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https://twitter.com/giles_fraser/status/1787017593829679181In a brilliant 1983 essay, the Israeli writer Boaz Evron said the 2 tragedies Jews suffered in the 20th century were "the Holocaust – and the (nationalist+mystical) lessons drawn from it", which fuel an ideology where all who challenge Zionism are seen as antisemites. 2/7
https://twitter.com/emmadentcoad/status/1582003419463569410Emma's dogged campaigning for "the many" for 20 years in Kensington produced an astonishing result, when she won the Tory stronghold in 2017. Her care and support for the community who endured and survived the Grenfell catastrophe a week after the election, was phenomenal. 2/4
https://twitter.com/nadhimzahawi/status/1458339533951541250But if Zahawi's conclusion is that more Unis should adopt the deeply flawed IHRA definition, widely condemned for confusing antisemitism with attitudes to separate issues of Israel/Palestine, and for muzzling rather than promoting free speech, then he has learned little.2/6
https://twitter.com/cmonehen/status/1398263911707820039It is consistent with his obsessive anti-left politics, his own praise of very right wing Islamophobes (eg Douglas Murray), and with his defence in 2009 of a far right (pro-Israel) antisemite invited to Tory Conference. 2/4
https://twitter.com/BoardofDeputies/status/1367486664436760578Why fear investigation if you think Israel's actions are defensible? You could ask that the investigation start in 2013 but you do know that B'Tselem reported: "Three times as many people were killed in the West Bank in 2013 as were in 2012." Most were Palestinian civilians. 2/5