Why are the 'But Palestine...' posters not very interested in Iran

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Was reading another thread and soneone made this point.

Is it because Hamas is funded by Iran and is the de facto government of Gaza?

You really don't understand the difference between civilians being killed in a war and civilians being killed by their own gouvenment for protesting?

And yes if the IDF opened fire on Israelis protesting against the gouvenment then I would protest against it.

Ahhh the holding Israel to a higher standard!!
Of course!

Until you remember that post 9/11 the USA and UK wiped out half a million civilians in the Middle East during the "War On Terror".
You know that whole thing where Islamic terrorists struck our sovreign nations (don't forget the tube) and our military might went "fuck this" and dragged most of Al Qaeda out of their tunnels while levelling the landscapes and killing whoever got in the damned way.

I don't remember any desire to "boycott" UK or American products at the time.
No parading on the streets in keffiyeh's declaring the murder of American office workers to be freedom fighting at it's finest, no catchy chants advocating for the eradication of sovereign nations.
I do remember the conspiracy theories circulating that Israel was responsible though, because the hatred is old and entrenched, as well as hotly denied, obvz.

Back to higher standards though, because Israel. 😂

Personally, I find the actions of Hamas, Israel, and the Iranian government equally abhorrent, and I don't get this rampant desire to pick a side when there are no good sides to pick.

I also don't get the "if you think X is wrong, then you obviously don't care about Y", sentiment that seems to be rife around this topic. It is a childish and unintelligent argument.

Israel has to fight for her very existence. Iran has supplied Hamas, Hizbollah and Houti terrorists with the means to carry out rocket and bombing attacks on Israel citizens constantly.

This.

there are protests in London outside the Iranian embassy. a big one last Saturday. Look it up if you want to join.

Every weekend outside the Embassy but they get next to no media attention. They are nothing like or as big as the pro Pal marches and demos organised and funded by the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (some of whose funds comes from the TUC).

I agree with you.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czr0lykl4g4o

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/iran-rally-stjohns-9.7091271

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/15/rallies-held-across-the-world-in-support-of-irans-anti-government-protesters

https://www.euronews.com/2026/02/14/hundreds-of-thousands-gather-in-munich-demanding-regime-change-in-iran-amid-ongoing-protes

https://news.sky.com/story/200-000-people-protest-against-iran-regime-as-world-leaders-gather-nearby-13507668

Covered by most major news networks.

They do get media attention and what is happening in Iran does get media attention. I have seen more about Iran than Gaza in the media lately.

I understand why more people protest against Israel as they are supposed to be a civilised nation, an ally we support and they are in the Eurovision Song Contest. Previous posters have probably explained it better. I don’t join those protests by the way. I think there are a lot of people I don’t want to associate myself with on those marches, but I have stopped buying Israeli goods and actively make sure I don’t.
Our supermarket shelves are not full of oranges from iran…

Spot on. They don’t seem to give a crap about the ongoing massacre in Sudan either. I wonder why that could be 🤔

Any interest from those protestors in Sudan? Ah no, of course not. Slaughters don’t matter unless there are Jews you can try to blame. Gross.

And it's not just Muslims killing Muslims. There are persecuted minorities in Iran such as Bahais.

@Martymcfly24 these were all from this weekend. The protests have been going on since early January but it has taken weeks for the media to catch up.

The UK sells a miniscule amount of arms components to Israel. This is BS.

And Syrians are killing their Druze population.

Seriously? You think Israel is as bad as Iran? I wonder which country would you rather live in?

None of this matters to the Palestine Action protestors though @SharonEllis - the slaughter of innocents in Iran, in Sudan - not a peep out of them. We all know why.

I have, sadly but without surprise, concluded that it's a classic case of, 'No Jews, no news'.

There is a lot of latent and not-so-latent antisemitism around.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy09yvd57x2o

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/01/17/they-are-killing-in-silence-dublin-protesters-fear-for-loved-ones-at-home-in-iran/

https://news.sky.com/story/violent-disorder-at-irans-london-embassy-leaves-four-in-hospital-13495225

https://www.thejournal.ie/iran-protest-dublin-6937244-Jan2026/

All from January.

You find Hamas, Israel, and the Iranian regime equally abhorrent eh?

How can you honestly say this?

Which of the above 3 shoots its own citizens wothout trial in the streets?
Which of them have functional economies? Decent levels of employment?
Which of them have equal rights for women? Gay people? Which of them blind and kill women for incorrect wearing of head gear?
Which of them have a nominally secular constitution and allow freedom of religion?
Which of them follow an extremely conservative read of religion to infiltrate literally every sphere of life- with all the oppression that brings in particular to women? Which of them hold elections?

Its unbelievably ignorant to say the 3 are equally abhorrent. I can't believe how often this shit pops up on here. Its absolutely infuriating.

Its deranged.

Oh please. Nobody can argue that Iran has had anything like the coverage, the level of protest or profile or the level of social media traffic as Gaza. Its objectively nonsense.

Many of the US and European Jewish Diaspora are also campaigning against the actions of the Israeli Government in Gaza. Hundreds of Rabbis, Cantors and Academics are amongst them. In the long Jewish tradition of supporting human rights eg a certain Jesus Christ, I believe. (Incidentally we should all be concerned about Zelenski, the leader of Ukraine, joining a standing ovation by the Canadian Parliament for a SS soldier who massacred Poles and Jews in WW2.) We need to be more careful who we back.

Because it's about Jew hate, plain and simple. Have you seen the Pro Pally interviews online? They simply don't have the intelligence to understand world history and current affairs. They prefer to get their propaganda from good old Tiktok University