barry skolnick

Film Director, Writer, Author, Creative Director, Film Lover with a life long crush on Leeds United

[Brodie Mitchell @BrodieMitchell1]

Just visited the Nova Festival Exhibition in London today.
This is something you must go and see - regardless of your views. Go and hear the real survivor testimonies. Watch the raw footage of the attacks. Listen to the militants shouting “Allahu Akbar.” See the names and faces of the victims.

Not everyone was Israeli. British-born Jake Marlowe, 26, was killed there too while trying to help others escape.

We’re already forgetting the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust… while every headline stays glued to Gaza. Because that’s what gets the clicks.

Don’t look away. History demands we remember.
#NovaFestival #October7 #Remember #LondonExhibition #JakeMarlowe @novaexhibition

[Dave Rich @daverich1]

Imagine if, during Black History Month, the British Museum advertised an event about ancient black civilisations in Africa, and it had to be postponed because racists planned to disrupt the event.

That’s what just happened, but to Jews. https://t.co/ucpFTfAGBZ

[Nicole Lampert @nicolelampert]

How have we found ourselves in a world where talking about ancient artefacts and history has become too dangerous?
My piece below 👇🏼

[S Sebag Montefiore @simonmontefiore]

Dark times when a talk about Ancient Judah and Israel @britishmuseum is cancelled ‘for security concerns’?

[Deborah E. Lipstadt @deborahlipstadt]

British Museum cancels Jewish cultural event because of fear of protesters. Bottom line: The protestors won and they did not even have to show up.

[Lord Walney @LordWalney]

‘We are going backwards’ - @R_Langer of @JLC_uk expresses the dismay felt by many Jewish Londoners who are afraid to go to Synagogue on Saturday because the police have refused to take action to recommend stopping the pro-Palestine and Unite the Kingdom marches.

[Iain Dale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 ⚒️ @IainDale]

She doesn't give an inch.

[Ben Brittain @BenABrittain]

Profound and moving monologue from Trevor Phillips - one of Sky’s greatest assets and the country’s increasingly bravest journalist.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

You may not agree with me, but you will always know where you stand with me.

Today in Billericay, a heckler tried to shout me down as I spoke about the normalisation of hatred towards Jews. I did not back down, because it needs to be said. British Jews are being targeted and too many people are pretending this is the same experience of other minorities. This lady implied Muslims are being similarly targeted. This is simply not true.

Let's be honest about what is happening. Certain groups (in particular but not solely Islamic Extremists) are creating a climate of fear and intimidation that is normalising Jew hatred. I will never stand for that. Governments have spent too long hand-wringing, making excuses and hoping it would go away. It is time to call this what it is: a national emergency in our attitude, our urgency and our response.

I will always engage with people who disagree with me. That is politics. But there is a difference between argument and intimidation. Shouting does not make a bad case good. It's done to silence others. And it certainly does not change the truth.

The truth is that British Jews have been made to feel less safe in their own country. Our country. They are being singled out, threatened and harassed in ways that should shame everyone in public life. If we do not stand up now and stop this rise in antisemitism, then why bother saying "Never Again" at Holocaust Memorial Day? Because this is how it starts.

I am not prepared to play along with the pretence that this is normal, or manageable, or just another example of tension between groups. It really is not. It is targeted hatred and it is getting worse.

So my message is simple. Not here. Not in Britain. And not on our watch. We need to stop the hand-wringing and start doing the right thing. That means standing with British Jews openly, unapologetically and without fear.

[Dave Rich @daverich1]

It’s very simple: the Intifada was a campaign of suicide bombings, shootings and stabbings that killed hundreds of Israeli civilians. Calling for it to be “globalised” means bringing it here. That isn’t “criticising Israel”. It’s inciting violent hatred.

[Dov Forman @DovForman]

@SadiqKhan You keep saying that antisemitism has no place in London.

We keep seeing that it does.

How are you actually going to confront that reality and the ideology behind it?

And right now, the Jewish community does not feel that London is “united against those seeking to divide us.”

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

At some point, senior Premier League execs have to offer a proper explanation in public for their leniency towards Chelsea. They owe an explanation to fans of clubs punished more harshly. They owe an explanation to those clubs who did abide by the rules. They have to offer some explanation as to why PSR breaches are deemed far more serious than acts of "deception and concealment". Yes, these are the offences of a previous regime at Chelsea. But inconsistencies run through the PL's defence and their reputation is damaged. They can’t hide from a controversy of this magnitude.

[leekern @leekern13]

🚨 Watch Krishnan Guru-Murthy @krishgm get absolutely HUMILIATED on live TV by @naftalibennett

Krishnan is EXPOSED as a dishonest, manipulative activist who has abandoned any pretence of being a journalist

Will he pause and question whether he truly cares about traditional journalist ethics and commit to giving audiences the truth without fear or favour? Or will he continue working hard to warp reality for viewers so as to push his own agenda, bias and ideology?

[Omid Djalili @omid9]

Iranians have observed with dismay social commentators contort & twist trying to find “moral consistency” supporting Palestinian rights while at the same time showing solidarity with the people of Iran who have just been massacred by the Islamic regime as if it’s a deeply complex riddle. With a disturbing conclusion: “best leave this regime to do what they’re doing.”

So why do Iranians believe getting rid of this regime is the crucial final step towards freeing themselves AND the Palestinians.

Here is the nuance. Football fans knew.

In discussion with @piersmorgan on @PiersUncensored
#IranMassacare

[David Wolfson @DXW_KC]

“Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire” - a statement found both in the Talmud [Tractate Sanhedrin] and in the Qur’an [Chapter (5) sūrat l-māidah].
Ahmed El Ahmad is a father of two and a fruit shop owner. He risked his life to save others.
#bondiattack

[Nicole Lampert @nicolelampert]

The BBC has extensively quoted an X account of a ‘journalist in Gaza’ as an eyewitness.
But a new feature on X means we can see that this ‘journalist in Gaza’ appears to be in…Poland.

[David Baddiel @Baddiel]

Once again, this category error. Antisemitism is not prompted by whatever faith Jews practice. Nazis didn't ask whether or not the people they were rounding up kept Kosher.

[Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound]

Chief Constable of Birmingham should either reverse this decision or resign since he is admitting he cannot police his own city (and there was me thinking the Met was the worst police force in Britain)

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

The Maccabi Tel Aviv ban has become the acid test for this government. Are Jews going to be properly protected on the streets of Britain. Or are they not. No more tweets. No more platitudes. It’s time for Keir Starmer and his ministers to act.