Otis
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BBC News - Starmer sacks Rebecca Long-Bailey for sharing 'anti-Semitic article'
Long-Bailey sacked for sharing 'anti-Semitic article'
Long-Bailey sacked for sharing 'anti-Semitic article'
Called this when I saw the tweet this morning then the hasty apology tweet a couple of hours later.
Shared an article where it repeated the conspiracy theory that Israel trained the cops who killed George Floyd, proper bat shit stuff that shouldn’t have made it into a national newspaper in the first place.
"The tactics used by the police in America, kneeling on George Floyd's neck, that was learnt from seminars with Israeli secret services."
I am sure I have seen a documentary about Krav Maga where it shows Israeli police. I will re-watch but but I am sure they said other police forces learn it from them.
Granted, probably not those exact policemen but I wouldn't be surprised at all.
What makes it anti semetic? Why would it be offensive?
Nick. Wait for an answer before you crack on with 50 posts.
No, I have watched those Israeli videos now so I am already windmilling. 6PM after a cider I will be full on shadow boxing at the screen.
Just somebody tell me what is offensive about it? Please?
In a nutshell:
It’s been claimed that the cops learned this from Israel, Israel deny this: Israel Police to 'Post': We do not have a 'George Floyd' procedure
The far left have a history of antisemitism so people are on a hair trigger for “dog whistles” and see this made up link between BLM and Israel as an attempt to blame Jews for everything wrong in the world.
Therefore antisemitism.
I think this is very weak but Labour need to be whiter than white (lol) when it comes to antisemitism. A comparable event would be Milliband sacking Thornberry for her tweet of a house with a St George flag on because of Labours issues around patriotism and working class support. Sometimes it’s better to nip it in the bud with a symbolic action that might be over the top than face more complaints you’re as antisemitic as Corbyn and co.
In a nutshell:
It’s been claimed that the cops learned this from Israel, Israel deny this: Israel Police to 'Post': We do not have a 'George Floyd' procedure
The far left have a history of antisemitism so people are on a hair trigger for “dog whistles” and see this made up link between BLM and Israel as an attempt to blame Jews for everything wrong in the world.
Therefore antisemitism.
I think this is very weak but Labour need to be whiter than white (lol) when it comes to antisemitism. A comparable event would be Milliband sacking Thornberry for her tweet of a house with a St George flag on because of Labours issues around patriotism and working class support. Sometimes it’s better to nip it in the bud with a symbolic action that might be over the top than face more complaints you’re as antisemitic as Corbyn and co.
Thanks. I’m sure that’ll be it from Nick.
So it's offensive to jews at the suggestion of the police using moves from the Israeli special forces killing a black man? Almost as if the suggestion of it is saying that the jews especially trained the police so they could go and do it?
To be honest, I think the suggestion that it's offensive from that line in the article is more bat shit mental than the thought of police training in Krav Maga.
You might want to do some more reading about labour and antisemitism to fill yourself in on the last few yearsSo it's offensive to jews at the suggestion of the police using moves from the Israeli special forces killing a black man? Almost as if the suggestion of it is saying that the jews especially trained the police so they could go and do it?
To be honest, I think the suggestion that it's offensive from that line in the article is more bat shit mental than the thought of police training in Krav Maga.
You might want to do some more reading about labour and antisemitism to fill yourself in on the last few years
You might want to do some more reading about labour and antisemitism to fill yourself in on the last few years
It still doesn't explain why that line in the article is offensive to Jewish people?
Because there’s no reason to suggest the US police learned it from the Israelis and even if they did why bring it up?
When you have a look at the cop doing it and then look at some Krav Maga videos there are some similarities to be fair.
Surely the desperation to make that line offensive is actually more strange than anything.
Depends on your point of view. I’m not sure 0.07% of your members classes as institutional.You might want to do some more reading about labour and antisemitism to fill yourself in on the last few years
I’m sure you actively try to not understand what people are saying ha ha
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