Lauren Davidson, an editor for The Telegraph, published an op-ed over the weekend entitle: "The Jew-hating hypocrisy of protesters is the strongest case for Israel’s existence." She begins:
To be a Jew in Britain today is to feel as if we have truly stepped through the looking glass. It has been almost a month since Hamas violently massacred 1,400 innocent civilians in southern Israel on Oct 7, torturing families next to their Shabbat tables, raping women among the bodies of their dead friends and murdering children and babies.
In the days after 260 people were murdered at a music festival, we expected there may be vigils similar to those held after 90 people were murdered at the Bataclan concert in Paris, 49 were shot at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando or 22 killed at the Manchester Arena concert bombing.
When more than 240 people – among them defenceless pensioners, children and babies – were taken hostage into terrorist territory, we assumed the calls for their return would be deafening. Tens of thousands of people in Britain and other Western countries did indeed pour into the streets, but not to grieve. Many chose to celebrate and glorify these brutal atrocities. These marches are now a regular occurrence in London – and this weekend, again, they donned their keffiyehs, waved their flags and called for Palestine to be freed.
Freed from what? From Hamas, the autocratic, racist, sexist, homophobic, terrorist death cult that won power in 2006 and has refused to give it up since? Freed from the corrupt, wealthy politicians who count their millions abroad while half their people live in decades-old refugee camps? Freed from Gazan leaders who squandered the opportunity to control their own borders after Israel’s disengagement in 2005 and have repeatedly rejected the offers of peace and land that would create an autonomous Palestinian state?
So, who does she blame for this sorry state of affairs? The idiots that have supported the mass immigration of Muslims into Europe? No.
No, those injustices are all ignored. “Pro-Palestinians”, particularly many Westerners with no skin in the game, are not interested in the plight of Palestinians unless the perceived perpetrator is Israel. They don’t love Palestinians, they just hate Israel. And make no mistake: they hate Israel because they hate Jews.
(Underline added). And who are these "many Westerners with no skin in the game"? I don't think she read the article to which she linked--or probably surmises that her readers won't--because it states that "These useful idiots tend to be found on the political Left."
Which part of Palestine is London in?
ReplyDeleteThe European sector.
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