Here’s some of the anti-Palestinian racism and terrorism that Keir Starmer’s Labour loves
It didn’t take long, after Priti Patel announced that the UK was to proscribe the political organisation that forms the government of Palestine, for the attacks on Jeremy Corbyn to start landing.
Here’s some ‘Mercan called Jackson Wolf Pincus demonstrating the kind of ignorance we have come to expect from people of – shall we say – a certain persuasion:
Hey man, as someone from Tacoma who lives in the UK I beg you to simply shut up about stuff you have no idea about, because you are making the side look bad.
— Dr Eleanor Janega (@GoingMedieval) November 20, 2021
Rather than shut up, though, Jackson doubled down – prompting a well-deserved put-down as follows:
Has anyone else noticed that Jews who support apartheid and ethnic-cleansing invariably hate Jeremy Corbyn, and Jews who oppose apartheid and ethnic-cleansing like him?
It's almost as if Corbyn appeals to Jews who aren't massive racists. https://t.co/PpMFoSoyeM
— Frank Owen's Legendary Paintbrush🥀🇵🇸🇾🇪 (@OwenPaintbrush) November 21, 2021
Yes indeed, it does seem the case that Jeremy Corbyn’s pacifist, anti-terror stance appeals both to supporters of Palestinian self-determination and to non-racist Jews (and you should bear in mind that many people are both).
The Hamas story also led to debate about whether Patel’s decision was justified, or if other organisations or governments might deserve similar treatment.
The government of Israel, perhaps?
Can't seem to find the Hamas equivalent for the funding that goes to many of our MPs by the Apartheid States supporters in the UK?
The truth is it's the Apartheid States Lobby that's polluted our Democracy not Hamas.https://t.co/hx7LoZsdXx pic.twitter.com/DHadmY36q0
— Steve W (@StevenGWalker74) November 21, 2021
It’s an accurate criticism. There’s a very clear paper trail that leads from MPs – on all sides of Parliament – to the Israeli Embassy and that nation’s government. Many of our MPs appear to be in that government’s pocket.
Among them is Keir Starmer, the Labour Party leader who persecutes both Muslims and left-wing Jews, sparing his sympathy only for those who echo his wholehearted support for apartheid Israel and its violence to the Palestinians it holds captive.
So it should be no surprise that Starmer has whipped Labour MPs to support Patel’s proscription of Hamas. He wants to make sure Palestinians know that the UK supports Israel against them, no matter which party is in power, never mind the fact that Labour is supposed to support self-determination for both Israel and Palestine, and never mind the fact that Labour’s sovereign decision-maker – the party conference – voted to condemn Israel in September.
Many people, it seems, believe Starmer is right to support Israeli atrocities. Perhaps they don’t understand what is really going on.
If you know such people, show them this:
https://twitter.com/HananJu1972/status/1462513865451782152
Let’s focus down onto Palestinian children. Many of us have kids, right?
How would we feel if our children were treated in the same way as those in the thread below – bearing in mind that Keir Starmer supports, to the hilt, everything that has happened to them?
Thread: 2021 is already the deadliest year for Palestinian children since 2014. @DCIPalestine had documented the killings of 78 Palestinian children at the hands of Israeli forces and civilians. This #ChildrensDay, we’re sharing their names, faces, and stories.
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
On May 5, Israeli forces shot and killed Said Yousef Mohammad Odeh, 16, in Odala. He was struck with live ammunition in the back near his right shoulder and pelvis and both bullets exited from the front. Said was a rising soccer star. https://t.co/1YayjWQoqT pic.twitter.com/46d4WuAj9v
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
An Israeli airstrike in Beit Hanoun on May 10 killed Hussein Muneer Hussein Hamad, 11; Ibrahim Abdullah Mohammad Hassanain, 16; Ibrahim Yousef Attalla al-Masri, 11; Marwan Yousef Attalla al-Masri, 6; Rahaf Mohammad Attalla al-Masri, 10; and Yazan Sultan Mohammad al-Masri, 2. pic.twitter.com/nqNK1vkjtw
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
Israeli forces shot and killed Rashid Mohammad Rashid Abu Arra, 16, with live ammunition in the northern occupied West Bank on May 12. https://t.co/yv5rIPiTAw
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
Israeli forces shot and killed Bashar Ahmad Ibrahim Samour, 17, in Abasan Al-Jadida in the southern Gaza Strip. He worked as a farmer near the perimeter fence and was connecting irrigation piping when he was shot with live ammunition by Israeli forces. pic.twitter.com/DmqNkMh0UA
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
On May 13, an Israeli drone-fired missile killed 17-year-old Khaled Imad Khaled Qanou in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip. https://t.co/YdFb4LL4yf
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
Israeli forces targeted residential areas in Al-Bureij refugee camp on May 13, killing Ahmad Rami Mahmoud al-Hawajri, 13, (pictured) with a drone-fired missile and 13-year-old Lina Mohammad Mahmoud Issa with an airstrike from an Israeli warplane. pic.twitter.com/Zqf6gV0Mzu
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
Israeli warplanes fired at least 20 missiles at a densely populated neighborhood in Beit Lahiya on May 13. The Israeli attack killed 4 brothers: Ismail, 7; Amir, 6; Adham, 4; and Mohammad Rafat Mohammad Tanani, 2, as well as the boys’ parents. https://t.co/YdFb4LL4yf
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
On May 14, two Israeli missiles hit Mahmoud al-Attar’s home in Beit Lahia, killing Amira Mohammad Mahmoud al-Attar, 6, and her two brothers, Islam Mohammad Mahmoud al-Attar, 8, and nine-month-old Mohammad Zain Mohammad Mahmoud al-Attar & their mother. https://t.co/YdFb4LL4yf
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
An Israeli airstrike killed 4 of Alaa Abu Hatab's children, Yamen Alaa Mohammad Abu Hatab, 5; Bilal Alaa Mohammad Abu Hatab, 9; Yousef Alaa Mohammad Abu Hatab, 10; and their sister, Miriam Alaa Mohammad Abu Hatab, 7. Their mother, Yasmeen, was killed alongside her children. pic.twitter.com/0jmxlfLXEy
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
Israeli warplanes launched dozens of airstrikes around 1 a.m. on May 16 on Al-Wehda street in Gaza City, targeting residential buildings and civilian infrastructure. DCIP documented 18 Palestinian children killed in the Israeli aerial attacks. https://t.co/09C6y8XfJH
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
Brothers Adam, 3, and Zaid Izzat Mu’in al-Qawlaq, 8, were also killed in the May 16 Israeli attack on Al-Wehda street, alongside Hana, 14, and her brother, Ahmad Shukri Ameen al-Qawlaq, 15; Dima Rami Riad al-Ifranji, 15, and six-month-old Qusai Sameh Fawwaz al-Qawlaq. pic.twitter.com/hRACO5ioGe
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
Mohammad Khalil Younis Mohammad Freijat, 14, was struck in the head with Israeli-fired live ammunition on May 12, in Hebron’s Bab Al-Zawya neighborhood while shopping with his friends. He died from his injuries in Hebron 4 days later on May 16. https://t.co/93dC4wqFLS
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
On May 17, an Israeli drone-fired missile strike killed Yousef Rafeeq Ismail al-Baz, 13, on the spot, around noon, and critically injured the boy’s 16-year-old brother, Ramadan. The al-Baz family home was directly struck by the missile. pic.twitter.com/yrw8YNZamy
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
Israeli forces shot Islam Wael Fahmi Dar Nasser, 16, in the head with live ammunition on May 18 in the village of Bil'in. He was killed during a demonstration as Israeli forces confronted Palestinian protestors in the village near. https://t.co/ITiAfHKT4p
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
On May 17, Israeli forces shot and killed 17-year-old Zuhdi Muhannad Zuhdi al-Tawil in occupied East Jerusalem after he allegedly committed a stabbing attack at a light rail station. https://t.co/RnllcmMJMQ
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
A few days later in Beita, on June 16, Israeli forces shot Ahmad Zahi Ibrahim Bani-Shamsa, 15, in the head with live ammunition. Ahmad, left, and Mohammad, right, who was killed five days earlier, were friends. https://t.co/nPzs7GiINz pic.twitter.com/Xh86QdRaXR
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
Mohammad Mo’ayyad Bahjat Abu Sara, 11, was shot and killed by Israeli forces around 3 p.m. as he sat in his father’s car near the entrance to the town of Beit Ummar located north of Hebron. https://t.co/idZAWWHRaW
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
Imad Khaled Saleh Hashash, 15, was shot and killed by Israeli forces on August 24 as he stood on the roof of his home watching as Israeli forces conducted a raid in the Balata refugee camp located southeast of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. https://t.co/9QaEtDrKAz
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
Amjad Osama Jalal Abu Sultan, 14, was shot and killed by Israeli forces around 10 p.m. on October 14 after he allegedly lit a Molotov cocktail in Beit Jala, west of Bethlehem near Route 60, a main north-to-south route in the occupied West Bank. https://t.co/h7JdoLAeUT
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
On November 18, an armed Israeli civilian shot and killed 16-year-old Omar Ibrahim Ayoub Abu Assab after he allegedly attacked two Israeli paramilitary border police officers in occupied East Jerusalem. https://t.co/7k2akcRV79
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) November 20, 2021
It’s a catalogue of terror – and one that is incomplete because I am sure there are many murders that are hushed up by the Israeli authorities.
Keir Starmer supports this terror, and so does Priti Patel. Remember that she was forced to resign from Theresa May’s cabinet after trying to run her own policy on Israel, using public money, during and after a visit to that country to meet top politicians there, while claiming to be on holiday.
Nobody should excuse deaths and other harm that Hamas or other Palestinians have caused. Blame for the Israel-Palestine conflict lies on both sides.
But when one starts bandying around words like “terrorist”, one should apply it fairly.
Looking at the way Israel forces Palestinian people to live, and the disproportionate number of deaths and injuries suffered by Palestinians in comparison to Israeli, it is clear that Palestine is not the only country run by terrorists.
What does that say about its supporters like Starmer and Patel – and all those UK politicians who have taken money in return for their support?
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I have never been a Corbyn supporter but I have always held the opinion he has been unfairly and viciously destroyed by the Israeli government, UK Media and Westminster. The Palestinians have been robbed of their land, dignity and often their lives by the apartheid and ethnic cleansing Israelis.
I have always been outraged at the way the Israeli government causing genocide on the palestinians. same as the native americans, africans australian aborignals everywhere. Sheme on you people who seem to think this is ok, or to dare to say I am antisemitic for voicing this, what a bloody get .out that is.
No one seems to of mentioned that Pritis Path to hell was once caught trying to give taxpayers money to the Israeli army surely this is a conflict of interest and she should be nowhere near government.