‘Keep The World Clean’

[ChalkWitch]

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/keep-world-clean-anti-semitic-poster-palestine-israel-warsaw-outrage/

Wow. I realise these incidents are on the up but that’s so blatant. She goes on to dissemble:

She continued: “I do not support the killing of civilians, of course, but I support Hamas and Palestinians’ rights to stand up for themselves.”

She openly supports Hamas. This is a medical student. She also stated that the banner referred to the Israeli government not Jewish people or Israelis in general. Yeah, alright love, pull the other one it has got bells on…

I’m not sure what I’m asking here- just so shocked to see this.

I have watched antisemitism creeping into the mainstream, particularly via the "anti imperial" left (who don't understand what imperialism is) and it's been a slow but powerful process.

I would have always considered myself left leaning and was comfortable with that. There was some issues I would have disagreed with the stance of the left and that used to be okay. However, the mainstream left has changed and they make me increasingly uncomfortable. In order to be part of the left you must agree with them on all issues and any dissent means you are a far right fascist. I just don’t agree that you can take any conflict in Middle East and have clear bad guys and good guys. Too much has happened there and too many innocents have lost their lives.

Some of the wording people use makes it sound like the Jews don’t belong there and portrays them as colonists. If they don’t belong there where do they belong. The Palestinians also belong there. Both people should get to live their lives in peace and prosperity.

However, the question that I keep coming back to is that if Israel are to be seen as anyway weak or let attacks on them slide will the Jewish people be safe from their neighbouring countries? That is why I have always felt a bit uncomfortable by the lefts position on this conflict. Having said that I don’t want innocents anywhere to suffer and die.

To me it looks like a resolution in the region is further away than ever before.

Basically in my long ramble what I am trying to say is I think it’s incredibly dangerous when as a society we take on opinions or beliefs because they align with our politics. It’s becoming apparent how some of the atrocities of the past occurred tbh and it looks plausible for them to happen again.

Agreed @LemonyTicket

Crunching even though I vote Tory, I agree with your point. I have noticed what used to be the liberal left become the intolerant (woke) left. There used to be more a fight for freedoms eg I was appalled the left supported covid lock downs - it would never have done so in the past. The left seems to have lost its way in having "one right view" rather than being a broad church of tolerance of different view points (and I am not suggesting we Tories are perfect on this either).

Yes, police powers to prevent public order offences are in practice mob rule enforced by the State as and when it sees fit. The government could end that, if it wanted to, by placing limits on those powers. It chooses not to.

You won't get 100,000 people to march in London in support of Israel, short of something truly apocalyptic happening. And mob rule is largely a numbers game.

@Xenia I agree but probably not in such an eloquent way. I have always been a Labour supporter but even i have doubted the 'you have to agree on everything or your cancelled' angle such as with gender politics.
I won't be told what to believe.

Healthy debate has disappeared. Opposing views are ok.

Stick her in the bin!

Probably that symbol meant to government but not people.

Bloody hell. That's appalling.

Keep the World Clean??? I've no time for the Israeli government but WTAF?

Dan Hodges posted this before. Must be awful for Jewish residents to witness this

https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status/1717106961152446604

No. It can only mean one thing.