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#Brexit is *not* the will of the people. It's the result of one vote based on a false prospectus. @BBCr4today #Remain #eu
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I never forget my father (a German Jew who survived Buchenwald) saying to me in 1981, when antisemitism/racism gets into the middle classes/intelligentsia, that's when you have problems.
That's what happened in Nazi Germany.
This post and many others show it is happening now.
“What is Zionism and how do we confront it”.
That was the title of an event held by the University of Glasgow’s Islamic Society this week.
80% of British Jews identify as Zionists; only 6% do not. That ‘confronting’ a core part of their identity is being promoted on university campuses is hardly going to alleviate their concerns about their safety.
The event speakers included barrister Franck Magennis, who campaigned to de-proscribe the antisemitic terrorist group Hamas, and University Rector Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, who has been reported to the General Medical Council over his extremist rhetoric.
The event was apparently also promoted by the Glasgow University Justice for Palestine Society, which has reportedly attempted to ban Zionists attending university societies by designating Zionism as a “racist ideology”.
The weaponisation of anti-Zionism to intimidate and harass British Jews is spreading rapidly across university campuses.
Zionism is simply the belief that Jews have the same right to self-determination afforded to all other peoples of the world under Article 1 of the UN Charter. Denying them that right is racist. It is high time that university administrations recognise that, and take a stand against racist hate.
jewishnews.co.uk/ujs-condemn…
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THE MEN OF GAZA SH0T HER AND HER GRANDMOTHER AND SET THE HOUSE ON FIRE 💔💔💔💔😭
Noya Dan was just 12 years old auditioning to a kids show on Israeli television.
She was brave and open about her being on the autism spectrum and had big dreams.
She loved her grandmother and was staying with her grandmother, Carmela, on Kibbutz Nir Oz for the holiday of Sukkot.
On October 7th, when the men of Gaza invaded their Kibbutz, Carmela locked the door of the safe room and hid there with her granddaughter Noya.
The men of Gaza breached the door, sh0t the two, and set the house on fire.
For several days, Noya was assumed to be kidnapped in Gaza until her remains were identified.
We will never forget.
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I’m so sorry to see this. I met him several times when writing a biography of Glenda Jackson. He was a gent with a mischievous sense of humour and powerful sense of justice. RIP
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to:
Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Fund
alzresearch.org/giving/
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Caregiver Resources
alzfdn.org/donate/
Photo Credit: Tommy Garcia
Ivorf #FBPE - & Threads: ivorfried retweeted
In 2008, Patrick Stewart came to give the South Shields Lecture. People still talk about it. He gave a brilliant evocation of how his upbringing made him an actor and a socialist. And he was hilarious about his job interview for Picard. Great man.
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Those who claimed the Flydubai incident was a false-flag operation should be ashamed. Everyone in the UAE is proud of Captain Smit, the Indian pilot, for saving lives.
Saving lives is the greatest act of all.
Thank you, Captain Smit, your scars heal our wounds.
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I've asked so many non Jews if they realised Hamas filmed what they were doing and that is how we know and the answer is always the same "I didn't know that", so yes @BBC we need this documentary, what is stopping you ?
Truthfully what is stopping you?
(We already know).
A documentary on a terror attack against Jews is apparently “too political” to publicise
BBC publicity staff were reportedly unwilling to promote a film commissioned by the broadcaster which spotlights the victims of the brutal 7th October 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel.
According to Jewish documentary-maker Lucie Kon, the BBC’s in-house publicists refused to market the documentary on the Nova festival massacre in southern Israel, titled ‘Surviving October 7th: We Will Dance Again’, due to its “subject matter”, which was allegedly considered “too political”. 364 Israeli civilians were killed at the music festival, and 44 were taken hostage.
One cannot but help recall that the BBC went on to broadcast a documentary that was narrated by the son of a senior Hamas official, whose family was paid BBC licence fee money for his participation. Apparently that propaganda film was not deemed too political by our national broadcaster.
Ms Kon reportedly said that the broadcaster allowed its press team to “abandon their duties”, which led her to hire a freelance publicist to promote the film instead. BBC sources appear to have contradicted this narrative, and have stated that the withdrawal was due to in-house publicists instead finding the content of the documentary too disturbing to watch.
The BBC has reportedly agreed to award Ms Kon a £400,000 payout after she claimed she was bullied out of the Corporation due to antisemitism.
It is telling that our national broadcaster appears happy to reward biased journalists and platform individuals who have allegedly expressed support for terror, but is unable to promote a documentary on the worst atrocity against Jews since the Holocaust.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
Ivorf #FBPE - & Threads: ivorfried retweeted
A picture of me eating a schwarma in Israel has generated infinitely more outrage on Irish Twitter than a Trinity College fellow and an elected representative celebrating October 7th. Indeed, the elected representative in question was elected *after* that public celebration, wherein he described the massacre as ‘heroic’, ‘legitimate’, and ‘beautiful’.
Point proven a hundred times over. This is the dehumanising rot that has taken over a portion of Ireland.
A pro-peace individual is demonised for eating Israeli food (amongst several posts publicly expressing a need for a changed government), whereas the barbaric massacre and rape of Israelis is normalised.
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On this day in 1942, a 13 year old Dutch Jewish girl arrived at Auschwitz with her mother where they were murdered after selection. Her father perished in the camp on the 28 Feb 1943. Her name was Helga Johanna Meijer
Please support @AuschwitzMuseum
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I am watching leaders around the world condemn this horrific attack on the Dnipro train station.
Has Trump condemned it?
Je viens d'apprendre avec émotion qu'un drone à réaction russe vient de s'abattre sur la gare de Dnipro, avec un très lourd bilan.
J'adresse au Président @ZelenskyyUa et au peuple ukrainien mes condoléances et notre solidarité.
Nous devons, dans ce contexte, aspirer à bien plus qu'un cessez-le-feu localisé comme celui qui vient d'être négocié localement à Olechky. Il est intolérable que la Russie continue d'opposer son refus à toutes les propositions en ce sens, en continuant de miser sur l'escalade et en visant les civils.
Nous devons ensemble redoubler d'efforts pour une paix juste et durable et amener la Russie à la table des négociations.
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I received a report – we carried out two missile strikes, destroying two Russian Su-34s and hitting an Iskander launcher. Thank you, guys, for this result! Another aspect of our anti-ballistic work is the packages of interceptors, primarily for Patriots, that our partners can provide us. They must protect lives. We now have intel about the Russians preparing new ballistic missile attacks. We need the capabilities to shoot down this Russian evil and are awaiting the decisions. Thank you to everyone who really helps us!
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Kyiv. The fucking city is shaking from explosions. russia is pounding us with ballistic missiles.
Ivorf #FBPE - & Threads: ivorfried retweeted
Russia is attacking Kyiv with a large number of missiles right now.
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Am SO desolate to hear of wonderful Patrick Stewart's death! We became friends over the last decade or so though I never saw enough of him - but his glorious daily online readings of the Shakespeare Sonnets were the best antidote to the miserable isolation of Covid imaginable - and knowing there was another brilliant impassioned role around the corner was a kind of heartening kinship. His Macbeth and Antony were stupendous and his Hirst taking it to Ian McKellen's Spooner in Pinter 's No Man's Land unforgettable. Patrick could do menace to make you shiver. But the thing about the greatest actors is, their voice lives in your head for good - and in Patrick's case that laugh too!
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What a heartbreaking week it has been. Sir Patrick Stewart was a friend, a colleague, and a magnificent actor. From the stage to the bridge of the Enterprise, he brought intelligence, grace, and a deep sense of humanity to everything he did. Captain Picard stood for the best of us, and so did the man who played him. I was filled with affection and admiration for him and his work.
My heart goes out to Sunny and his family. He will be deeply missed.
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Where are the protests? Where is the outrage? Russia targeting civilians daily.
This is beyond horrifying.
Russia struck a railway station in Dnipro with a drone, killing 13 people who were simply waiting for their train.
The drone operators could see the platform in real time. They could see the civilians standing there. They knew what they were targeting, and they struck anyway.
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Just look at these horrifying images. A father is weeping in despair beside the body of his 15-year-old daughter, whom a Russian missile killed today right in the downtown of Chernihiv.
Russia is the greatest barbarian in the history of humankind🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Ivorf #FBPE - & Threads: ivorfried retweeted
Thank you, Emmanuel, for your condolences. Unfortunately, the death toll from the Russian strike on a commuter train in Dnipro has already risen to 14. And just a few hours ago, the Russians struck a residential neighborhood in Chernihiv with a drone and killed two girls. They were only 15 years old. In Kremenchuk, a Russian “shahed” struck an apartment building. Tragically, three people were killed. My condolences to all those who lost their loved ones. In these three attacks alone, 56 people have been reported injured, including 10 children.
These are deliberate strikes against civilians, brazen in their cruelty, and the Russians are carrying them out right as the humanitarian operation in Oleshky is unfolding. Russia’s signals are clear – they want the war to continue, and everyone around the world must still work very hard to achieve major de-escalation through strong steps and appropriate pressure on the aggressor.
Peace is needed – and for that to happen, Russia must end its war and terror.
Je viens d'apprendre avec émotion qu'un drone à réaction russe vient de s'abattre sur la gare de Dnipro, avec un très lourd bilan.
J'adresse au Président @ZelenskyyUa et au peuple ukrainien mes condoléances et notre solidarité.
Nous devons, dans ce contexte, aspirer à bien plus qu'un cessez-le-feu localisé comme celui qui vient d'être négocié localement à Olechky. Il est intolérable que la Russie continue d'opposer son refus à toutes les propositions en ce sens, en continuant de miser sur l'escalade et en visant les civils.
Nous devons ensemble redoubler d'efforts pour une paix juste et durable et amener la Russie à la table des négociations.
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On this day in 1896, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On 7 May 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her husband and son, and on 9 May to Sobibór, where she was murdered. Her husband and son perished in Majdanek. Her name was Irena Kohnová.
Please support @Sticht_Sobibor
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“If staff had mistreated a colleague of colour the same way [as the BBC treated @imluciekon], the whole weight of HR would have had the perpetrators out of the door in days.
Why are Jews treated differently?”
thetimes.com/comment/columni…
