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UK arrests 83-year-old priest for backing Palestine Action and opposing Gaza genocide

www.middleeasteye.net UK arrests 83-year-old priest for backing Palestine Action and opposing Gaza genocide

Outrage after retired priest arrested for supporting Palestine Action amid UK crackdown on pro-Palestine activism

The Reverend Sue Parfitt, from Bristol, was detained for holding a placard that read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” She was among more than 27 people arrested on Saturday for acts of defiance against the proscription.

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UK arrests 83-year-old priest for backing Palestine Action and opposing Gaza genocide

www.middleeasteye.net /news/uk-arrests-83-year-old-priest-backing-palestine-action-and-condemning-israels-genocide-gaza

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Just wondering, if I would hold up a sign with 'go isreal, continue the amazing work you do!', would that get me arrested? Surely i'd get beat up but i mean what would the lawmakers think of that? Would it be different if the sign would say 'go isreal, murder those innocent families' or 'go isreal, your genocide rules!' (am i allowed to call it a genocide if i'm not against it?)
- make is sarcastic, the British way.
  go on the telly, then show them a mirror to themselves. talk how excited you are for how many humanitarian volunteers are being slaughtered, how clever is it to stave children so they can take their land....
- in some countries even holding empty sign would lead you to arrest
- None of those signs would lead to your arrest in the UK.
- What really happened here: Members of this Palestine Action group sneaked onto a military base and attacked the aircrafts there. This act of politically motivated vandalism resulted in this group being officially banned by the government. Which is totally ok, no state in the world will and can tolerate some group doing acts of terrorism and/or doing sabotage.
  Supporting banned terrorist organizations is of course also not allowed (which really makes sense) and yeah, this priest totally did that on purpose. You are therefore totally fine holding up a sign supporting Israel and you are also totally fine holding up a sign supporting Palestine, but you are not fine holding up signs supporting banned organizations.
  
  Nah, Labeling them as "terrorists" is disproportionate.
  Criminals, yes. Terrorists, no.
  The definition of terrorism under british law can apply to basically any protest group and if applied retroactively would drag things like the suffragette movement under the umbrella of terrorism.
  This move is an assault on all of our freedom of speech
  
  You're equating vandalism to terrorism, you might want to look up the meaning of those words.
  
  The British House of Commons voted by 385 votes to 26 to add Palestine Action to the list of terrorist groups proscribed under the Terrorism Act. Maybe you want to tell us why your definition of terrorism is different from the one in the British parliament?
  
  That vote just shows us the British House of Commons is full of racists. Nothing new there.
  
  Because they are unfairly biased in favor of Israel. The U.S. has shown its bias by denying the war crimes that every serious scholar has agreed is happening. The state of Israel itself has tried to shoehorn "criticism of the state of Israel" into the definition of antisemitism.
  Governments will stretch and distort definitions to suit their purposes.
  
  Because i'm not a hypocrite, unlike the british parliament.
  
  The UK is a zionist occupied government.
  
  Attacked aircraft? By smacking the landing gear with her walker?
  
  Please inform yourself: People of the Palestine Action group have sneaked upon a british military airfield and sprayed paint into the jet engines of several RAF planes.
  
  So? Did the paint damage the planes? The RAF should give them an award for exposing the vulnerabilities in its security measures.
  
  Yes, putting paint into a jet engine damages a jet engine.
  
  Bootlicker
  
  What really happened is already in the article, my questions are about how lawmakers would respond if you openly support the same side they are supporting. That is especially relevant as r i don't expect regular folk to let me walk around showing the same kind of support for genocide. This has nothing to do with the Palestine Action group and what they did or didn't do.

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