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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 71 points 1 week ago

The UK supports another genocide, surprising no one.

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

Nazi country

[+] essell@lemmy.world -14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 13 points 1 week ago

Should never have been arrested to begin with.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Arresting innocent people to intimidate them is a staple move.

[–] Chulk@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week 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 6 points 1 week ago

Literally a signature of the School of the Americas playbook.

[–] granolabar@kbin.melroy.org 45 points 1 week ago

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

[–] MyEdgyAlt@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 week 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 1 week ago (2 children)

What did he say?

[–] Red5@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 week 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.

[–] MyEdgyAlt@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

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

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net 28 points 1 week 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 17 points 1 week 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