Kaos
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You realise the British government ultimately did the same thing, which eventually led to a path of peace.I see the astroturfers are out in force.
Please. This anti war activist invited two members of the IRA to Parliament two weeks after they attempted to assassinate the British PM. If he'd wanted to support peaceful republicanism, which many others honourably did, he'd have supported the SDLP.
Who would you have him speak to? The Israeli government? I'm sure they'd love to entertain a Western politician who takes issue with their racist and colonialist actions, and why would they if they already have the current government giving them carte blanche to do as they please. We don't need to hear the Israeli perspective because its already echoed by our politicians and much of the media, their perspective is hardly one that lacks any voice.That must be why we see this noble peacemaker so often talking to violent people whose causes he disagrees with (ie never).
Again, he was at the memorial site for the victims of the 1985 bombing along with other dignitaries(the purpose of his visit), yes the terrorists in question were also buried there, but unlike the Daily Mail's sensationalist take on it, he wasn't there to honour them:" In 2014, Jeremy Corbyn was pictured holding a wreath in front of a plaque commemorating three Palestinians – including Salah Khalaf, who Israel says was linked to the 1972 Munich massacre. In a later interview, Mr Corbyn said that he did lay “a wreath in memory of all those who have died”. According to a Daily Mail reporter who visited the cemetery, the available photos of Mr Corbyn holding a wreath show him 15 yards away from the memorial plaque for the 1985 victims – but directly in front of the plaque for Salah Khalaf and others.
"Speaking to Channel 4 News on Tuesday, Mr Corbyn’s language seemed to suggest that Salah Khalaf, an alleged founder of Black Deptember, was amongst those for whom he laid a memorial wreath." Source - Channel 4.
Also on 15 August 2018 the BBC News filmed a report from inside the Hamman Chott Cemetery, showing where Corbyn would have likely stood within the designated area where all dignitaries typically stand on an annual basis to remember those who were killed in the Israel airstrike in 1985 and for senior members of the Palestine Liberation Organization, under the small covered area of the enclosed Palestinian section of the cemetery, which also covers the graves of Bseiso and Khalaf.
Yes we've all seen what they've said. Apparently making 'disproportionate' criticisms towards the state of Israel constitutes objective anti-semitism, but making direct insults aimed at ethnic minorities isn't. You have Boris' own adviser making dog-whistling anti-semitic insinuations in his recent blog posts (to deafening silence as expected), and yet you're still firmly clutching at straws devoid of any context to dignify this smear job. @Fluctuation0161 has already given you dozens of examples which completely dismiss any notion of him holding bigoted views, yet you're opting to ignore them while clinging to the same exhausted tropes.Shall we see what the EHRC says before getting too confident about that?