The motion from the Greens ‘Zionism is Racism’ was a damn disgrace and I told Zack Polanski and the Green members on the London Assembly what I thought.
October 7th absolutely shattered and traumatized the entire Jewish world.
But the world’s response to October 7th has been even worse — shattering not just our hearts, but our understanding of this world and our place in it.
It was the cataclysmic event of our lifetimes. For Jews, there was life before October 7th and life after it.
I don’t apologise for my language, if you are marching for Hamas tomorrow on the 3rd anniversary of the biggest slaughter of innocent Jews since WW2, you’re a sick fuck.
A decade ago the idea that a major UK TV comedy show would essentially do a version of the *it was promised to him 3,000 years ago* meme, which began life on the far right, would have led to widespread denunciations.
The fact no-one really cares now should sound alarm bells.
In the last few months, my life has changed beyond all compare. I made a decision to support my Jewish friends and without hesitation. I feel anxious almost everywhere I go but I do not regret my decision. I have seen friends that I have helped and supported turn on me without a conversation. It hurts because I know that not only do they know Jewish people but they have benefited hugely from the association with Jews. British Jews have always made London better from Philip Sallon's crazy nightclubs to the brick lane Bagel shop.
More importantly and most shocking is that many of these anti Isreal people have zero political instincts. They only care because it has become fashionable to care. I would go as far to say that they are the biggest and most hideous cowardly fakes to walk this earth. Why are people who support their Jewish friends being called to account while these fakes, like Ed Sheeran, Jade and countless others get to pretend to care about a situation they could not comprehend even if they really tried. I support anyone calling for peace. That is what we should all be doing. How can Isreal be an apartheid state when Arabs and Christians live there peacefully and are part of the political system? As for Ed Miliband, clearly we know why he never because Prime Minister and Andy Burnham won't be getting my vote. In life there are people who see what's going on and others who just blindly follow the trends. Remember. Fashions change.
Yes. I do mean you!
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My comments at the Oxford Union debate.
This is one of the most hostile rooms I’ve ever walked into.
It wasn’t a debate; it was a referendum on whether my own family deserved to live.
I don’t require their permission. Not anymore.
That Ellen Barkin, whose own Jewish family left Soviet Russia, where antizionism was literally INVENTED to create a permission structure to murder, oppress and exile Jews, is out here broadcasting her ignorance on the topic to defend one of pop culture's worst antizionist offenders is peak Hollywood arrogance.
Jews don’t listen to music, we “distract ourselves from genocide”
Jews don’t make food, we “steal other people’s cuisines”
Jews don’t take vacations, we “colonize the world”
There’s not a thing Jews can do they won’t find a sinister motive for.
And the most warped part of this disgusting worldview?
They think dehumanizing Jewish people is moral and good.
It used to be: Jewish food doesn’t exist, they’re lying!
Now it’s: They’re hiding behind “Mediterranean” food, we have to hunt them down.
It used to be: Israelis are colonizing, they should leave.
Now it’s: Israelis are leaving Israel, they are colonizing the rest of the world.
Notice how the goalpost subtly shifts.
It goes from something Jews could theoretically change (our food, our address), to something we can’t: the fact that we are Jews.
It’s never been about what we do.
It’s always been about who we are.
"Are you a Mossad agent?"
Sarah, a Malaysian Muslim woman, sat down with CNN to discuss her accusations against the ICC chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.
Showing her face for the first time, she details the heartbreaking allegations. During the interview, she had to dispute claims that she was acting as an agent for Israel.
"If ever there was even a hint of suspicion that I was a state agent of any kind, I would have been fired."
We have seen so many deny the stories of women who were sexually assaulted on Oct. 7. Now people want to invoke Israel to discredit anyone they can. Truly shameful.
This is the most courageous photo you’ll see today.
Celebrities will tell you they’re taking a risk for spreading the most popular bigotry from the world's most luxurious stages.
These are Middle Eastern peace activists, at the Tel Aviv Institute Peace summit we just wrapped, refusing to let actual tyrants force them to hide.
Iranian, Kurdish, Copt, Assyrian, Maronite, Somali, Lebanese, Turkish, Druze, Muslims, and Jews, all standing up for a better Middle East.
That’s real bravery.