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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 22m

Some of you who have been following the Isrealis for Peace Oct. 7th vigil, and the anti-Mamdani counter-protest there might appreciate this. It's from one of the attendees, claiming that a big group amongst the protesters had no idea they were gonna protest a vigil: Full text below.

Screenshot of an Instagram comment in dark mode by @aj_oshawott, posted 3 hours earlier, with 111 likes. The commenter, who attended a pro-Palestinian counterprotest, apologizes for hateful things shouted by the crowd. They explain that many counterprotesters had not been informed of or involved in planning what happened, and that many left once they realized what was taking place. They emphasize that the hateful remarks do not represent them or the broader pro-Palestinian movement, and express a desire to work together in the future and apologize personally to those hurt. The comment ends with three heart-hands emojis.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 6h

🔴NEW: Ben Delo has given Reform £44MILLION Delo’s money comes from his now-closed crypto exchange BitMEX In 2019, a BitMEX investor asked about the status of his investment Delo responded by sending this meme, according to court documents. There’s more, a lot more (new investigation🧵)

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 4h

"On the [Zionism is Racism] motion, I voted and argued against it...but the clash of conference with an exciting and mobilising by-election campaign meant many of us were persuaded not to campaign publicly for these ends". Do you not see how absolutely damning that admission is?

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 13h

In bombshell interview, the man who served as Netanyahu’s military secretary on October 7, 2023 says that the Israeli pm passed up clear-cut opportunities to bring more hostages home from Gaza alive because doing so would have risked his political career! www.timesofisrael.com/pms-ex-milit...

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PM’s ex-military secretary: Netanyahu prioritized political survival when he could have saved hostages’ lives

In bombshell interview, Avi Gil, who was in post on Oct. 7, alleges PM's chief of staff falsified his phone records from that day; PM issues denial; opposition leaders call for criminal probe

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samborin.bsky.social @samborin.bsky.social · 19h

Can anyone who knows bsky.app/profile/heat... shed any light on why he has the Hamas triangle in his screen name?

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Ron Skolnik @ronskolnik.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Friends in Israel, liberal, consider Zohran Mamdani a very big threat to them. I've been trying to push back, explaining that his intent is sincere and positive, even if they (or I) don't always agree with him. Maybe this will clarify my point. www.jta.org/2026/10/07/n...

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Protesters overrun Oct. 7 Israeli peace vigil attended by Mamdani - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Demonstrators mocked and yelled at participants in the event organized by the left-wing group Israelis for Peace.

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Humble Novice @humblenovice.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

...Wow, the Onion Person is starting to become the next Zei Squirrel.

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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Closing out the day by getting myself added to a few more blocklists. If you say “Israel isn’t committing genocide because the death toll is too low”, your argument is, AIUI (IANAL), legally flawed. And it’s morally abhorrent...

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Stav Zeitouni @stzeitouni.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Israelis for Peace NYC - who are near and dear to my heart - held a vigil in which they read testimonies and eulogies of both Israelis & Palestinians on this incredibly difficult night. It's not for everyone, but to have it disrupted in this way is absolutely shameful.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 08/10/2026

Someone’s gonna die at this rate.

BREAKING: Fully masked Islamists are now chasing down Zohran Mamdani, and threatening him.

You have to laugh at the irony of this.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 08/10/2026

The DSA/“pro-Pali” crowd has now decided that both Abdul El-Sayed and Zohran Mamdani, the two highest-profile Muslim, anti-Israel politicians in the U.S., are guilty of genocide. Because they both dared to say “antisemitism’s bad, m’kay?” Ok, then. bsky.app/profile/c-so...

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 08/10/2026

And now this.

Organizers of the Oct. 7 vigil Mamdani is attending tonight are unable to start because pro-Palestinian protestors are drowning them out with their chats. Israeli organizers are trying to read testimonies from Israel and Palestinian victims and call the Gaza War a genocide. Protestors have taken seats intended for mourners, and one holds a sign of Sinwar.

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Amy Spitalnick @amyspitalnick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

These protesters have nothing to do with Palestinian rights or peace. Their goal is eliminationist — that any recognition of Israeli humanity is unacceptable, even if comes from someone like Mamdani and is part of a peace vigil. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...

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Oct. 7 Peace Vigil Erupts in Chaos as Protesters Shout at Mamdani

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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sorry that’s nonsense! If a transphobe passes a motion saying ‘women only spaces must be protected’, as a trans woman I’d feel discomfort at that. The fact the proposer has said antisemitic stuff and G4P trumpeted *david miller’s’ endorsement is absolutely relevant!

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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

People trying to suggest all that matters is the pure text of the motion, and if a bunch of antisemitic content had to be removed, and Greens For Palestine say and defend antisemitic stuff and proudly associate with antisemites… no. That is bollocks.

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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Throwback to this delightful convo

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Our position as a pro Palestine party is crystal clear as it should be.
If the motion is only about Israel, why say 'the modern use of the term "antisemitism" to refer exclusively to hostility against Jews distorts its original meaning and erases the Semitic identity of Arabs and Palestinians.'
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It's not my place to tell Palestinians how to describe their own oppression. And it's not yours either.
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I'm sorry but that's bollocks. The term antisemitism refers to anti-Jewish hate and always has. And as you well know not all Palestinians think the same they aren't a hivemind. You don't get to invoke them to defend that ahistorical nonsense.
Are you seriously defending that part of the motion?
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Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

jesus fucking christ Algeria? your ideal example is Algeria? You mean 140,000 Jews in 1950 and 50 count 'em fifty in 2021 Algeria? That Algeria? Why not go all out and say your ideal example is Germany at that rate

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

They mention Algeria in their later briefing note - alongside this (which is the only thing I can see that addresses the status of Jews who live there - implying they'd only get to stay in they accepted a justice and reperations process led by/for Palestinians.) It also cites David Millers support

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Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

You're aware that the proposers' ideal model for what comes next is... Algeria ("the suitcase or the coffin")? bsky.app/profile/gree...

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is the actual final motion. It half-heartedly promises "equality for all", but you just had to see one of the lead proponents refusing to answer what future Israeli Jews have in Palestine (he was asked seven times) to understand the music. greens4palestine.uk/assets/motio...

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That this draft was even put for debate says everything you need to know. I understand the proposer is now under disciplinary investigation for antisemitism, which also shows what a mad circus we're all living in.

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That early draft includes many more insane gems, such as why the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (JDA) should be rejected just like the IHRA because it protests equality for Israeli Jews, while they basically don't deserve it (as beneficiaries of Apartheid). We know who put this in.

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"... the modern use of the term “antisemitism” to refer exclusively to hostility against Jews distorts its original meaning and erases the Semitic identity of Arabs and Palestinians." This gem is from an early draft resolution of "Zionism is Racism" Green party resolution

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Since it needs to be said: Anti-Islamic bigotry and anti-Arab racism are very real and deserve to be named and studied and confronted on their own terms. But "antisemitism" never meant "bigotry against Semitic peoples," and saying so is bad historiography.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The term was popularized by Wilhelm Marr in the 1880's, to racialize Jews and to cultivate the idea that he hated Jews on modern scientific racial grounds, not premodern theological grounds. No one *is* a Semite; the term was invented as part of racist pseudoscience. This is ahistorical nonsense.

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Also in London, a similar group chose today to go to the Board of Deputies - the largest community group for British Jews - to scream that those inside were “killing babies”. www.thejc.com/news/uk/anti...

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Masked anti-Israel mob target offices of Board of Deputies on October 7 - The Jewish Chronicle

Police arrest five people for inciting racial hatred at a demonstration at the Board’s HQ in London

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Protesters on a hate march are chanting “smash the Zionist settler state” on the streets of London. Three years ago to the day, we saw what that looks like in practice. Innocent people, even babies, murdered, tortured and kidnapped. For shame.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Oct 7 attack by Hamas was a horrific act against Israelis that made everything worse for Palestinians, the Israeli government committed war crimes, Hezbollah is a fascistic organisation that exploits its community, the IRGC feeds off endless war at home and abroad All these things are true

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That substantial portions of the European and US Left struggle with the idea that it is possible to condemn criminal actions by the Israeli government while also condemning the vicious brutality of Hamas, Hezbollah and the Iranian regime continues to baffle me.

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

One of the acutely minor consequences of 1,200 people, mostly Israelis, mostly Jews, being murdered by Hamas on 7 October 2023 was finding out just who celebrated, equivocated, or who didn’t say anything at all but magically regained their ability to comment on this brutal conflict a few weeks later

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My main memory of October 7th is reaching out to a Jewish friend to check he and his family were okay - and the sorrow, compassion and grace he expressed. He rejected hate and vengence, and expressed horror at what was likely to come. I'll always compare that to those who celebrated or march today

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Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If you want to know why Jews are suspicious of you when you're just trying to be a well-meaning antizionist gentile, consider that these two things were written by the same man, Guangtian Ha, a (currently suspended) religion professor at Haverford

a passage from an article by guangtian ha that reads:

We make this call amidst growing concern about antisemitism on our campus. Questions have arisen in the context of a number of specific situations, including external influences from Lower Merion, from donors, and from some alumni who are hell-bent on defining the " ways to be Jewish. This, of course, flies in the face of thousands of years of Jewish tradition which is fundamentally based on interrogation, questioning, and truth-seeking. We take these attacks on our anti-Zionist Jewish community members seriously and we understand the real damage the state of Israel causes for the entire Jewish world when it claims to be acting on behalf of all Jews while engaging in horrific atrocities that - truth be told- mirror some of the worst stereotypes of Jews that have been a part of European racism for centuries. We will be clear: antisemitism should be unacceptable at Haverford, but the energy and consideration which some in our administration have granted these bad faith actors suggests otherwise.

a passage from a court document about guangtian ha that reads:

In or about January 2026, through in or about February 2026, defendant GUANGTIAN HA, using X account "America IstLM" posted a series of threatening and harassing messages directed at Victim 1, including the following:
a. "Jew, get the fuck out of my country"
b. "Jew pig, get the fuck out of Lower Merion"
c. "If jews are so special then they should also be placed in special camps and receive special treatments"
d. "LM jews are going to have it big time, jew. Remember this. You scums have had it too easy. Goyim are taking America back, blood-guzzling demons."

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"He had the opportunity at the Brighton conference to demonstrate a different kind of authority, generated from within, expressing conviction derived from a stable core of belief, made compelling by courage. It is the stuff of which leadership is made. Polanski doesn’t have it."

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Zack Polanski had the chance to show real leadership. He blew it | Rafael Behr

A toxic debate over anti-Zionism leaves the Green leader looking like a passenger in the movement that carried him to the top, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Jack Kessler @jackkessler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hard to explain what the last three years have been like. The friends who celebrated atrocities (and were then outraged not to be invited to your wedding). The isolation and lack of empathy. The sudden acceptance that, you know, maybe Jews don't need to go to city centres on weekends?

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Jack Mendel @mendeljack.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The people marching today on October 7, three years since a massacre, mass kidnapping and start of a war, are modern day blackshirts. They are plainly simply trying to antagonise Jews as we commemorate the worst day since the Holocaust. I hope there are many arrests today.

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

To keep track, the proposer of the Green's "Zionism is Racism" motion: - Wants Hamas de-proscribed - Said that God willing, a time will come when Zionists "are hunted in the same way as Nazis...We will retake freedom, it won't happen without force" - And this - www.jewishnews.co.uk/zionism-is-r...

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'Zionism is Racism' motion creator described as 'close friend' of Al Qaeda terrorist - Jewish News

Lubna Speitan confirmed she is still close to Minh Quang Pham, who plotted to murder hundreds at Heathrow airport, claiming that he had been "demonised"

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USAID saved millions of lives @asholpost.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

i've been asked what my opinions were about <<insert islamist terrorist group>> too many times just because i'm muslim. i feel sick that this is happening to jews. it's bullshit; it's wrong; it doesn't help anyone.

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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Sure, we indulged in some pretty poisonous antisemitism, but don't get too fixated on that; look at everything else we accomplished (I'm pretty proud of the antisemitism itself, btw)" 🤢🤢🤮

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Useful things are happening recently on the right, with prominent figures drawing a line under the racism: Jacob Rees-Mogg, Nadhim Zahawi, now James Cleverly. Tentative sense of a social and moral norm being re-established.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hugely dishonest to pass off a sentence for setting off a bomb as "destroying a camera"

Misleading statement by "journalist" Andrew Pierce

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Gotta say until you read the actual motion it's not clear just how rabid the Greens' positioning is. The motion calls for the end of the State of Israel.

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

One of the issues which became apparent very quickly yesterday was that a number of the people assembled under the "Greens for Palestine" banner had been Corbynite Labour activists in the 2010s. One of their spokespeople was literally the election agent for a Socialist Campaign Group MP in 2019.

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

They can't say this anymore after yesterday's motion. The call for one state is in direct contradiction to international law leftfootforward.org?p=174085

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Only the Green Party’s stance on Gaza is based in international law and human rights

Carne Ross explains the Greens' position, including support for a ban on arms sales to Israel

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is a good explainer of why the motion is a problem. www.linestotake.com/p/green-part...

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Jewishness itself is now the offence

The Green Party votes to say “Zionism is racism”

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I still haven't seen a single person be able to defend or explain why you'd vote against this amendment or why it was unacceptable. It's the smoking gun as to exactly what the Zionism is Racism motion aims to achieve.

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David Anderson @bricksilk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Letter printed in The Times today

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Jack Kessler @jackkessler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You can support net zero, LGBTQ+ rights and a Palestinian state. But if you attend a synagogue or partake in almost any aspect of communal Jewish life, the Green Party now considers you a racist.

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Jewishness itself is now the offence

The Green Party votes to say “Zionism is racism”

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As a Jew I think what the Greens have done is appalling. As a political commentator I think Andy Burnham is a lucky man.

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