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Double standards (Ukraine flag, Israel flag and Palestine flag)

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SleepDreamThinkHuge · 01/02/2024 17:37

Has anyone noticed the double standards regarding these flags. The first two are seen as solidarity and approved. But anyone with a Palestine flag is seen as a Hamas supporter and making life uncomfortable for Jews. People have been removing Palestinian flags because it makes them feel uncomfortable but if you did the same with Israel flags you would be called anti semitic.

I have seen people say anyone who have Palestinian flags should be deported because they are terrorists which is very racist.

The media seem to always show Palestinian supporters as thugs and evil people.

I have seen some things happen in the world which the media in UK rarely showed or gave a lot of airtime. Some people who claim to be Pro Palestinian and do racist things at protests are given so much air time e.g. you will hear about it forever "these are hate marches Pro Palestinians are all racists" etc..

But they rarely talk about Palestinians getting targeted:

Landlord accused of killing 6-year-old Palestinian American boy pleads not guilty to murder and hate crime charges | CNN The young boy stabbed to death 26 times by his landlord and his mother stabbed multiple times due to them being Muslim and the conflict in the Middle East.

Israel-Palestine: Palestinian student shot in US paralysed from the chest down | Middle East Eye wearing keffiyehs and speaking Arab one of them made paralyzed

It just seems like anyone who opposes the Israeli government is a racist and anyone who wants an end to the occupation in Palestine and better solution is also racist.

Landlord accused of killing 6-year-old Palestinian American boy pleads not guilty to murder and hate crime charges | CNN

The landlord accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy near Chicago over two weeks ago pleaded not guilty to murder and hate crime charges in an Illinois court Monday.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/30/us/palestinian-american-boy-stabbed/index.html

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Kalevala · 01/02/2024 18:09

Is it because the UK does not recognise Palestine as a state? Could you fly an Israeli flag in Indonesia for example?

Even if they do not recognise Palestine does not mean people cannot have those flags.

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OneTC · 01/02/2024 18:16

Oh yeah literally no Palestinian supporters anywhere in the UK and definitely not en masse every Saturday in London.

Kalevala · 01/02/2024 18:09

Is it because the UK does not recognise Palestine as a state? Could you fly an Israeli flag in Indonesia for example?

GreyhpundGirl · 01/02/2024 18:05

I've only seen Palestinian flags, not Israeli.

LlynTegid · 01/02/2024 17:58

I see much more support for Palestinians too. Though there has been a rise in Islamophobia as well as in anti-semitism since October 7th.

NuNameNuMe · 01/02/2024 17:56

YABU. I think you'd be very brave to fly an Israeli flag right now. Hate crimes are appalling. But I see much more overt support for Palestinians than Jewish people, and less discernment between Israeli people, as opposed to their hateful PM.