Please continue to protest!

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In the wake of the tragic events that took place in Manchester, I want to implore people not to lose steam or, more importantly, hope.

Gaza is still facing destruction, famine and genocide.

We need to continue to peacefully pressure our government to take action and sanction the Israeli government and to educate and inform people about the horrors faced by the Palestinian people day in and day out for the last two years.

People who opposed the liberation of Palestine want for this to be a turning point. For people to point the finger at a movement that wants to see the end of the suffering of millions and label it as inciting hate.

It's not.
And it's important.

Please don't put down your passion for Gaza.

I agree.
I genuinely don't think the protesting is making a positive difference, perhaps at the beginning, now the protesting has a different voice, causing massive division.
There is no protesting against other wars, we should be against all the conflicts in the world.
I don't have the answers.

Absolutely agree. There are thousands dying in Sudan as well, in a vicious civil war and women being gang-raped on an industrial scale. No-one marching for that. Nor for the Christians being murdered in Nigeria (wrong religious people killing them) or the Druze in Syria (wrong killers again).

The protests are for peace in Gaza

As OP rightly stated no one stopped demonstrations by pro Israelis as Palestinians were killed and starved every day
No one in this country including the pro Palestinians had the audacity to call that out as a lack of empathy

If you dont agree fine. I don’t care

I have empathy for all those who suffer at the hands of others. I don’t care what religion they are and I don’t believe any religion can take the moral high ground

This is a land grab war by Israel that has to stop

I'd like to issue an apology. All through this conflict I've been saying that the Ceasefire Now! people and Stop the War wouldn't want a ceasefire or to stop the war if Hamas was winning. Turns out they don't want those things if Hamas is losing either.

Wrong.
They are used to silence …….its not working any more.
How many times do you have to be told.

It appears you have no empathy for Jews who are highly distressed by your protests. So you keep telling yourself you’re kind and moral. Shane on you! Shame on you! No one is fooled by these protests and what they hide.

Again what? I'm talking about the people on the pro-Palestine marches. They are cheering on Hamas. If that's you, then you're included.

Using the recognised definition of anti semitism and the posters posts please explain how @Bananadramaa is anti semitic ????

You do know using this term so incorrectly and freely demeans its relevance

well then go out and protest against Hamas if you’d like peace in Gaza. They’re the reason peace isn’t happening there.

Israel has. Hamas is prevaricating. Palestinians have rejected several peace plans, statehood etc. The Nakba, so often raised here, was caused by Arab nations telling Arabs to leave Israel so they would not be killed in the coming war. You can hardly blame Israel (which had to take in hundreds of thousands of displaced Jews who were told to leave the countries they had lived in for 100s of years) not wanting back people who left them to die - those Arabs who remained (Muslim, Christian, Druze etc) have the same rights as all other Israeli citizens (though Netanyahu tried to change this, which is one reason I do not support Netanyahu).

Maybe don’t post it quoting my post where I am saying I want ceasefire then.

A two state solution can only come about with a fair division of land and the dissolving of both governments.

Absolutely, and this is what Hamas and their predecessors have rejected.

It seems they want war. And their own people are paying the heaviest price.

Everyone wants a ceasefire (except possibly Hamas) and Israel wants back the hostages before the remaining living 24 are killed.

Exactly.

It really does make me wonder how people get into this position where they are taking the side of terrorists and even when faced with indisputable evidence are unable to step down from their stance.

I guess it's like Nazi supporters in WW2. They justify it to themselves and to one another, as it continues to escalate. And the more it escalates, the more they justify it to themselves, and so on. The psychology is actually fascinating.

I’m not sure posters are picking up / understanding the running posts.
They Fell right for it there 😆

Wrong. NB and Hamas both break the terms continuously. They don’t want peace and are in bed with other. They need each other.

So now we're erasing Jewish people and the fact they're being attacked and murdered for views espoused and emboldened by these marches from the conversation? That tracks.

You seem to be very good at missing the point.

The police need to concentrate their resources on protecting the Jewish community at the moment.

any marches or protests which divert resources away from that are despicable IMO

I think you will find you are not very good at making the point.

I'm a bit disappointed today with the big protest in Dublin, on the back of the Manchester attack, or people trying to justify it as "ah well". Europe is supposed to be better than that, attacking innocent people based on their beliefs, blood shed on the streets.

I think we all need to pull back a little, or use your voice to protest against all conflicts or just be kinder to each other. I know, kindness is weakness. 🙄

You believe for a second that Israel are willing to fairly divide the land and dissolve their current government to create equality for both Israel and Palestine?
Hamas are rejecting unfair "peace offers".

Hamas has agreed to release all hostages in return for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, as well as surrender governing power in the Gaza Strip, in accordance with Trump’s plan.

Of course. Although I am pleased to see it seems like just a few people on the thread who are justifying their suppport for terrorism, while most posters are rightly horrified.

I don’t just attend protests, I actively donate and find other ways to support people suffering. I can’t list all the causes I’ve been a part of but yes, Christians in Nigeria, Ahmedis in Pakistan, Uyghurs in China, all oppressed people.