To be utterly disgusted by the woman cutting down yellow ribbons commemorating the October 7th victims in Muswell Hill yesterday morning

[AngeloMysterioso]

When Jewish people are being attacked and murdered on their way to synagogue on Yom Kippur

When you literally can’t move or look in any direction without Palestine Palestine Palestine in our faces

On the eve of the anniversary of the worst atrocity committed against Jewish people since the Holocaust, a small, unobtrusive memorial for the victims of that unthinkable, barbaric attack was destroyed yesterday by a despicable woman who turned up with scissors and cut the ribbons down, one by one.

Ribbons for women and girls who were raped and murdered.
Ribbons for babies ripped from their parents’ arms and slaughtered.
Ribbons for men beaten to death.
Ribbons for the hostages still suffering every moment.

And this disgusting individual took it upon herself to come along with a pair of scissors and cut each one away. Her excuse? They “condone genocide”.

Let’s not pretend for a moment that that was her true motivation. It was a revolting demonstration of the antisemitism that has become so shamefully rife in this country that it sickens me.

This woman needs to be named and shamed for the loathsome person she is.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/07/woman-filmed-cutting-ribbons-commemorating-israeli-hostages/

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-police-woman-ribbons-israel-hostages-london-manchester-synagogue-b1251594.html

https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/woman-filmed-cutting-down-ribbons-commemorating-israeli-hostages-in-north-london-5HjdF2y2/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15167737/amp/woman-cuts-yellow-ribbons-israeli-hostages-london.html

https://inews.co.uk/news/anger-woman-filmed-cutting-down-ribbons-london-memorial-israeli-hostages-3961369

It’s an absolute disgrace

I live in an area with a huge number of yellow ribbons and posters commemorating the victims and to be honest, it's uncomfortable. It's become more than a memorial, it's now a pro-Israel political statement. As demonstrated by the fact the ribbons are often accompanied by "Fuck Hamas" stickers and the like.

I do have some sympathy for Israel's position - more than the general public, probably - but I certainly don't support the current decimation of Palestine and I don't like the way the whole locality now seems to have been branded pro-Israeli, it doesn't represent me for sure.

She’s a disgusting ignoramus, I wish someone had had the courage to drag her away.

And it certainly isn't "small and unobtrusive" - it's extremely visible and obvious.

I live in a similar area and completely agree with your point.

What’s wrong with Fuck Hamas stickers? Would pro Hamas stickers make you less uncomfortable?

I'm pleased that the real motives of the pro Palestine movement are becoming obvious to everyone

No, I don't support Hamas. It's the explicit politicisation of a very mixed area with lots of different communities living close together that I object to.

😓 I’m reminded of the women ripping down posters for children shortly after the Hamas atrocities on October 7th

I agree, such a nasty and vindictive thing to do.

It’s ribbons tied to a fence. If you find a memorial for the victims of that awful attack so troublesome you really need to take a good hard look at yourself.

Does the 9/11 memorial bother you too? How about the 7/7 Memorial in Hyde Park? Do you look at those and forget about the victims of those attacks and instead anguish over the plight of the civilians of Iraq and Afghanistan who died as a result of the resulting war and retaliatory attacks? Or do you save that self righteous morality policing for Israel?

Why?

It is. These hate filled people walk amongst us.

What an silly and unnecessary comment.

I disagree with what this woman did but people of many religions support innocent civilians in Gaza.

'Anti-genocide' automatically/really means anti-semitic?

Remembering Oct 7th automatically/really means pro-Israeli?

I don't think either of these things are true. It's a mess.

This.

No one would deface or remove a memorial to the terrorist attacks on 9/11 or 7/7 or Manchester do why remove ribbons for October 7th? Because its Jewish victims thats why. Jewish hate is strong in some in the UK.

Awful

Gosh where are you? I'd love to see some F* Hamas stickers. Totally opposite to what I'm surrounded by every single day. Swastikas and pro-intifada stickers everywhere here.

(Appreciate I'm a massive minority but I've never felt this more than now and it's intriguing to learn that there's somewhere where I'd feel less lonely)

Everyone should be saying Fuck Hamas. Including those who are pro-Palestine. Including the people in Palestine who are suffering as a direct result of the attack.

But no. The people of Palestine that you feel so sorry for cheered in the street when they saw footage of the attacks. They crowded around the truck carrying Shani Louk’s beautiful, broken body and spat on her corpse.

But yellow ribbons and “Fuck Hamas” stickers make you uncomfortable. Ok.

She should not have removed the ribbons, people should be allowed to express their feelings (to a reasonable extent, I don't agree with the Unite the Kingdom flags everywhere). But there is a tit for tat of removal of pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli things.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wBbj-5aMB7c

You are sounding more and more like the thought police.

The internet will do its thing.

But surely there is a distinction between “Pro-Israeli” - which is to say, in support of Israel’s actions post- 10/23 - and memorialising the victims of the attack? Everyone was shocked and disgusted by the 9/11 and 7/7 attacks but still did not support the following invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, and there is no suggestion that the memorials for those attacks mean anything else other than what they are- a tribute to the victims.

It is disgusting and I do hope you’re just as outraged with the starvation and genocide, ethnic cleaning of tens of thousands of civilians?

Which part do you disagree with?