UK revokes visa of law student who addressed pro-Palestine protest

https://x.com/habibi_uk/status/1852057049095639237

And here she is doubling down on celebrating 'the breaking of the seige' while pretending that it somehow has nothing to do with the carnage that followed. What a disgraceful judgement.

What other act of resistance happened on October 7th apart from Hamas killing, raping and kidnapping civilians?
If she wasn’t referring to what Hamas did, what was she referring to?

I certainly does seem odd.

It feels like the judicial system is gaslighting us. We all know what she said, we all heard it. But apparently she didn't say it.

I think there is something very odd happening in our judiciary system at the moment.

So what the fuck was she talking about when she said on 8th October that she was full of pride that they were fighting back and on the offensive?

Did they explain what resistance she was referring to? Did they basically rule that she was not all that bright or hadn't bothered to actually listen to the news? Its an odd one, don't you think?

So she's got to stay. She's not really endeared the cause to the average British heart in the process.

The court was satisfied that she wasn’t expressing support for Hamas or terrorism.

But the 'resistance' she was referring to was the attack on 7 October. Though at that stage we did not know the full horror of the rapes, torture & mutilation we knew it was an attack on innocent civilians at a music festival & kibbutzim.

“she expressed pride & joy at Oct 7…”

The court ruled that this didn’t happen.
the ruling said, "nowhere does the appellant express support for Hamas specifically, or their actions".
"There is a clearly recognised and fundamental distinction between supporting the Palestinian cause and supporting Hamas and their actions," the judgment added.

Actually she doesn’t say she is full of pride, she says “they” are, and her comments on pride and joy she said was in terms of resisting the 16yr blockade. Nothing about pride and joy over Hamas killing civilians.

She first said she is worried about the mental and physical well being of people there.

the ruling said, "nowhere does the appellant express support for Hamas specifically, or their actions".
"There is a clearly recognised and fundamental distinction between supporting the Palestinian cause and supporting Hamas and their actions," the judgment added.
The Home Office, it was found, had failed to demonstrate that her presence in the UK was "not conducive to public good".

Like I said I was just commenting on the article. She just a kid who has endured huge loss. I find that incredibly sad and feel for her. That's it. You can make it some kind of competition if you like but I have no interest.

Why can’t you comment on how she feels just because you’re not her? She expressed how she feels - joyful and proud.
Interesting that you chose to comment on the fact that’s she’s lost 15 relatives (which is tragic of course), but not on the fact that she was celebrating deaths of other people (equally tragic).

Yes dreadful. Awful also that she expressed pride & joy at Oct 7 where so many people also lost relatives. And so many of them have been notable for their compassion & dignity rather than expressing joy at the losses of others. Don't know what its got to do with the issues of her visa.

I can't comment on how she feels, I'm not her. I was commenting on how I felt on reading that a young woman, only a year older than my eldest has had to endure such loss. I didn't realise it would be so controversial to show some empathy in the face of such huge loss.

It was in the article that was posted. I was commenting on the article.

I'm saying that she clearly has no sympathy for people who have aso lost relatives. In fact she thinks it's a good thing.

Of course it’s awful. What does it have to do with her expressing her joy right after October 7th though?

My point was that losing 15 relatives is an incredible loss. Beyond anything I can imagine and at the age of 19 too. It's awful isn't it?

Perhaps you can expand on your point? If I understand the timeline she was expressing her joy at October 7 before she lost relatives in Gaza.

I'm not sure what point you are try to make with this post in relation to mine, perhaps you can expand on it? 'Plenty of people' lose multiple relatives so we should harden our hearts to it or what?

Plenty of people lost multiple relatives during the terrorist attack that filles her with so much pride and joy.

This is where we need to have legislation which prevents human rights arguments from overriding visa decisions. Staying in the UK on a visa is a privilege. The government needs to be able to revoke visas where the individual is supporting terrorism, and it should be able to do so without qualification. In Australia there is a general ‘good character’ requirement for visas. We should have the same requirement here.