A group of more than 250 leading Jewish Britons — a number that is still growing — has written to BBC boss Tim Davie urging him to reject the ‘McCarthyite’ ‘cynical stunt’ of politically-coordinated complaints by the Israeli embassy and pro-Israel pressure groups that have seen the BBC delete its documentary on the suffering of Palestinians, especially the children and young people who make up half of Gaza’s population, during Israel’s genocide there — humanisation that is no doubt the driver for the coordinated pro-Israel outrage.
The group, which includes well-known names such as comedian and writer Alexei Sayle, actor Miriam Margolyes and film-maker Mike Leigh, has called on Davie to resist censorship and reject debunked smears against the children who appear in the documentary, which was made by one of the makers of the BBC’s Blue Planet series and an Emmy-winning independent film-maker.
Alexei Sayle said:
The film shows youngsters coping with death and destruction in a way that is both harrowing and hopeful. It is depressing that the BBC has been bullied into taking it off line. It should be restored for public view without delay.
The letter to Davie, signed by over 170 within just a few hours of the text being circulated, describes the complaint, by “strident” apologists for Israel’s crimes, as a “cynical stunt [intended] to prevent people viewing an account of the effect of Israel’s assault on Gaza on the people trying to live and stay alive there”, commends broadcasters for showing “details about the Israeli hostages and the tragic deaths of Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas”, and points out that the people of Gaza must also be shown and seen “as full members of humanity deserving our attention and sympathy…The programme should be judged on its own merits and not be subjected to McCarthyite allegations of guilt by association.”
Jewish Community of Lemmygrad
Lemmygrad Rules :
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No capitalist apologia or other anti-communism.
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No bigotry — including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.
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Be respectful. This is a safe space where all comrades should feel welcome, this includes a warning against uncritical sectarianism.
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No porn or sexually explicit content (even if marked NSFW).
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No right-deviationists (patsocs, nazbols, strasserists, duginists, etc).
Rules of the Jewish Community:
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Religion is permitted as long there isn't any reactionary elements to it , This is a community for all secular and non-secular.
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No antisemitism of any kind.
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Be respectful and kind to our dear and beloved non-Jewish comrades.
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No pro-Zionism or anything that haves to do with the wicked régime of Isn'treal.
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We are pro-Palestine, period. From the river to the sea Palestine shall be free!
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All types of ethnic Jews are accepted here and the non-Jews are allowed to participate with us too.
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Criticism(s) of the illegal apartheid Zionist régime of Isn’treal are a must to do rule in this community; criticizing the illegitimate Zionist state is not anti-Semitism. Criticism(s) of such an inhumane, atrocious, genocidal, bigoted, hateful, xenophobic, and irrational (cough cough … non-existent and non-Jewish) state (régime) is not and never shall be anti-Semitic. We are anti-Zionists and we are proud of it and we uphold the liberation cause for a free and sovereign Palestine.
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Memes and sh*tposting are permitted as long they aren’t anti-Semitic or xenophobic.
Judeo Languages that are permitted to be spoken in this community:
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Ladino (Judeo-Spanish).
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Yiddish.
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Judeo-Arabic.
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Bukhori (Judeo-Tajik).
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Judeo-Persian.
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Judeo-Portuguese.
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Judeo-Marathi.
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Judeo-Malayalam.
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Judeo-Tat.
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Judeo-Urdu.
Non-Jewish languages that are permitted to be spoken in this community:
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English.
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Spanish.
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Portuguese.
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Bengali.
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German.
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Russian.
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Chinese (Mandarin).
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Farsi/Dari/Tajik.
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Arabic.
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Polish.
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Irish.
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Turkish.
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Greek.
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Serbian.
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Italian.
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French.
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Malayalam.
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Azerbaijani.
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Armenian.
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Marathi.
מצווה גוררת מצווה , עברה גוררת עברה .
English : One good deed will bring another good deed, one transgression will bring another transgression.
– Pirkei Avot 4:2
Update : I'm taking down and banning anyone who makes "conversion to judaism" posts , on this community , I'm completely against conversion and proselytism of non-jews in this community , The traditional rabbinic view ( that is also my view as well ) , dating back to Talmudic times, discourages accepting non-jews into judaism ,
Rabbi Helbo ;
“קשים גרים לישראל כספחת”
English ; “"Converts" are as hard to the Jewish people as a leprous scab on the skin”
The Rambam ( Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon ) ;
ואם לא נמצא להם עילה, מודיעין אותן כובד עול“ התורה, וטורח שיש בעשייתה על עמי הארצות, כדי שיפרושו.”
English ; “And if no justification is found for them, the burden of the Torah Ha-Qudesha is made known to them, and the effort involved in its observance is emphasized to the common people, so that they may refrain.”
Again , if some person or individual makes a post about "conversion" , it will be removed and the person or individual will be banned from this community ( from The Jewish Community of Lemmygrad ) .