This whole Maccabi Tel Aviv - Aston Villa issue should be a case study in the manipulative use of allegations of antisemitism.
It turns out the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans stemmed from intelligence shared by the European Policing Network to Westmidlands Police regarding the danger posed by Maccabi Tel Aviv fans. It is for this reason that there was a 'high risk' designation because of violent incidents that had occurred elsewhere in Europe perpetrated by Maccabi Tel Aviv fans.
Our Home Secretary was made aware of this ban last week. So, the government has had a whole week to prepare a comprehensive and sensible statement / position regarding the ban. Instead, our political leaders have consciously and deliberately chosen to further a malicious narrative, claiming falsely that this is a case of antisemitism; that Jews in the UK are not safe and cannot be adequately protected if they attend football matches.
All of this is in furtherance of a narrative that pro-Palestine activity is somehow an imminent and serious threat to Jewish communities and the very future of Jewish life in the United Kingdom. This, in turn, is also furthering islamophobic, anti-Arab, and anti-Palestinian racism and dehumanising narratives about Palestinians and their supporters.
What a complete mess this has become all because our government has no spine and seeks to exploit the sense of insecurity and vulnerability of Jews as a convenient scapegoat.
A video circulating online shows an Italian dockworker warning that if communication is lost with the Gaza flotilla that set sail from Genoa on Sunday, port workers will immediately block all shipments to Israel
Britain invaded, occupied, and extracted from 1/4 of the globe using unimaginable violence. A real invasion.. Now they call a couple dozen dinghy’s of unarmed migrants a month an “invasion”. Do they actually know what they did to the countries they colonised?
“You’re full of s***… You're on Native American land - go back home you invader!”
Cenk Uygur clashes with Andrew Wilson over his claims immigrants are "invading America" and many are "burning the flag".
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The thing is, it’s not even just Gaza, Britain paused aid to Rwanda over war crimes in Congo — but still tried to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, gave them £270 million and hasn’t stopped arms exports. At what point does complicity stop being passive and become policy?
Britain is a direct participant in Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, and several cabinet ministers, including Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, have serious conflicts of interest in Palestine.
Tel Aviv is under missile attack by genocidal madmen (who are not long for this world) but we all knew this day would come and spirits are high: Secular and religious Israelis, young and old, sing together, "Things will get better and better..."
Talks to address Iran’s nuclear program were planned for Sunday. Instead Netanyahu launched illegal strikes on Iran, killing a top ceasefire negotiator, undermining U.S. diplomatic efforts & putting countless innocent lives at risk. We can’t be dragged into another Netanyahu war.
What an Orwellian world we live in. Israel launches a clearly illegal and unprovoked attack on Iran, in violation of the U.N. charter, and with no imminent Iran attack in sight, or any Iranian nukes developed, and its western allies come out to say they reaffirm *Israel’s* right to defend itself, not Iran’s. The aggressor’s, not the victim of the illegal attack.
This, I guess, is the west’s ’rules-based international order.’
Rewriting history is one thing, but you’d have to rewrite the present too to claim the Empire brought sanitation to anyone 😂 the home of 100 years of plagues? Not just any plagues, the Black Death?? The pneumonic plague?? the one that kills within 24 hours. Covid could never
This is a wild conversation about colonisation and the empire.
Apparently, it was a good thing because they built railway networks to steal resources and thought people English. Never mind the millions they murdered.
This is outrageous, can you imagine the Germans suggesting that the nazis weren't 'all that bad' because they're responsible for building the Autobahn network, forget the hollacaust!
This is a wild conversation about colonisation and the empire.
Apparently, it was a good thing because they built railway networks to steal resources and thought people English. Never mind the millions they murdered.
Got fed up of hearing Americans beg for tips online, I checked the minimum wage
YOU LOT ALLOW HOSPITALITY WORKERS TO EARN $2 AN HOUR?
How can you have a legal minimum wage but say JK not for you?
$2 an hour? The “greatest” nation on earth?! I can not.
Just over 17% of the population are under 18, a further 18% have retired. The top 0.1% of earners are those that earn £650k+
What’s the point of this headline? Do we want kids and people in care homes paying tax so that those earning over £650k annually pay less?????