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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 13 points 1 day 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 64 points 2 days ago

The UK supports another genocide, surprising no one.

[–] granolabar@kbin.melroy.org 41 points 1 day ago

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

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 51 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nazi country

[+] essell@lemmy.world -12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (3 children)

"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 10 points 1 day ago

Should never have been arrested to begin with.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 9 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Arresting innocent people to intimidate them is a staple move.

[–] Chulk@lemmy.ml 7 points 23 hours 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.