Supermarket staff wearing a keffiyeh

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I saw a member of staff wearing a keffiyeh today in Sainsbury’s. Do you think it’s a bit too political for a member of staff to be wearing, whilst wearing their work uniform?

Innocent people always die in wars on both sides. Which is perhaps a good reason to NOT start a war, don’t you think?

Great post. I'm Jewish too and feel the same but you articulated it much better than me!

Yes I think it's unacceptable but it's also a bit futile to post on here.

Unless the person started banging on about freeing Palestine while I was paying I doubt I would have taken much notice. My dentist wears a Palestine pin, if he started talking about it I'd be looking for a new dentist but he doesn't so it's not a problem.

It’s unprofessional and performative virtue signalling - such is the Zeitgeist.

Any country that uses an 80 year old man as a human shield and shoots a 12 year old and prevents an ambulance from helping him deserves every bit "performative actions" around the world to call them out.

Would you feel the same way if someone wore a t-shirt at work supporting Zionism?

What about a country that takes hundreds of people hostages and strangles a baby and toddler?

Do you think that Israel was the first country to take innocent lives? Or the only country? What do you think would happen if they stopped defending themselves tomorrow? And why do you think Israel was created in the first place?

No, they have a right to wear it completely.

What about a t-shirt supporting a terrorist group such as Isis?

So you think when people are working in customer facing roles, there should be no rules at all as regards what they wear,? They can express any political views or opinion they want?

I suppose it shows the enduring power of propaganda. There's plenty of it on both sides but obviously the terrorist side is winning.

Palestine did not do those terrible actions Hamas did.

To conflate the two is horrendous.

@Martymcfly24 what evidence is there to show that the majority of Gazans don’t support Hamas?

But then a baseball cap and a beanie have no religious significance do they ?

I think that they should follow the uniform policy no matter what the employers is, but I agree with being allowed to support whichever "side" that is and once that is not offensive about others it should be allowed.

Whilst I don't support Hamas and what they did on October 7th, there are many agencies who have worked to debunk the claims of 40 beheaded babies and mass rapes. Tech companies are still scouring footage to find evidence of sexual violence by Hamas. ZAKA has admitted its initial belief of rape and a baby being pulled from its mother's womb are incorrect but these stories were spread by the media and certain presidents before they could be fact-checked and for some, they have stuck.

What is clear though, is that the Israeli government and the IDF are committing war crimes. There were nearly 10,000 Palestinian hostages before October 7th. Some of them children. Some have grown up in captivity. They aren't prisoners; they are hostages, detained without charge. Many have been tortured. Nearly 500 health workers murdered; over 20,000 children murdered; over 45,000 civilians murdered with a likely figure of over 100,000 and more. Those bodies are encounter and remain under the rubble that was once Gaza.

So, if someone wants to wear a Kuffiyeh to show solidarity with an occupied people living in an apartheid system, who have been systematically murdered since 1948 and are now suffering a genocide by their military occupiers, I'd give them a huge hug and say thank you for having the courage to show your humanity, at risk of being disciplined or even losing your job. Bravo to that person and freedom, peace and equal rights for Palestinians!

Myths debunked:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-hamas-united-nations-palestinians-jewish-b2549177.html

Torture and murder of Palestinian medics:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adnan_al-Bursh

What evidence is there to show that they do ? Hamas won’t allow democratic elections. Why do you think that is ?

Irrelevant.

They are a terrorist organization, Palestinians are a country of people.

Hamas ARE Palestine! They run it! And an alarming number of Palestinians demonstrably support Hamas and the murdering of Jews.

Are you going to answer my other questions?

Why did you think about Palestinians strangling a baby and toddler and returning the wrong body of their mother?

What’s people’s opinions on health care staff wearing full hair coverings when patient facing ? Hijab I think they’re called. As we’ve taken on more international nurses, more of my colleagues wear them. Must admit, I’ve got mixed feelings but I’m not sure why and appreciate it’s probably irrational.

A country of people governed by a terrorist organisation. They aren’t just a small faction in the corner that the rest of the country don’t like to associate with

Make sure you also complain about any staff wearing items reflecting IWD today.

I would just shop elsewhere if I didn’t like something.

Downplaying the amount of hate towards Jewish people in the Arab world is gaslighting. Israel are vulnerable from all their neighbours. Why do you think they’re have conscription? Because they will always need an ample army