Abandoning Jews
Pro-Palestine protesters have been filmed “aggressively intimidating” attendees at a Jewish community centre as Metropolitan Police officers were accused of “sitting in their cars”.
A group of anti-Israel demonstrators gathered outside West Hampstead’s JW3 community centre earlier today. Tel Aviv-based newspaper Haaretz was hosting a conference at the JW3 in North London, with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and ex-Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr Nasser Alkidwa in attendance.
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An eyewitness claimed there was “very little police presence” as only a “handful” of officers actively responding to the protest. They also accused a number of officers of remaining seated in their vehicles nearby rather than confronting the crowd.
Another video heaped more pressure on Scotland Yard after it appeared to show an officer rebuke a dog walker who showed the pro-Palestine protesters the middle finger. Campaign group Stop The Hate UK said: “Yet again, the Metropolitan Police is failing to protect the Jewish community in London.”
Jews are like women. They’re sly, deceitful, manipulative, weak…in short, we hate them.
This feels like something of a nothingburger, if I’m to be honest. I see no evidence presented of criminally threatening behavior. The bloody hand image is an accusation against the bombing campaign, and the occupation in general, and is not a threat. And the images shown are pretty much a typical protest.
Now, whether the protestors should be targeting a community center is a reasonable point of dissension. But I’m not seeing some massively racist threat-mob. Even the chants reported are more a declaration of determination to keep protesting until their ends are achieved, with nothing akin to a ‘by any means necessary’ threat included.
It’s Jews, not Israel. Why go to a Jewish community center to shout about Israel? Because it’s easy to get there, and easy to wave signs and shout there. For all the shouters know, every single person at the community center opposes Netanyahu.
If you want Jews to get out of Israel, perhaps “Jews, we are going to make sure that you are not safe in this place which isn’t Israel” is the WRONG message.
Maybe because itiaa Jewish Centre hosting a convicted criminal, an oppoaenent of Reality withdrawal d rom Gaza, and who voted against the Camp David Pece Accords. Not about what that are, but with whom dthey chose to break bread.