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In 6 hours it will be illegal to say "I support Palestine Action" in the UK, with a sentence of up to 14 years in prison.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't know what it is about Israel that has made politicians the world over lose their minds.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

learn the term PEP

Progressive Except Palestine.

they are all nice and progressive but as soon as Palestine comes out, they flip flop or go full right wing and change sides.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

That doesn't explain why though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

lobbying.

they support the more leftist lobbied options.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Europe ia still controlled by racism and neocolonialism

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Of course, but, Europe also has a long history of being antisemitic. It just seems weird to me to fall over yourself for an ally that doesn't seem especially valuable. Maybe there is some 4d chess that is lost to a peasant like me.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

It is convenient. By claiming unwavering support for Israel you can distract from your own antisemitism and blame it on brown people. This comes in especially useful to ramp up racism against the very same people you blame for your own antisemitism.

Israel plays along in this game, as they profit both from racism against brown people letting them get away with more crimes as well as profiting from cases of antisemitism, as it allows Israel to claim it is needed for Jewish safety.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which recent Europeen leaders and major parties has antisemitism policies?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

By your definition of recent, I don't know if I could. Of course, I don't really agree that 25 years or even 30 years constitutes recent, and my ability to name a specific policy in that time frame doesn't erase nearly 2 thousand years of Anti-semitism in the hearts (and sometimes law) of Europeans.