How many have been arrested in pro Israel rallies against antisemitism ?

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None.

Yet 96 pro Palestinians have been arrested in hate marches in London under anti terrorism law.

I think that is telling in itself

Noone is stopping them voicing opinions. They are only stopped if they break the law

‘Utter stupidity to try and stop these planes from killing people’?? Seriously. And yes, israel has committed many many acts of terror, which, thank God for the internet, the world is witnessing.

Straight out of a GCSE politics class.

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‘Utter stupidity’ to try and stop these planes from killing people?? Seriously. And yes, israel has committed many many acts of terror, which, thank God for the internet, the world is witnessing.

I live in England. If we were at war tomorrow, I would want all my country's military aircraft, intact.

"People protesting against a genocide" are not labelled as terrorists. People "protesting" by breaking into MOD property and causing millions of £ of damage to the UK's defence capabilities are. (Causing deliberate damage on that scale is "being violent".)

Oh how witty. Just like your eye roll emojis.

I have marked many a GCSE essay, amongst others. I'm just pointing out I'm reminded of those days.

So they don’t even have the 'excuse' that they were protesting against 'genocide', starvation etc!

Presumably the GCSE curriculum was based on fact.
But I in reality you are having a dig at me personally for what I wrote. I could write a Masters dissertation if you prefer but it would take too long and this thread would have moved on.

israel have been killing Palestinians long before 7th October. Do a little research.

Your dissertation would need to contain much evidence to support your hypothesis - factual, not emotive, that is.

I know all about the history of the Middle East, thanks. Probably a lot more than you do, despite your patronising tone.

Sadly there are territorial conflicts all over the world. Funny how it’s just this one that some people are interested in or care about (and cared about even before the current disaster in Gaza).

I have friends who are Israeli and I have sympathy with those who lost friends and family in the October attacks. That said, we cannot and must not turn a blind eye to what is happening now, which is out and out ethnic cleansing. I had to pull over in my car the other day as they played a recording on the radio of an eight year old boy finding his class mate dead, he was just wailing and as someone with an eight year old, it just made me weep. If this isn’t genocide what is it? What did that boy do? What did the people waiting in queues for aid or in hospital do? Palestine Action are largely people at the end of their tether, who can’t believe that the world is letting this happen. Why are we staying silent, why are we still arming Israel or training their defence? I can understand how people are forced to take to the streets, how else will anyone take action?

@Samiloffname one other ‘territorial conflict’ which is as disproportionate as this one in terms of one being a global superpower and one being a group of displaced, marginalised people who have been degraded and dehumanised for years?

Me patronising yet you presume to know more about the Middle East than me. Ironic.
It’s not ‘funny’ how people care about this one. You also don’t know what other conflicts people care about. And why must we qualify our support for Palestine by demonstrating how much we support other causes? ( I was waiting for this one to come up again).

Don’t you worry. I have lots of factual evidence.

@BibiSuzanne was clear that Palestine Action were formed and 'protesting' before the current war.

You don’t have to demonstrate that you support other causes. It’s just interesting to speculate why it’s this one in particular that excites such strong feelings (even before the current situation in Gaza, which I condemn).

Just as it would be interesting to speculate why a black driver speeding was pulled over by police when white drivers speeding were not.

Would you criticize Italy if it did what Israel is doing?

Yes, and things are far worse now so that is why there is more support for PA. As well as many people think it ridiculous to class it as a terrorist organisation.

The marches are a separate thing to PA btw.

Except we now have the Palestine action coalition. This virtue signalling is relentless.

And I didn't see any reports of anyone arrested with the 10,000 that marched on Dublin yesterday (as well as smaller marches around the country)