Jewish people have to take security very seriously in schools here.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c623d7z1rxg5o

Antisemitism here in the UK is appalling.

I was once a 'Grren' no more due to the hatred Antisemitism in the party.

I share your feelings.

He's a very useful screen, in the same way as Zak Polanski.

I can't venture onto CITME. Many of the posts cause me genuine sorrow, horror and pain.

I sometimes go on it, just to correct the wild inaccuracies, which gives me great pleasure.

We all get posters mixed up. I've done it before. Rest assured you will never see FP next to my username 🙂

I'm usually more careful. But was feeling a bit spiky today. I appreciate your grace in accepting my apology.

My kids came home from school asking me and their dad “who do you support, Israel or Palestine” as if it was as simple as a football match. They are 8 and 10, why/how on earth are kids that young picking this up from schools?! They both proudly told me that they support Palestine and then listed stuff we shouldn’t buy anymore because of the “boycott list”. My family heritage is Jewish. We have close family friends who are Jewish and I absolutely gave the kids what for. We live on the same street as a synagogue and there are Jewish kids in their school. It’s rare that they see me as angry with them as I was on that day. Why is this stuff being tolerated in schools?! It’s absolutely disgusting.

The recent Green conference where they passed the ZIR motion was terrifying. They were selling the conspiracy book 'The Invention of the Jewish People' and Mothin Ali aggressively singled out a Jewish journalist.

Racism and bigotry need to be addressed no matter who is being targeted or who is doing the targeting.

My local Jewish school has constant security. They stopped after school activities, children have to hide their uniforms, and they have had to hire a private bus service to take children to and from school. Even so, the children were attacked when adults broke into the bus and screamed at them.

At my DC's school, a parent came in on 7 Oct wearing a shirt displaying Israel wiped off the map.

People feel uncomfortable addressing this because it's not being perpetrated by the 'far right'. But they need to, otherwise the UK will end up like Iran.

People feel uncomfortable addressing this because it's not being perpetrated by the 'far right'. But they need to, otherwise the UK will end up like Iran.

Yes, people are totally blind to fascism when it's dressed up differently. Enormous wealth and power, and clearly expressed - not to mention blatantly enacted - genocidal intent, have somehow been sold to us as "the poor, helpless underdog facing genocide."

I think the people who fall for it underestimate so many things about this situation and its perpetrators.

I thought what @PurpleThistle7 was interesting, about how our younger selves were pretty right-on. That sort of thing seems to be an inevitable stage of youth, especially among students. I remember marching for CND, the miners strike, and so on. But all that was pretty harmless compared with this.

The Green party are monsters.

Iran got where they are today because they thought they were so evolved, liberal and democratic that couldn't see what was happening in their country until it was too late. Sounds familiar..

You're right, @Beachtastic- it's still fascist. Hamas are fascist, their acolytes and excusers in the West display the same alarming beliefs. The Green Party is a a prime example of that.

It's chilling... like The Nazis, A Warning from History.
Heed the warning.

I was totally confused!

Nodding along agreeing with all the comments (well, almost all but I arrived too late to see the posts that got deleted) and then was, What??

Just the usual passive aggressive chant on a thread about Jewish children being in danger.

I'm spending less time on there now. The rampant hate and inability to see both sides takes a toll in the end. Feel better for taking a step back.

Glad I missed that one @LuckyHazelFox for the sake of my blood pressure.

I don't blame you. You can probably imagine what got deleted though.

Why do these threads always turn into hate for Palestinians?

Why not just focus on what the thread is about, Jewish school security?

People bringing in their own agendas is just bizarre.

Who has enormous wealth and power?

Because it's the Palestinian cause which has been weaponised for antisemitism, and fuelling attacks on the Jewish community, and in this case, the harrasment and threats school children face.
If you haven't read @PurpleThistle7's accounts, I would recommend that you do.
To add: I have seen no hate for Palestinians on here. Report it if you do.

I stand by every word.

I know the sort of thing only too well from hanging out on the CITME board more than was good for me.

The strange thing is, no one thinks they're antisemitic. It's understandable that no one want to admit to it. But I genuinely think most people who parrot antisemitic claptrap think they are the good guys and against the the bullying of minorities. They just forget that Jewish people are minorities too (very much so in the UK).

Why does that justify calling the Palestinians cause a scam?

News flash: calling their cause a scam IS hate.

I welcome your insight into Jewish children and school security, what points would you like to make about it?

Because there is a direct correlation between the acceptance of anti Israel/ anti 'Zionist' narratives encouraged by that cause and the emboldment of anti-semites.
It is not a coincidence that people supporting that cause have been recorded as pro-hamas, pro-houthi, pro-hezbollah & pro-IRGC, none of whom are acting in the best interests of those people they claim to support.

Yes, that's the worrying thing. They don't see the hate and the bigotry. They don't see the impact on a community under siege and children not safe at school.