Is "openly Jewish" a hate crime under the April Fools Scottish hate crime law?

[lechiffre55]

A Metropolitan police officer threatened to arrest a man for being "Openly Jewish" in London. Is this a hate crime in Scotland under the new hate crime laws?

I think it is. Could someone report it for me please I find it incredibly offensive and racist. I want to see what happens when Scottish Police try to get involved with racist actions taken by the Metropolitan Police.

https://twitter.com/Jebadoo2/status/1781393179683483960

At some stage in the not too distant future there will be an election, and Netanyahu will likely not survive. The best that can be hoped for is an Israeli unity coalition going forward while Israel re-stabilises itself and Gaza is reconstructed.

But that cannot happen until Hamas are defeated, or until Hamas ceases with its Jihadi commitment and releases the remaining hostages - but as you must know Hamas is funded by the Iranian regime, which clearly has its own ideas and agendas about the balance of power in the Middle East. What is certain is that the situation cannot revert to the waay it was before October 7th - and unless Hamas is removed that is what would happen.

Regarding the settlements beyond the Green Line on the West Bank, I imagine in the event of a new Israeli unity government and with an agreement for peace with the Palestinian leadership that the isuse of which settlements remain and which do not would be up for negotiation.

None of this can happen without the co-operation of both sides, though. and without the support of surrounding arab countries and the international community.

(Yes, you are still going with the conspiracy theories i see, whereby Israel did it to itself - because you want for one side to have all the responsibility, and for the other to be the perpetual victim. But that is not how it works, and it is not the truth, either)

It has expanded - and shrunk back and expanded some again, after Wars spurred on by the British and French, and after attacks from neighbouring countries.
And I’m sure by relatively aggressive governments.
Egypt is the country that lost most territory at one point, though maybe the lack of resentment is because they got the Sinai back.

I just read today that Hamas is ready to discuss ceasefire for up to 5 years, conditions etc. I hope a peaceful solution is coming, sooner rather than later.

But back to the OP, why has it been ok for antisemitism to be on the rise? Particularly after this conflict?
How can a jew in London be rebuked for being openly jewish?
He is diaspora, he is not in Israel.
Why is it ok to harass jews in other parts of the world for something that the Israeli government is responsible for?

For people who totally rely on social media for their news and information, there is a real danger of falling for conspiracy theories.

The denial of the October 7th atrocities was initially a niche conspiracy theory, but one which appears to be growing, as young ( and not so young) though ignorant activists ingest readily - as they cast about for 'evidence' to back up their anti Israel position.

These conspiracies mirror past anti semitic narratives that suggest that Jews are behind absolutely everything bad in the world; that they manipulate, and pay for, all manner of things.

Apparently Piers Corbyn, brother of Jeremy "in an interview during a pro-Palestine rally, stated that Israel funds Hamas and had allowed for the hostages to be taken during the attacks. He also claimed that there were no children killed during the attacks and those involved were crisis actors"

This is crazy stuff!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denialofthe_2023_Hamas-led_attack_on_Israel

@fungipie can you please stop with minimising what the men of Hamas did on 7th October. Yes, some inaccurate bullshit circulated in the fog of horror and confusion in the aftermath: that is what happens in such circumstances. But women were raped and mutilated and killed, and children died.

It wasn't just the odd rape:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/world/middleeast/oct-7-attacks-hamas-israel-sexual-violence.html
'A two-month investigation by The Times uncovered painful new details, establishing that the attacks against women were not isolated events but part of a broader pattern of gender-based violence on Oct. 7.'
Some people are busy arguing about the NYT's reporting on this one, so...

Another source:
'rape or GANG rape [my emphasis] in at least three locations'
https://www.vox.com/world-politics/24093631/un-israel-october-7-sexual-violence
'The UN’s office on sexual violence in conflict released a report Monday finding “reasonable grounds to believe” that militants from Gaza did perpetrate sexual violence during their attack on Israel that day, including rape or gang rape in at least three locations. The report also cautioned that significant further investigation would be necessary to establish how widespread such attacks were.'

The UN isn't exactly a friend of Israel.

And children died. We know children died. And children were abducted, too.

I reported your earlier post about this. I am not reporting your later ones. You are damning yourself with your own words.

I am NOT minimising what happened at all- I am saying that a lot of disgusting propaganda which followed, as been proven to be untrue. A massive difference.

However, if Jews in parts of the world openly support and condone what is happening in Palestine at the moment, the killing and starving for 1000s of children and families, then they do have to shoulder some of the responsibilities and reactions.

Oh wow. I think you said the quiet part out loud.

Untrue stories about mass rapes?
A lot of women were raped. Some were gang raped.
But those don't count as mass rapes?
Okay....

Children were tied together before being burnt. There are images of many charred bodies, some bound together, Including the bodies of children. Girl children were raped too - not just women.

Hamas posted images of bodies being dragged around tied to the back of motorbikes - one with the head burnt to a black coal. Multiple images of horrendous barbarity. And yes, this things happened, there were witnesses, survivors, first responders, and also doctors conducting autopsies

Rapes have continued in captivity too. Some who have been released have shared testimony of disgusting abuses that occured in the tunnels.

I've a mind to report you for spreading hateful conspiracy theories........Have you no shame at all?

I'm not gong to engage with your wilful blindness again.

Lies. Nothing has been proven untrue at all.

We also don’t hear much about Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of Hassan Yousef, a founder of Hamas and leader in the West Bank (people keep saying Hamas is not in the West Bank oddly enough). There are interviews and speeches at the UN available if you Google but they don’t seem to make it to mainstream news.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c2NaiX-hvVQ

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pjOEJumoABg

He also did an interview with Dr Phil in the US recently with some Palestinian activists from a US University which was rather eye opening.

He is one amazingly brave guy and should be listened to.

Thanks for that!