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Charlotte Church answers accusations of Israel’s propagandists

Reckless hate is a terrible thing – not least because it leaves the hater as vulnerable as those they attack.

So it should be with those who have attacked the singer Charlotte Church for supporting Palestine on the march in London last Saturday (March 9, 2024).

They’ve called her every name under the sun, apparently, in a flailing attempt to discredit her and what she did.

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But this time they are dealing with someone of higher quality, as is clear from her reply:

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Oscar winners – and the Academy – call for peace in Gaza

Jonathan Glazer, director of Oscar-winnerĀ The Zone of Interest, has made a passionate plea for peace in Gaza at this year’s award ceremony.

The Zone of InterestĀ won the Oscar for Best International Film at this year’s (2024) ceremony. It covers the life of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hőss and his family, living in the zone of interest next to the extermination camp.

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The film’s connection with the Nazi genocide of the Jews meant Mr Glazer had a clear opportunity to discuss the Israeli genocide in Gaza – and he did not pass it up:

His speech continued as quoted below by Yonah Lieberman:

Here’s what he meant, for the hard-of-thinking who will try to hijack his words:

It was an excellent time to make such a statement because others present at the ceremony were also ready to declare their support for a ceasefire (and about time too):

Inevitably, the Zionists and genocide-supporters took Mr Glazer’s words and twisted them:

It was a transparent lie. What Mr Glazer said was that he refuted the hijacking of both his (and his collaborators’) Jewishness and the Holocaust by the Israelis who occupied Palestine (including Gaza) in order to justify the current genocide.

Meanwhile, here’s an Israeli rabbi:

This was an actual Jewish rabbi, demanding that an entire population should be destroyed, down to the last child. He is spitting in the faces of his own countryfolk who lived through the Shoah (or whose ancestors did) and in the faces of all those who have ever said, “Never again,” and meant it.

Who do you think is on the side of reason?


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Charlotte Church charms the country at National March for Palestine

Here’s somebody who can do no wrong, it seems.

This Writer has been a big fan of Charlotte Church ever since she first got involved in politics, and it is no surprise to me that she is on the right side of history again.

On Saturday (March 9), she joined the National March for Palestine – alongside a quarter of million other people, by the way; don’t believe anyone who suggests it was fewer than that – and charmed the masses with her audience-participation tribute to the women of Palestine:

Afterwards, she spoke movingly and straightforwardly about why so many people came out – and they’ll continue doing it – to demand peace:

She also spoke toĀ Novara Media about why she felt the need to be a part of this movement, despite the threat of being labelled as an anti-Semite (or worse):

Of course, she was right about being labelled:

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The question for you is, who would you prefer to be identified with – the bloodthirsty warmongers who have nothing to say other than to resort to name-calling, or the woman who says this:

Who would you choose?

The event had been overshadowed, in the days leading up to it, by concerns raised by politicians of every colour that it would be a chance for anti-Semites to turn London into a “no-go” zone for Jewish people.

Here’s one such politician – and here’s Ms Church with a reasonable response (the clip’s creator has also edited in her performance, as you’ve already seen above):

Her words have been borne out by others, includingĀ Sky‘s Jason Farrell:

Even David Baddiel agreed on this:

There is no reason to believe London becomes anything like a “no-go” zone for Jewish people when so many of them take part in the demonstrations. Here’s Just Jews:

And here are everybody else, behaving perfectly peacefully:

Perhaps this is the best message to close the article:

“In our thousands, in our millions, we are all Palestinians.” As an expression of intent, that is a message that should make the likes of Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer think again. But will it?


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Galloway by-election win rattles Sunak; he’ll crack down harder on protest against him

Sunak’s speech: look at that face. He knows the game’s up.

Rishi Sunak has responded to George Galloway’s pro-Palestine by-election win in Rochdale with a speech attacking the new MP himself – and also peaceful protest.

His comments outside Downing Street were pre-publicised, meaning some of us were able to speculate on what he would say…

… and that was very close to the fact of it:

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While he did not announce new laws against protest, Sunak did encourage police to act more strongly during events – attracting heavy criticism:

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The speech has provoked strident responses from both pro-Palestine protesters and the Workers’ Party of Britain, whose MP George Galloway now is:

Sunak was really saying he would do everything he could to silence Galloway and stop the protests against the genocide that Israel is carrying out in Gaza.

If you are as disgusted by this revolting display as This Writer, you have two options. The first is to join peaceful protests and bear witness to attempts at suppression by police, acting as Sunak’s political puppets as described in his speech.

The other is to vote for parties other than either the Conservatives or Labour. Remember:

Sunak and Starmer – and the parties they lead – are as bad as each other. Rochdale has shown the way and it is for those of us in other constituencies to follow.


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Smear campaign fails; Aaron Bushnell’s message cuts through

Extreme: Aaron Bushnell’s protest was fatal – and nobody should suggest that it be replicated. But it is a form of protest that has been recognised by former US President Barack Obama. Perhaps that is why pro-genocide Israel supporters have tried to smear the late serviceman’s good name by attributing faked anti-Semitic messages to him.

US Armed Forces veterans are burning their uniforms in solidarity with Aaron Bushnell’s call for a free Palestine.

Bushnell died after self-immolating (he set himself on fire) outside the Israeli Embassy in the United States in protest against Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza that his government is supporting.

His – extreme – protest has cut through to the consciences of others who have been members of the US forces:

This is despite a desperate attempt to discredit Bushnell by faking posts on his Reddit account:

Owen Jones – and Marc Owen Jones (no relation) blew that one wide open:

Let’s hope the movement in the US Armed Forces – and among the public – grows, until the politicians are forced to give up their bloodthirsty policy of genocide against innocent people, including children.

Oh – and to those who want to suggest that Bushnell was mentally ill or that supporting what he was saying is the same as supporting suicide, don’t argue with me; argue with Barack Obama instead:

Whose side would you take in this?

The side of the man who gave up his life to make his colleagues and countryfolk realise what is right? Or the side of the liars who fabricated falsehoods to discredit him and his message?

Violent COUNCILLORS try to stifle ‘Free Palestine’ calls in Chorley

Remember when these people flooded into London last October to demonstrate against Israel’s genocide in Gaza? If they were violent, they could have turned our capital city into a replica of that ruined Palestinian enclave. But they didn’t because they were peaceful. It is the politicians who denigrate them that are violent.

Violence is always the resort of the ruling class.

In the clip below – taken at a council meeting in Chorley, we can see and hear members of the public calling for action to support the people of Gaza, and Palestine in general. In response, one councillor shouts, “This is Chorley, not Gaza!” and tries to physically throw the (female) main speaker out of the room.

From there, the meeting descends into chaos as those present react to what has happened.

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This Writer can only agree with the observation ofĀ Another Angry Voice:

The will of the people is that the UK should do everything it can to end the Gaza genocide – but the will of the political class is that our money should be used to ensure it continues to its conclusion.

Those of us who do not accept that are also participants in the conflict, right here in the UK.

WE ARE ALL IN GAZA NOW.


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US airman dies after setting himself alight, to ‘no longer be complicit in [Gaza] genocide’

This story should have been top of the news agenda all day.

A serviceman in the US Air Force walked up to the Israeli embassy in Washington DC, doused himself in flammable liquid and set himself alight, saying that he would “no longer be complicit in genocide”. He has since died of the injuries he sustained.

That man was Aaron Bushnell. He was saying US support for Israel in its conflict with Hamas in Gaza makes every member of the American armed forces complicit in the murder of more than 30,000 people – half of them children, and in the horrific injuries inflicted on around 70,000 others.

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That’s not even mentioning the wholesale destruction of Gazan buildings and societal infrastructure.

Some have called Mr Bushnell’s mental health into question. It is possible that his mental equilibrium was disturbed by events in Gaza. Who could blame him, as a member of the military-industrial complex that is Israel’s biggest supporter and therefore the largest supporter of the genocide?

For a more general appraisal of this man, let’s have the words of one of his colleagues:

Here’s footage of what actually happened. Be warned: you may find this extremely disturbing:

Notice that even in a situation where the only harm this man was committing was to himself, a member of Israeli embassy staff still drew and aimed a gun on him:

In the video clip above, you can hear someone shouting, “I need fire extinguishers, not guns!” But the man wielding the gun still doesn’t leave or put it away.

This is the last Facebook post he published:

The event attracted almost no coverage from TV news crews – at first. Here’s a summary of what happened in the States, with a fair opinion of why:

There was a report on it inĀ Good Morning Britain…

But as I type this, the article on theĀ BBC News website appears to have been up for only an hour or so. It’s 8.50pm (GMT). Was it withheld until the amount of material on the social media made it impractical to stay quiet any longer?

Oh, but Israel seems to have had something to say about it, even if the western news media did not. Try to hold your bile down:

Self-immolation has been a known form of protest since at least 1963, when ThĆ­ch Quįŗ£ng Đį»©c set himself alight in Saigon, in protest against the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government.

It is also a form of protest that has been subjected to news blackouts in the recent past.

This Site has reported on the failures of UK news media to report on such protests – by benefit claimants whose mistreatment by the government had pitched them into depression.

I wrote, then, what I’ll repeat now:

We are left with evidence that those with the ability to bring this horror to the attention of the public have been deliberately covering it up.

… To prevent the kind of social change we saw in South Vietnam, Tunisia and other Arab states, prompted by the same trigger?

If so, it would be grotesquely irresponsible of all those involved – they would be colluding to allow persecution of the extremely vulnerable to continue.


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Thunberg and climate protesters acquitted because new laws are ‘too broad’ and ‘unworkable’

Greta Thunberg: the courts have sided with her against the police.

This is clear: the Tory government’s changes to protest law are unworkable.

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Weekend of protests as conditions in Gaza worsen due to Israel’s genocide

Protests have been happening – not just in the UK but around the world, including Israel – as that country’s genocide in Gaza worsens, and it continues its persecution of Palestinians elsewhere.

Here’s what has been happening in Gaza recently. Be warned – it isn’t easy to see.

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But Gaza isn’t the only place where Palestinians are being mistreated by Israelis. Read what follows to see Israel’s habitual treatment of Palestinians.

Now consider this: an organisation exists that encourages former Israel Defence Force personnel to confess the crimes they have committed while in uniform or on active duty.

 

 

It should hardly be surprising that protests have been taking place against Israel – across the world, including in Tel Aviv:

Members of the UK Labour Party have no power to stop the genocide in Gaza – other than in voting for the UK to call for a ceasefire during a motion in Parliament. Strangely, they seem unwilling to do this – and so they have attracted what many consider entirely justified criticism.

Meanwhile, in the Netherlands:

In London there was yet anotherĀ big demonstration over the weekend – bigger, it seems, than BBC News was prepared to admit:

Will any of the above affect the Scottish National Party’s ceasefire vote, that we think will be held on Wednesday (February 21)?


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