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Jewish academic arrested in UK over ‘terrorism’ after pro-Palestine speech (www.aljazeera.com)

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Retired Jewish professor Haim Bresheeth, a child of Holocaust survivors and founder of the Jewish Network for Palestine, was arrested under a UK anti-terrorism law after speaking at a recent pro-Palestinian protest in London.

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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 70 points 2 weeks ago

The UK supports another genocide, surprising no one.

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 56 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nazi country

[+] essell@lemmy.world -13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

"Released without charge"

Nazis do a lot of that?

Edit. Look at all you people downvoting me because you want to believe the Nazis weren't that bad and would let people go without charge. Shame on you.

[–] Dr_Vindaloo@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago

Should never have been arrested to begin with.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Arresting innocent people to intimidate them is a staple move.

[–] Chulk@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

Not to mention the normalization of such a connection between pro-palestine and "terrorism". People who are out of the loop will read the headline and assume that the person arrested for terrorism is guilty. They'll start to associate the pro-Palestinian viewpoint with terrorism if enough arrests like these make it into headlines.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

Literally a signature of the School of the Americas playbook.

[–] granolabar@kbin.melroy.org 44 points 2 weeks ago

Holocaust survivor tag aint gonna do shit when you are facing Zionists

[–] MyEdgyAlt@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Video of speech available here: https://skwawkbox.org/2024/11/03/exclusive-prof-haim-bresheeths-anti-genocide-speech-before-he-was-arrested-for-terrorism/

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What did he say?

[–] MyEdgyAlt@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

You can watch the video can get an unbiased account including intonation, expressions, and gestures.

[–] Red5@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

From what I understand, it seems like him saying how Israel hasn’t and cannot defeat Hamas and Hezbollah has been interpreted as being support for both groups, which are designated as terrorist organisations by the UK. That’s the grounds for the arrest.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 weeks ago

Gotta love how western regimes are dropping the whole pretense of having human rights and freeze peach.

[–] Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net 27 points 2 weeks ago

ukkk cop looking at a Jewish guy thinking “well the antisemitism charge isn’t going to stick…”

centrist Then having the brainwave:

“wait, antizionism, is-this is this… terrorism?!?”

acab-3

[–] Infernal_pizza@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

Oh look, the overreaching anti-terrorism laws are being used to silence anyone who disagrees with the government. That’s definitely not something anyone saw coming