I don’t follow British politics; all I know is typically what I gather from headlines that pass through my feed.
I was under the impression that the government did not support Palestine as they were arresting folks who spoke out in defense of Palestine and against the genocide.
Now I’m seeing headlines saying Britain (amongst others) are set to recognize Palestine statehood.
So what’s really going on?
Nothing. Performative posturing to appear not complicit, which they are.
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The government is not arresting people just for speaking out in defence of Palestine; there have been mass protests and even a high-profile charity concert in London just the other day.
The arrests are people specifically protesting in support of Palestine Action, an activist group that the government designated a terrorist organisation after members broke into an RAF airbase and vandalised aircraft.
Mandela was also in the list of terrorist. Stop with your stupid justifications
Not justification, I never said I agree with the arrests. I’m just sharing the facts of the situation.
Palestinian actions goal is to effectively do damage to military equipment’s used in the genocide and the whole reason the u.k designed them as terrorists is exactly this , only allowing protests that won’t change anything . So yes the facts of the situation is that the uk is arresting people supporting the end of the genocide and support for palestine
The guardian podcast said differently, randomly arresting people for terror for peotesting the issue no mention of the proscribed.
Why are you repudiating the podcasy?
I’m not repudiating anything; these are relevant news sources to help answer OP’s question.
I haven’t heard the podcast, but feel free to share a link if you think it provides more information.
That makes some sense. It kinda takes the bite out of that Banksy piece…
The UK government now officially recognise where the weapons sold to Israel are fired at