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Jewish academic arrested in UK over ‘terrorism’ after pro-Palestine speech (www.aljazeera.com)

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Retired Jewish professor Haim Bresheeth, a child of Holocaust survivors and founder of the Jewish Network for Palestine, was arrested under a UK anti-terrorism law after speaking at a recent pro-Palestinian protest in London.

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[+] [email protected] -15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

"Released without charge"

Nazis do a lot of that?

Edit. Look at all you people downvoting me because you want to believe the Nazis weren't that bad and would let people go without charge. Shame on you.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

Should never have been arrested to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Arresting innocent people to intimidate them is a staple move.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Not to mention the normalization of such a connection between pro-palestine and "terrorism". People who are out of the loop will read the headline and assume that the person arrested for terrorism is guilty. They'll start to associate the pro-Palestinian viewpoint with terrorism if enough arrests like these make it into headlines.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Literally a signature of the School of the Americas playbook.