xx ❤️ if they did… we can guarantee that women would be stronger , vigilant and not take shit !
I Accidentally Joined Tommy 10 Names’ Rally
Full disclosure: I’m not from London, and I genuinely just wanted to get to Green Park station. Instead, between 2 and 3:30pm, with the chaos peaking around 2:30, I got an unscheduled walking tour of Tommy Robinson’s “Unite the Kingdom�� rally. Here is the geographically accurate, crowd-counting field report nobody asked for.
I began my afternoon at Dave’s Hot Chicken near Piccadilly Circus, where I made the executive decision to order the extra hot tenders. This was, frankly, a worse decision than anything in Tommy 10 Names’ back catalogue, and that’s saying something. I staggered out a changed man and drifted into Leicester Square, which was absolutely heaving but unless Tommy has quietly launched a European chapter for grown adults queuing at M&M’s World, those were tourists.
Diagnosing myself with acute spicy-tender-mouth, I ducked into Cold Stone Creamery for emergency dairy intervention. Verdict: a confident 5/10. Fine ice cream, fine experience, staff declined to sing. Pure mid.
From there I wandered past the National Portrait Gallery towards Trafalgar Square. The Met had closed the road to traffic but you could still use the pavement, which was generous of them. Trafalgar Square itself had been caged off like a zoo enclosure fitting, I thought with a crowd inside. I tried to cut through to Charing Cross station. Plenty of foot traffic, but honestly nothing more impressive than an average Bolton v Wigan fixture, and that’s a League One game that struggles to fill a midweek stadium.
Notable amenity gap: the organisers appear not to have commissioned enough Portaloos, so the side streets near Charing Cross were being repurposed as open-air urinals by several patriotic gentlemen taking back control of their bladders. Reclaiming the streets, literally.
I dove into Charing Cross tube, popped one stop east to Embankment, and crossed the Golden Jubilee Bridges (the two footbridges flanking Hungerford rail bridge — pedantry matters) over to the South Bank where the London Eye lives.
From there I walked along the river and climbed the steps up onto Westminster Bridge, then crossed it towards the Palace of Westminster. Parliament Square that bit of grass opposite the Houses of Parliament was rammed, but let’s be honest: a few thousand people will fill a small green square. Not a great metric.
Then came the proper crowd audit. Walking up Whitehall, the first stretch was decently full. By Horse Guards Parade it was thinning. By Trafalgar Square it was downright patchy a few thousand, at best. Organisers will doubtless claim a million; the Met said 110–150k last September; my honest eyeball is more like 30–40k.
The give-away was the side streets. Horse Guards Avenue and Whitehall Place the two roads running east off Whitehall down to the Embankment were ghost towns. Coming off the Golden Jubilee Bridge, you could clearly see Union Jacks flying along Whitehall, but Whitehall Place itself? Bare.
A genuinely enormous rally spills into every side road like a burst pipe. This one did not.
Also, as my reward for navigating all of that without becoming part of the demographic, I had to endure Glenn Beck’s voice booming across central London. There is no statute of limitations on that crime against tourism.
0/10, would not stumble into again. The tenders, though those I’d consider.
@mishtal@BBCNews Israeli Politicians debate on whether rape of detainees were acceptable. Israeli politicians state that children are not innocent. Israeli politicians are evil!
@JohnCleese Could someone ask YOU to read the Quran. Clearly you haven’t read it but relied on shoving your nose far up the far right to sniff their excrement for your own dose of dopamine. That’s how pathetic you are
@Daytobehappy What makes you think that 9/11 which was a tragedy revolved around your mother ? There were Muslims that died in those towers too or do their loves not matter
@BROKENBRITAIN0 Tell me you’re dumb… without telling me you’re dumb! This 👏 happens 👏 every 👏 year
No one declares anything to anyone. It’s a celebration which happens every single year in Trafalgar Square. If you were a true Brit you would know this. Clearly you’re not so stfu!
@Bbmorg I notice a whole load of Easter eggs and how the audacity of it being there. It’s so offensive to the gym goers who are trying to lose weight and then have it all put back on by these chocolate Easter eggs. Oh the shame!
It doesn’t surprise me about Israel debating whether or not it’s ok for Palestinians to be raped in prison. I mean look at @BenGvirItamar why isn’t anyone questioning how old his wife was when they met. She was a child he was an adult. 🤷♀️
@1979pop@ZackPolanski@LozzaFox Are the NMC aware of your far right political views which go against the NMC standards. You’re dangerous to practice as a qualified nurse. Clearly you dont care enough for your pin