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Jewish academic arrested in UK over ‘terrorism’ after pro-Palestine speech (www.aljazeera.com)

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Retired Jewish professor Haim Bresheeth, a child of Holocaust survivors and founder of the Jewish Network for Palestine, was arrested under a UK anti-terrorism law after speaking at a recent pro-Palestinian protest in London.

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[–] Infernal_pizza 16 points 3 days ago

Oh look, the overreaching anti-terrorism laws are being used to silence anyone who disagrees with the government. That’s definitely not something anyone saw coming

[–] [email protected] 53 points 4 days ago

The UK supports another genocide, surprising no one.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 days ago

Holocaust survivor tag aint gonna do shit when you are facing Zionists

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nazi country

[+] essell -15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

"Released without charge"

Nazis do a lot of that?

Edit. Look at all you people downvoting me because you want to believe the Nazis weren't that bad and would let people go without charge. Shame on you.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

Should never have been arrested to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Arresting innocent people to intimidate them is a staple move.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Not to mention the normalization of such a connection between pro-palestine and "terrorism". People who are out of the loop will read the headline and assume that the person arrested for terrorism is guilty. They'll start to associate the pro-Palestinian viewpoint with terrorism if enough arrests like these make it into headlines.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Literally a signature of the School of the Americas playbook.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Video of speech available here: https://skwawkbox.org/2024/11/03/exclusive-prof-haim-bresheeths-anti-genocide-speech-before-he-was-arrested-for-terrorism/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What did he say?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

You can watch the video can get an unbiased account including intonation, expressions, and gestures.