British Jews attacked for pro-Gaza solidarity
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British Jews have been attacked for expressing support for Palestinians suffering under Israeli military strikes in Gaza. Police confirmed yesterday that they have provided protection to a number of people believed to be victims of UK-based Zionist extremists angered by expressions of solidarity with Palestinians.
Israel's assault on Gaza has prompted a rise in anti-Semitic attacks in Britain, with more than 150 incidents reported by the Community Security Trust (CST), an organisation for the protection of Jews. But the past two weeks have also seen aggression within the Jewish community towards those sympathetic to the plight of Gaza.
Rabbi Elchenon Beck, 39, was among six rabbis expressing support for Gaza's Palestinians who were set upon by a gang of what they allege were Zionists while walking back from opposing rallies outside the Israeli Embassy on 6 January. "They were shouting and pushed someone to the floor, so we called the police," Rabbi Beck said. "All the time they are trying to intimidate us, but we get used to it."
Rabbi Aharon Cohen, a Palestinian sympathiser and member of the anti-Zionist group Neturei Karta, had his letter box destroyed by a powerful firework after attending the peace march in Manchester this month.
Mark Gardner, of the CST, said it had not kept records of attacks within the Jewish community, but condemned those using the situation in Israel to justify violence in Britain.
"There's passionate political debate," he said, "but what's vitally important is that it does not spill over so that we become participants in a war by proxy."
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Anti-zionism is 100% antisemitism.
But then, you know that, don't you?
The democrats are the ones who stand for the TRUTH AND THE OPPRESSED wherever they may be, even in Gaza. I respect you honest and godly Rabbis for speaking out against these monsters
The reason for these astonishing statistics (contrary to what the 'illustrious' group would have us believe) is that Israelis do possess a moral clarity in this war. They know why they are fighting for their lives. They know that Hamas specifically places launch pads in and around the homes of its own people. They know that the IDF abandons the element of surprise, by warning enemy noncombatants before they advance or attack. They know that Hamas hopes wayward Israeli bombs will kill large numbers of Palestinians (for which Freeland, et al, blame Israel). They know that the IDF is dedicated to saving as many lives (on both sides) as possible. They know that Hamas is dedicated to causing as much civilian suffering (on both sides) as possible. The know that Hamas is expressing it's genocidal intent.
The group is long on moralizing but conspicuously short on solutions, other than opining that Israel cannot win this war - not about occupation mind you, nor settlers, nor military control - but about its very existence.
Israel declared a cease fire 8 hours ago. Hamas,s response has been a new barrage of rockets into Israel. I dare say that the men of the cloth will find a way of explaining that too.
You are correct that Hamas doesn't care when their children are killed and maimed, in fact they probably celebrate so that they recruit another 100 martyrs to their cause. These martyrs will be the bothers/sisters/cousins of the dead children. These new martyrs won't blame Hamas (after all they control the media) but will blame Israel.
However don't pretend the IDF care about Palestinian civilians, I worked in Israel a few years ago and the degree of hatred and open racism I encountered against Arab Israelis and Palestinians would have put a BNP or NF supporter to shame. In many cases they seem to be considered less than human.
You say that this group is short on ideas - you are probably right, after all if the political leaders of the world can't do anything what chance have you and me. However IMHO Israel has lost the moral justification with the way innocent civilians are caught up in this conflict - every army over the last 50 years says it tries to 'avoid civilian casualties' without actually doing anything about it. Dropping bombs in a built up area is a guaranteed way of killing innocents.
'Israel declared a cease fire 8 hours ago. Hamas,s response has been a new barrage of rockets into Israel. I dare say that the men of the cloth will find a way of explaining that too.' Not a man of the cloth but I do have an explanation. After all the publicity about the resons for this war the rockets haven't been stopped - and Hamas don't care if you kill another 1000 children as it will diminish Israel in the eyes of the world.
What would Israel do if someone occupied a piece Israel? Occupation must be resisted by an citizen with whatever they have.
The British Government says it will work to reduce arm flows into Gaza, who will stop arm flows into Israel? The America Government likewise. If the Palestinians cannot get arms to fight the occupation who will fight against it? When Argentine occupied a piece of UK lands, the British Government went to war to get rid of the occupiers.
Dastagir.INDIA
"It is the psychology of the murderer, the rapist, the bully. That's what Israel is in this situation."
"You hear all the time from Israeli spokespeople that they are angry with the people that they have murdered, for making them murder them."
"Stop killing people, stop killing children and then start thinking about the little things after that."
I guess the "Zionist extremists" in our midst wouldn't like Alexei much either.
Therefore, the claims of historical land rights to modern day Israel falls flat.
Also, given modern "jews" origins, the term "Semite" cannot be applied in the majority of cases, as the majority of truly Semitic peoples in this area happen to be the Palastinians.
Israel was built on a lie and that lie is still perpetuated today. If you had a secret to hide, how would you do it? Take control of the mouthpieces and information outlets. Take control of governments and financial systems and use these to blackmail into your way of thinking ( prime example is Olmerts claim of "ordering" Bush and Rice to change thier vote over the UN resolutions re. Gaza). Just take a look at the amount of dual nationality people in the US houses and ask yourselves where thier loyalty lies.
Now, the ADL and other "jewish" groups are introducing hate laws that prevent even questioning Israel and it's actions.
A few years ago, I too would rubbish this sort of thing as being "anti-semite" etc. However, after immersing myself in trying to find out as much as I can, it would sem that a select group is intent on pulling the wool over our eyes and doing whatever it takes to keep it there.
i think who use violence to show his thoughts he doesn't believe his thoughts that much so he can use wards to defend it.
anyway what happen it Gaza is war crimes using white phosphorus and attacking UN building everyone saw that on TV with all that technolongy don't tell me u can't aim but what make it worse they hit UN building while UN secretary was in Israel what a mess ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more than 300 child killed and 100 woman and 100 old people , are their blood is so cheap that no investigations are opened ??? somebody tell me any answer
It is time for Israel to realise that peace can only be mutually agreed upon, and that it can never be imposed by military force, which Israel has been unsuccessfully endeavouring for decades. It is also time for Israel to understand that more killing generates nothing but more hatred and, consequently more violence.
Brave and God-fearing rabbis have long protested against the creation of Israel - but they went unheard, so powerful was the grip of assimilated Jews on the establishment in both Europe and later the United States.
Today, western governments fulminate against Iran's president for allegedly wishing the destruction of Israel (through sheer mistranslation).
Where were the western governments when Israel was nearly wiped off the map in the 1948 war? If it hadn't been for a most unlikely saviour (from the present perspective) called Joseph Stalin, who ordered a timely and decisive shipment of Czech arms, Israel would not have been there any longer.
Why didn't western governments lift a finger to help Israel then?
The Rabbi understands this fact.
Israel is a Jewish state as per Zionist doctrine so any Jews in any part of the world can go there and
become Israeli citizen. And for the Arab Israel they are either 3rd or 4th class citizen. sometime they are chased out from their land to accommodate these newcomer citizen. For example Deir Yassin
massacre. (can google Deir Yassin and learn more about it)
God bless the Rabbi's and, brave people from the British Jewish community who take huge personal risks and face being beaten or ostracized for standing up for oppression and injustice. They will be remembered in history as the Nelson Mandela s of their day.
Taking a stand against genocide, and slaughter of innocent Palestinians requires great courage.
May god bless and protect you amen.
That statement was made by a brave Jewish woman editor of the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle ; She was fired. Now when I hear this motto, I hear "I am entitled to do anything I like because we were victims of the Nazis" And when I hear "we were victims" it is referring to the Holocaust as the Jews' Holocaust, and forget about homosexuals ands others, who (threy imply) don't count. How arrogant! The motto means nothing to me, as a Jew, anymore
Many people within the UK, which includes vast numbers of Muslims seem to too closely connect the behaviour of a rogue state with the Jewish peoples who are scattered throughout the world. The reality is that the Jewish people cannot be held responsible for the actions of the Israeli State unless they are directly or indirectly involved in propping up the present government. Perhaps it would help if Jewish peoples outside of Israel stated their abhorrence about the current situation in the same manner that Muslims were expected to do so after 9/11 and 7/7?
The actions of the Israeli State in its suppression of the Palestinian peoples is no less barbaric than what President Saddam Hussein, and the Ba'th Party did in Iraq to the Kurdish people. What the Israeli State is doing is 'ethnic cleansing', something that the peoples of the this State should well understand from their own history.
It is interesting how 'The West' is very keen to place embargo's and threaten military use when the 'Rogue' nation is Muslim, or/and African, but when the culprits are primarily seen as European, they are far slower to react. We witnessed this in the Balkan countries a few years ago, and we have seen this with their interactions with Israel since its perceived 'illegitimate' birth in May, 1948.
The attacks on Jewish people are as wrong as the attacks on any other ethnic or religious group and need to be stopped, but the Government of the United Kingdom can actually do a lot to counter these by being seen to be proactive in countering the behaviour of a nation that is out of control and committing unspeakable acts of barbarism on a daily basis.
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