Posted by joe90 kane
on November 3, 2009, 10:21 pm
Whilst the BBC gives Milliband and Griffin face-time on its various broadcasting channels to spread lies about Hamas, Gaza, and Palestinians in general -
- Scottish anti-racist protestors face charges of being 'racists' because they object to the British Government's foreign policy of supporting the racist war crime state of Israel.
See Scottish SPC link below for more details -
Racist BNP "full square behind" Israel - SPSC campaigners on trial for 'racism'
Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Thurs + Fri 5th + 6th Nov, 9.30am, Edinburgh Sherriff Court
While the racist BNP proudly proclaims its support for Israel and its massacres in Gaza, and the UN Human Rights Council has made it clear that Israel should be prosecuted for "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity", SPSC campaigners face trial for racism over their non-violent boycott protest of Israeli state-sponsored cultural ambassadors, the Jerusalem Quartet.
The Israeli musicians, in the words of their admirers, believe that 'a rifle in one hand and a violin in the other is the ultimate Zionist statement.'
On Thursday and Friday this week, the Sherriff will hear evidence from the prosecution witnesses, and hear arguments from the defence that criticism of Israel is not racist, and that the charge is not competent.
Help us fight the move to criminalise boycott and criticism of Israel. The same British authorities who support the siege of Gaza are working to stifle Israel's critics here.
Even if you can only be there for 10 minutes to show your support, please meet outside the court at 9.30am each day, and stay for as little or as long as you can.
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Ruth Smeed, spokesperson for the Board of Deputies of British Jews:
'The BNP website is now one of the most Zionist on the web - it goes further than any of the mainstream parties in its support of Israel'.
Jewish Chronicle report:
"BNP leader Nick Griffin told the entire country on Question Time that the BNP was the only party to support Israel in its war "against the terrorists" during Operation Cast Lead.
"This was possibly the worst public relations blow to Israel in this country since Operation Cast Lead itself - or possibly longer. Mr Griffin has just ensured that anyone who supports Israel, or its right to defend itself, will be immediately associated with the BNP. It will take 10 years to shake off."
"Israel might argue that it needs to take its friends where it can find them - and over the years, out of a position of isolation, it has cooperated with and even endorsed many dubious, objectionable and even racist individuals and regimes, such as apartheid South Africa."
Marion Woolfson
"Anyone who stands up for Palestinians is automatically accused of being 'anti-Semitic'. I am Jewish and proud to be Honorary President of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, an anti-racist group that opposes Israeli apartheid."
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