The British state clearly wants to find a way to scare British citizens away from supporting the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to resist occupation by all available means, including by armed struggle.
FREE PALESTINE!!!! Armed resistance to an occupier is legal under international law. Israel, Britain and America are terrorist supporting States! The British intelligence agencies involved are thugs!
that is being deployed as a gagging order, criminalising the right to openly express "a belief or opinion", in particular here, to acknowledge the right to resist the permanent occupation which is officially illegal. Such draconian legislation regarding the amendment of the Terrorism Act 2000 was brought into force in April this year through pressure exerted by the Israel Lobby, with bodies such as the Community Security Trust receiving substantial financing via the Home Office which itself is servile to the Ministry of Strategic Affairs in Israel, which, again, is hand in glove with the coalition of Evangelical Zionist movements in the USA. Until the Zionist entity is shattered into a thousand pieces and scattered to the winds, we will not see an end to this. It is an existential issue for humanity and our world must rise against it. It is nothing less than a novel form of fascism which conjures the perception of the perpetrator as the victim. As Tony has clearly explained to me, we must all political and religious differences aside and unite in solidarity to bring an end to such monstrous evil.
Call me a coward, if you like, but all of this does scare me! There are other reasons why I haven't been attending large marches or protests - disabilities, physical and mental health issues, living a long way away from anywhere of significance, having family who are extremely dependent on me... - but these arrests and the way they've been conducted and the brutality with which police officers have been treating people are an added reason that holds me back whenever my intense anger against the Zionist entity encourages me to attempt to overcome these other obstacles.
I have great admiration for those who continue to act and speak out prominently despite all of the obstacles and only hope that, by doing my bit of clicktivism, educating myself and those around me and offering some financial and moral support, I'm contributing my mite to the cause.
All this is very frightening. The risk must be considered. My family asks me to not do a blog or podcast for Palestine. It's hard for me but they have a good argument. I found other ways like supporting a family in Gaza (thank goodness they are still alive). I wear my Gaza keffiyeh and finally receive no argument from family. I deal with some dirty looks from strangers but where we live support is good for Gaza. Mostly it's the NA TO base next door that gets on my nerves. The UK is a scary place now.
FREE PALESTINE!!!! Armed resistance to an occupier is legal under international law. Israel, Britain and America are terrorist supporting States! The British intelligence agencies involved are thugs!
You have failed to mention the recent arrest of Tony Greenstein !
Piece was written before Asa, Tony, Haim and Natalie arrested!
Apologies David - thank you for clarifying
Amazing that so many more arrested in the meantime.
It is the proscription of Section 12 (1a)
that is being deployed as a gagging order, criminalising the right to openly express "a belief or opinion", in particular here, to acknowledge the right to resist the permanent occupation which is officially illegal. Such draconian legislation regarding the amendment of the Terrorism Act 2000 was brought into force in April this year through pressure exerted by the Israel Lobby, with bodies such as the Community Security Trust receiving substantial financing via the Home Office which itself is servile to the Ministry of Strategic Affairs in Israel, which, again, is hand in glove with the coalition of Evangelical Zionist movements in the USA. Until the Zionist entity is shattered into a thousand pieces and scattered to the winds, we will not see an end to this. It is an existential issue for humanity and our world must rise against it. It is nothing less than a novel form of fascism which conjures the perception of the perpetrator as the victim. As Tony has clearly explained to me, we must all political and religious differences aside and unite in solidarity to bring an end to such monstrous evil.
Do you have updated statistics on how many arrests, house searches, etc. there have been now?
The same in Canada:
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/silencing-pro-palestinian-voices-why-is-canada-subsidizing-ngo-monitors-anti-free-speech-agenda/
https://www.foreignpolicy.ca/
https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/news/
https://www.cjpme.org/
Call me a coward, if you like, but all of this does scare me! There are other reasons why I haven't been attending large marches or protests - disabilities, physical and mental health issues, living a long way away from anywhere of significance, having family who are extremely dependent on me... - but these arrests and the way they've been conducted and the brutality with which police officers have been treating people are an added reason that holds me back whenever my intense anger against the Zionist entity encourages me to attempt to overcome these other obstacles.
I have great admiration for those who continue to act and speak out prominently despite all of the obstacles and only hope that, by doing my bit of clicktivism, educating myself and those around me and offering some financial and moral support, I'm contributing my mite to the cause.
Here's to a free Palestine 🇵🇸
Solidarity to all from SW 🏴
All this is very frightening. The risk must be considered. My family asks me to not do a blog or podcast for Palestine. It's hard for me but they have a good argument. I found other ways like supporting a family in Gaza (thank goodness they are still alive). I wear my Gaza keffiyeh and finally receive no argument from family. I deal with some dirty looks from strangers but where we live support is good for Gaza. Mostly it's the NA TO base next door that gets on my nerves. The UK is a scary place now.