#MichaelRapaport will be coming to #Canada this spring to perform #comedy shows, despite his many racist & #Islamophobic remarks, & open support for genocide.

On February 20, 2025, Rapaport shared a post that said “The only way is Kahane way. Period.”

Kahane is an anti-Arab terrorist entity banned in Canada and the US.

Please sign this #petition urging the Minister of Public Safety David McGuinty and Minister of Immigration Mark Miller to take immediate action:
https://www.nccm.ca/rapaport/

#Switzerland / Electronic Intifada's Ali Abunimah Detained

Ali Abunimah's arrest in #Zurich is attributed to different reasons in various reports. While The Electronic Intifada and other sources suggest it's due to a crackdown on pro-Palestine voices, framing it within a pattern of suppressing solidarity with Palestinians, Swiss authorities, as reported by #NZZ, state Abunimah was arrested due to an existing entry ban.

Security Director Mario Fehr is quoted calling Abunimah an "Islamist Jew hater" who poses a threat to Switzerland's internal and external security. NZZ further details accusations against Abunimah, including sharing Hamas content, denying sexual violence on October 7th, and describing Iranian attacks on Israel as "humanitarian acts".

While Mario Fehr is no longer affiliated with the Social Democratic Party (SP) and is now independent , his political positions are perceived by some as leaning towards the right. He left the SP citing its "leftward drift," and while in office, faced criticism from leftist groups like the Young Socialists and found support from the right-wing #Islamophobic Swiss People's Party .

Electronic Intifada was among the first to expose Israel's use of the Hannibal Directive following the October 2023 Hamas attack. Their reporting highlighted how this controversial military policy led to the deaths of hundreds of Israelis as the directive prioritized preventing the capture of soldiers over civilian safety. This claim was supported by a June 2024 UN report and corroborated by various independent investigations, including those by Haaretz and other media outlets, confirming the directive's implementation during the conflict (https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-07-07/ty-article-magazine/.premium/idf-ordered-hannibal-directive-on-october-7-to-prevent-hamas-taking-soldiers-captive/00000190-89a2-d776-a3b1-fdbe45520000 or https://archive.ph/4mtXW).

See also:

https://electronicintifada.net/content/eis-ali-abunimah-arrested-switzerland/50333

https://xcancel.com/caitoz/status/1883332459540230344#m

@israel
@palestine
#IsraelOccupation
#IsraelWarCrimes
#FreeSpeech
#PalestineSolidarity
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#Antisemitism

‘How the #Conservative #Party Helped #Cause the #Riots and why Their #Islamophobic #Rhetoric Won’t Change’

Ironically, the riots during a #leadership #election give the #party a unique opportunity to turn a page and turn their back on #NigelFarage-type #populism. The signs are clear that they will not take that opportunity.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Islamophobia #Racism #WhiteSupremacy

https://bylinetimes.com/2024/08/19/uk-riots-conservative-party-islamophobia/

The #Republican Party doesn't know how to be anything but #racist and #Islamophobic any more -- it has been plumbing the depths of #neofascist bigotry since the 1964 election, and it is by now their only remaining brand. #Vance is Nazi trash, just like his Führer.

We've long known #BillMaher is an #Islamophobic bigot, but bluntly defending Israeli apartheid by associating Palestine protesters with Hamas, and Hamas with the Saudi niqab, then saying we should ignore a nationalist genocide because of that, is dishonesty on Goebbels's level.

A Prayer, Chant and Protest Song: Faith Communities Must Resist Their #Extremists

by Sunita Viswanath, 30/Oct/2023

"It has been 23 days since the #Hamas attack that took at least 1300 #Jewish lives, and since then, more than 8,000 #Palestinian lives have been taken by #Israeli bombs. Half of them are children. The United States, along with many world powers, have given #Israel their blessing to 'defend' themselves against Hamas by bombing Palestinian civilians indiscriminately.

"In fact, the blessing of the #US has come in the form of over $ 3.3 billion a year ($ 370 billion dollars since 1948.

"The US is now proposing to send $ 14.3 billion more in military aid.

"I am a #Hindu American living in New York City, and my husband Stephan Shaw is a #JewishAmerican. We are active in Jewish Voice For Peace and Hindus For #HumanRights, both activating faith communities to take on their respective extremists. While we see an increasing alignment of #WhiteNationalism in the United States, #Zionism in Israel, and #Hindutva in the Indian context, my husband and I are part of inclusive movements of people working together in diverse coalitions for justice for all.

"One of the chants that echoed through Grand Central Station was, 'Never again for anyone, never again is now.' This, for us, is the most basic lesson of the Holocaust that many Jews seem to have forgotten.

"My pain as a #Hindu has been that Hinduism has been hijacked by #HinduSupremacists, led by the likes of #NarendraModi and #Adityanath. They are entrenching the Hindu community in #India and abroad with a false sense of victimhood and danger from our #Muslim siblings, and increasing #Islamophobic sentiment. Under the current regime, India is being transformed into a Hindu rashtra (nation) where Muslims and other religious minorities are neither welcome nor safe. Protesting with thousands of Jews calling for a ceasefire in #Gaza made me dream of a day when thousands – or even hundreds – of Hindus will gather to say ‘not in my name’ to violence committed by Hindu #supremacists."

Full article:
https://thewire.in/world/palestine-israel-zionism-hindutva

@LALegault @UncivilServant
Some stats from London's Met police, from2 days ago:
#Antisemitic #hate crime has continued to soar in London, with 408 offences recorded so far this month compared to 28 in the same period last year.

#Islamophobic hate crime is also on the rise, up from 65 offences last October to 174 so far this month.

Indeed, words like #antisemitic and #islamophobic, while they are warranted descriptors for some people, they are largely being weaponized as cheap debate/discourse terminators by those who don't want to challenge their own beliefs or do the research.

https://youtube.com/shorts/8CGh8-eN4RE

I knew a few good people on #MastodonNZ. Not all of them were fascist jerkfaces. Now, I have no contact with any of them, thanks to an #Islamophobic and #bigoted admin team running it. They may be new people, but they’re just as horrid as the old group running that instance.

I left that server MONTHS ago. I’ve had ZERO interacting with their admin/mods. Today out of the blue, they block the server I’m on. There are only TWO #Muslim run servers, and they blocked one of them.

The Conservative #mayoral candidate for #London , Susan Hall, has appeared to endorse posts featuring #Enoch #Powell and #Islamophobic criticism of the London #mayor
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66820979