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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@lemmy.world 17 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

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 71 points 4 days ago

The UK supports another genocide, surprising no one.

[-] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 56 points 4 days ago

Nazi country

[+] essell@lemmy.world -13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"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.

[-] Dr_Vindaloo@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 days ago

Should never have been arrested to begin with.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Arresting innocent people to intimidate them is a staple move.

[-] Chulk@lemmy.ml 10 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.

[-] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

Literally a signature of the School of the Americas playbook.

[-] granolabar@kbin.melroy.org 45 points 4 days ago

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

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 30 points 3 days ago

Gotta love how western regimes are dropping the whole pretense of having human rights and freeze peach.

[-] MyEdgyAlt@sh.itjust.works 31 points 4 days ago

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

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

What did he say?

[-] MyEdgyAlt@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago

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

[-] Red5@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 3 days ago

From what I understand, it seems like him saying how Israel hasn’t and cannot defeat Hamas and Hezbollah has been interpreted as being support for both groups, which are designated as terrorist organisations by the UK. That’s the grounds for the arrest.