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Starmer’s support for Palestine

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Steph888 · 21/09/2025 15:39

Am I alone in seeing this as one of the darkest days in UK history?

Never before did I think I’d end up living under a government who reward terrorism.

Starmer and Labour are grotesque. History will not be kind to them. They have now empowered all terrorists and their supporters.

We deserve such better than this reprehensible government. They disgust me.

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Thegreyhound · 10/10/2025 08:40

Killing 18457 children is depraved.
Just try and let that number sink in

Mihrimah · 10/10/2025 08:37

peasporrige · 06/10/2025 06:31

....... and paraded the naked bodies of raped and murdered Israeli girls down a Gaza street in flat-bed trucks for a baying crowd to view.

https://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/hamas-fighters-parade-naked-woman-amid-surprise-largescale-attack-by-the-palestinian-militant-group/news-story/a94e51c56c6ce798b2b2eeb7f68f4a3e

'Depraved' just doesn't cover it.

Depraved doesn’t even begin to cover the brutal killing and man made famine and starvation of children two years on

limbs torn and bodies burnt, children ‘deliberately’ targeted in the head and chest

Read the UN report
Its verified
almost 60 percent of casualties are under the age of 15

the article you posted above @peasporrige has the word unverified mentioned around 3 times in
the article itself says it
“the post cannot confirm its authenticity” twice

Starmer’s support for Palestine
Mihrimah · 09/10/2025 21:42

People from all over the world, regardless of race, religion, language, culture are not just speaking up against the ongoing killing of children, but also going to aid them

Norwegian doctor, Mads Gilbert,
been going to Gaza for over 30 years
Irish doctors, British doctors,
English plastic surgeon, Dr Victoria Rose,
Ms Rachel, actors and actresses, the list goes on…

are you going to accuse all of them of religious battle too @PollyPaintsFlowers

seems like your issue is still with Islam
but these people aren’t even Muslim! 😂

International human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and B’Tselem, have declared Israel an apartheid state.

In 1997, Mandela gave a speech in which he famously stated, “We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”

That was 1997!

SummerFeverVenice · 09/10/2025 19:20

PollyPaintsFlowers · 03/10/2025 05:47

On the contrary,no was agreeing with @Mihrimah that the conflict didn't start on October 7th

Although if you want to talk about religions evolving, some have. Others still think it's ok for old men to marry 9 year old girls and wage holy wars. The crusades are over, jihads and Intifadas are still going. And if you look at Hamas' charter they clearly state this is a religious battle for them. I'm afraid Gaza is already regressive

Religions don’t evolve, human societies do.
Child & forced marriage continues to be an issue in the fringes of all human societies regardless of marriage.

xenogear · 07/10/2025 11:19

Mihrimah · 07/10/2025 10:45

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Finkelstein

Norman Finkelstein
He has studied the Israeli,Palestinian conflict his entire life

He is Jewish and his family were victims of the holocaust

he’s far more qualified and knowledgeable than all of us put together on this matter and has done extensive research into both sides

He's also a supporter of Hamas And Hezbollah and thought the October 7th attacks were great.

Mihrimah · 07/10/2025 10:45

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Finkelstein

Norman Finkelstein
He has studied the Israeli,Palestinian conflict his entire life

He is Jewish and his family were victims of the holocaust

he’s far more qualified and knowledgeable than all of us put together on this matter and has done extensive research into both sides

Norman Finkelstein - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Finkelstein

Alittlefeedbackwouldbenice · 06/10/2025 12:36

Ellen2shoes · 06/10/2025 11:25

Israel has not stopped bombing Gaza

Israel never stopped bobbing Gaza, even before 7/10 😢

That was 'peace' apparently.

Ellen2shoes · 06/10/2025 11:25

peasporrige · 05/10/2025 10:51

Exactly.

Israel has stopped bombing Gaza, so the "genocide" as they call it, has stopped. Netanyahu says that he is expecting some hostages to be released in the next few days

So we shouldn't be seeing any more marches now unless there is an ulterior motive for them...

Israel has not stopped bombing Gaza

cupfinalchaos · 06/10/2025 09:03

peasporrige · 06/10/2025 06:31

....... and paraded the naked bodies of raped and murdered Israeli girls down a Gaza street in flat-bed trucks for a baying crowd to view.

https://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/hamas-fighters-parade-naked-woman-amid-surprise-largescale-attack-by-the-palestinian-militant-group/news-story/a94e51c56c6ce798b2b2eeb7f68f4a3e

'Depraved' just doesn't cover it.

Thank you for linking.

peasporrige · 06/10/2025 06:31

cupfinalchaos · 05/10/2025 18:27

Did you in fact speak up when Israeli families were being tortured and burned alive??

I do not know any country engaged in war expected to feed and water the enemy. And before you say Gazans are not Hamas, a large proportion of them managed to breach the border and inflict depravity never seen before on October 7th.

....... and paraded the naked bodies of raped and murdered Israeli girls down a Gaza street in flat-bed trucks for a baying crowd to view.

https://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/hamas-fighters-parade-naked-woman-amid-surprise-largescale-attack-by-the-palestinian-militant-group/news-story/a94e51c56c6ce798b2b2eeb7f68f4a3e

'Depraved' just doesn't cover it.

Mihrimah · 05/10/2025 19:59

People can march for as long as they want

we live in a free country

people will and have been continuing to march all over the world

Palestine,

You will heal
You will rebuild your homes
your dreams, your hopes

You will overcome the tragedies like you have done so, over and over again, in the last 75 years through brutal oppression

Leve Palestina
Long live Palestine 🇵🇸

cupfinalchaos · 05/10/2025 18:27

Mihrimah · 01/10/2025 12:49

You sound Islamophobic

I sound human

go out and see how many Jews have spoken out GENOCIDE against HUMANITY

This isn’t about faith anymore

it’s about human rights and killing children, which if you are a human, would affect you

I would speak up the same if Israeli children were being starved and shot waiting in a line for a bag of flour

atrocities on either side are unacceptable

but genocide and starvation on the Gaza population comprising of majority children where their limbs are torn off and then not being allowed to leave the country for treatment!

waiting in queues for food and then being shot!

You seem to have an issue with Islam and bringing up random articles

All Islamic related

Your hatred for Islam has overshadowed all sense and humanity

Goodbye pollypaintsflowers

i really wish you peace no matter how deep your hatred runs for humanity

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Did you in fact speak up when Israeli families were being tortured and burned alive??

I do not know any country engaged in war expected to feed and water the enemy. And before you say Gazans are not Hamas, a large proportion of them managed to breach the border and inflict depravity never seen before on October 7th.

MyLimeGuide · 05/10/2025 18:14

cupfinalchaos · 05/10/2025 18:06

Yes.. i wonder where all the hate is going to go when please gd the war ends.

Maybe they will do something useful for a change, like go to work..

cupfinalchaos · 05/10/2025 18:09

Mihrimah · 04/10/2025 08:38

Is that why you keep posting article after article on Islam like you did above from centuries ago

your off the topic

and your very very clearly Islamophobic

this is about genocide in Gaza

Humanity not religion

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

Not worried about the hostages?

cupfinalchaos · 05/10/2025 18:06

peasporrige · 05/10/2025 10:51

Exactly.

Israel has stopped bombing Gaza, so the "genocide" as they call it, has stopped. Netanyahu says that he is expecting some hostages to be released in the next few days

So we shouldn't be seeing any more marches now unless there is an ulterior motive for them...

Yes.. i wonder where all the hate is going to go when please gd the war ends.

peasporrige · 05/10/2025 10:51

YourAmplePlumPoster · 05/10/2025 10:45

Why are the protesters out? Because they want Israel wiped off the map. That’s what from the river to the sea means.

Exactly.

Israel has stopped bombing Gaza, so the "genocide" as they call it, has stopped. Netanyahu says that he is expecting some hostages to be released in the next few days

So we shouldn't be seeing any more marches now unless there is an ulterior motive for them...

YourAmplePlumPoster · 05/10/2025 10:45

Why are the protesters out? Because they want Israel wiped off the map. That’s what from the river to the sea means.

peasporrige · 04/10/2025 14:51

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So who's feeding the donkeys?

Mihrimah · 04/10/2025 14:19

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peasporrige · 04/10/2025 12:38

@ThatCyanCat "you'd think it would be better than what's going on now if that's genocide, and a first step to something more long term. It's the start of the process, not the end of it."

I don't get it. Trump has told Israel to stop bombing Gaza, so why are the Palestine supporters still protesting this w/e ??

ThatCyanCat · 04/10/2025 11:36

peasporrige · 04/10/2025 11:30

@Mihrimah "Free Palestine 🇵🇸"

Yes let's free Palestine from Hamas.

Any bright ideas how that can be achieved?

Well, there is a peace plan on the table.

I'm starting to side eye any person who calls it genocide and says the most important thing is for it to stop, and yet has some kind of blind spot where this deal is concerned. It may not be perfect (I do wish Trump and Blair weren't involved) but you'd think it would be better than what's going on now if that's genocide, and a first step to something more long term. It's the start of the process, not the end of it.

But no, none of these marchers or campaigners want it. So clearly, ending the war isn't their top priority right now.

So what is? What, to them, is actually worth indefinite ongoing killing?

peasporrige · 04/10/2025 11:30

@Mihrimah "Free Palestine 🇵🇸"

Yes let's free Palestine from Hamas.

Any bright ideas how that can be achieved?

Mihrimah · 04/10/2025 08:49

PollyPaintsFlowers · 03/10/2025 21:14

That's really interesting, thanks for sharing

Yes it is very interesting

Very interesting to know who they are and who funds their research
and how right wing they are

And people are posting the stats on UK Muslims based on this far right think tank that actually works with Israel?

How convenient

“no one has expressed hate for Muslims here”

are you sure about that?

Mihrimah · 04/10/2025 08:38

PollyPaintsFlowers · 04/10/2025 08:04

You keep throwing the word islamaphobic around, I don't think you know what it means

No one has expressed hatred for Muslims here

Is that why you keep posting article after article on Islam like you did above from centuries ago

your off the topic

and your very very clearly Islamophobic

this is about genocide in Gaza

Humanity not religion

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

PollyPaintsFlowers · 04/10/2025 08:04

Mihrimah · 03/10/2025 22:33

No it didn’t

people gave their lives peacefully protesting for the Palestinians rights

these people lived with Palestinians and saw what their life was like

journalists were murdered in cold blood

ever heard of Rachel Corrie?

Tom Hurndall?

Do they sound English enough?

White English peace loving NON Muslims murdered in cold blood over 20 years ago

Do you know how many doctors from around the world have gone out there to Gaza and come out in shock of the atrocities against children?

There have been doctors who have gone to aid in multiple wars around the world,

but they say they have never seen the injuries like the ones on the children of Gaza

There’s doctors that have been going since years
and keep going back
you think they are having a jolly?

have you ever attended a conference where doctors come back and give a first hand report on what they have witnessed first hand and treated there?

No I don’t think you have

this isn’t about religion

this is about humanity

but I guess being an Islamophobic makes people lose their moral compass

It’s quite disturbing that senseless killing of children does not bother some people

we should be able to criticise the genocide in Gaza, the way we criticise the holocaust and other atrocities of history of any faith.

bbc is biased nonsense
most people have figured that out by now
I can find anything online
doesn't make it true
you see what you want to see

Edited

You keep throwing the word islamaphobic around, I don't think you know what it means

No one has expressed hatred for Muslims here