groovyalbert
it's a mute point
There are a lot more that just Israeli's being held captive, so if those posters are of British and US citizens then it would make perfect sense. And I struggle to see why anyone would be compelled to rip them down. Surely the only conclusions that could lead someone down that route is that they think it's fake news, they don't like seeing the reality of the situation, or they are glad the kidnappings took place.A lot of people on that twitter got sacked for removing posters. How is that a sackable offence? What business do posters of Israelis have in the US or the UK? If they gave one crap about the hostages, they'd be asking for a ceasefire, because a lot of the hostages are dying and will die to Israel's bombing, something Israeli ministers have acknowledged and thus the families are protesting against. But this is just a cheap PR trick to detract from the slaughter going on - and that is how many people removing the posters see it as. Is that a sackable offense now?
And yeah there's loads on that twitter who've been sacked only for taking down posters.
Also Jasmine Hughes, an award winning New York Times writer, had to resign after signing a letter protesting Israel's assault on Gaza and calling it a genocide. The guardian has also asked people.Tweet
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There clearly is a very sustained and concentrated effort to punish anyone doing anything that's seen anti-Israel. By the same token is there any pushback for LeBron etc supporting Israel, whole they've killed 4000 kids so far? Imagine these people getting sacked were supporting Hamas, and not simply asking for a ceasefire?
The truth is there are many think tanks, lobby groups, NGO's and 'bipartison groups' like the antisemitism one I posted that are actively pushing back against pro Palestinian views. Combined with the financial power and the media influence in the US the pro-Israel and Zionist supporters have, it's a dangerous place for public figures to show support for Palestine.
I mean you literally had multiple random people in New York calling for Gaza to be wiped out a few weeks ago, I wonder if they've suffered any pushback? Somehow I doubt it. That's the power of organisation - you can make concentrated efforts to punish those you wish to. It's why America's support for Israel is so strong - the amount of lobbying power pro-Zionists have is insane. People aren't aware at just how widespread and strong the Zionists are in the US. There's so many lobby groups, think tanks and other groups, many of them which have hundred million+ in funding per year.
The most egregious to me is how few people are aware of the power groups like AIPAC hold, when a lot of the information on their tactics is in the public domain.
Like I said earlier, why aren't they highlighting the Palestinians in Israeli cells? It's just a bit of an idiotic move to rip them down. And I don't see how doing that does anything to support the Pro-Palestinian movement.