At an Israel hatred rally in Preston on 22 May, the Labour council leader Matthew Brown was very keen to show his support.
Note the ugly and divisive framing: “an attack on all of us, an attack on humanity”. He followed up with “solidarity from the Preston Labour party!”
A statement of support was also read out to the rally from the local Labour MP Mark Hendick. “Make no mistake, I stand with you on the issue of Palestine.”
So, solidarity with what, exactly?
“Victory to the intifada!” over ”the few” from the swuppie and former Preston councillor Michael Lavalette.
Throw rocks. We know who the real terrorists are. The Israelis are raping Palestinian women. It is a new Holocaust. They are Nazis.
This came from the PA system on the van that led the march.
No BBC. And no Coca-Cola either. Didn’t you know Coke is Israeli? Forsooth. Hassle supermarkets too.
The old annihilation favourite “from the river to the sea”, of course. With some twists. The ridiculous yet sinister “Netanyahu we charge you with genocide” and a proper peacenik chant: “for Palestine we’re gonna fight”.
This is Labour 2021.
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Last weekend, "Light Upon Light" conferences were held in London and Birmingham. "Blight Upon Blight" would be better. Both lengthy events focused almost exclusively on Israel.
Calls for peace? No. Prayers for a "Palestinian victory". Here's Yaha Raaby. With Hamas on its... 1/8
...knees and Gaza in misery as the terrorists take to torturing and murdering their own people.
The delusion is remarkable and disturbing.
Here's another plea, this time from Ali Hammuda. 2/8
Hammuda is a fever dreamer. He really does believe that ultimate victory is assured and that "the Zionist superstructure is collapsing". Prepare for a “post-Zionism era”.
There is a problem with crime, by the way. That is Eran Cohen of the CWU trade union, the day *after* the racist vandal group "Palestine Action" was proscribed. 2/6
Gross conspiracy theories once the preserve of the racist far right are popular among "progressives" these days.
London is a "bastion against hate", London's mayor says.
Let's see what's up today at the Royal Courts of Justice. Oh. "Zionists not welcome in the UK! Out, out!" "Zionist scum off our streets!"
"Have you been shooting babies in Gaza!"
Ah, a normal day in the capital.
The obligatory frenzied shouting for the ethnic cleansing of Israeli Jews.
"Palestine is Arab, Israel is a thief, Zionists, out, out!"
As desperate Gazans chant "Hamas, out, out!"
London is a bastion OF hate.
Nageena Naz is a Leeds "Palestine Solidarity Campaign" hate marcher. She was arrested at their protest last Saturday. She likes abusing Jews in the street. She also faces charges for allegedly joining a "Palestine Action" attack on Barclays.
Who would back creeps who attack the RAF? Meet protesters in London yesterday. Let’s start with Ayoub Khan MP.
Just throw any old words out there. It's a "disgrace!". Nothing less than a "shame on British democracy!".
He goes on to sound like a... 1/9
...distinctly unimpressive SOAS student. Israel's fight with Iran? A devious “smokescreen”.
It's just so silly. No, if you want a civil nuclear programme, as energy-rich Iran claims it does, you do not need a hall of centrifuges hidden deep inside a mountain. For starters. 2/9
In a grotesque move, Saeed Taji Farouky of Palestine Action invoked Cable Street.
Only to reveal just why it is grotesque himself. The white racist far right in America popularised the "we are occupied too" line. "Zionist are in control", you see. He offered an Arabic echo. 3/9