Thread by @SteB777

"Synagogue attacker who killed two was a ‘terrorist targeting Jews because they are Jews’, says Starmer"

Netanyahu's government, is committing genocide in Gaza, because the Palestinian residents of Gaza, aren't Jews. That is a fact.

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I condemn anti-Semitism, and the type of hatred that led to this mindless violence, as much as I condemn the Zionist hatred of Palestinians. Mindless violence and hatred, is mindless violence and hatred. It's not about sides.
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My point is not whataboutery, or relativism. It's to ask why has Keir Starmer gone to such lengths, not to condemn Netanyahu's terrorisim, and genocide in Gaza? Constantly denying it's genocide, and uttering meaningless inanities, like Israel has got a right to defend itself.
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I have no problem in condemning real anti-Semitism, (not fake anti-Semitism, to smear anyone condemning Israeli government apartheid policy). No one should be targeted because of their religion or ethnicity. No one.
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As @GretaThunberg would say, you can't be selective in what sort of violence you condemn, what flavour of hatred and social injustice you condemn. Either you condemn all of it, or you are fake, hiding your malignant agenda.
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I have repeatedly condemned the 7 October attack, and Hamas. I hold no truck, with violent religious extremists of any side. But despite repeatedly saying that today, I was accused of being anti-Semitic, engaging in blood libel, and supporting Hamas.
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The problem is this, either you are for us or against us mentality. I don't support any side, any ideology. I support only social justice for all, and combatting ecocide, that is destroying life on Earth, and the sustainability of our civilization.
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My point here, is that Keir Starmer, is hardly neutral on this. He has not been at all even-handed about the violent genocide, and mass killing of civilians and children in Gaza, who are nothing to do with the 7 Oct attack.
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I'm appealing for proper unity and cooperation, not partisan hatred, where a perceived enemy is attacked, just because of their identity, or they are in the way of someone's agenda, to get rich, at the expense of others, the majority. That's what the climate crisis is about.
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The Jewish people are not Netanyahu's government, and nor are the Palestinian people, Hamas.

What we see is various power players, vested interests and unscrupulous politicians, playing people off against each, in divide and conquer tactics, hiding behind dishonest rhetoric.
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They are playing the people off against each other, to stop people seeing who is really exploiting us, and enriching themselves at the cost of everyone else, and life on Earth. Listen to @GretaThunberg, not me.
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Finally, people will say I'm a hypocrite, because I hate the rich and powerful. No I don't hate them for what they are, but I hate what they are doing to most people, and to Mother Earth, our actual mother - not a metaphor, as she nurtures and sustains us.
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