Two prominent US commentators say they have been banned from entering the UK this week because of their outspoken stances against Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
hasan has been an avowed opponent of anti-semitism for his entire career, he has very consistently made a distinction between zionism and jews
hasan has never been on piers’ show
hasan hasn’t supported hamas and he has criticised them for human rights violations, but he has, quite rightly, pointed out that hamas is better than israel, because israel has killed 80,000+ innocent civillians in palestine as part of their genocide, whereas hamas is a resistance movement against a nuclear state supported by the world’s largest military superpower
I actually agree with you, but this comment is misleading. The UK Government has said none of those things and has not made any statement on this as referenced by “The Home Office has been contacted for comment.”
The first quote was from The Community Security Trust, and the second from The Times.
Well, I actually agree with you, but actually the first quote was from The Times and the second quote was from Labour MP David Taylor.
I just thought it was fair to extrapolate that the reasons the government banned him were the same as those who publicly called for the ban, not separate reasons that no one who actually supports the decision has cited.
Support for Palestine that isn’t completely toothless requires supporting their right to violently resist their occupation. Because the UK gov proscribes any group that attempts to achieve that end, they have effectively barred support for the Palestinian right to freedom from the occupation.
I actually agree with Novara that Piker shouldn’t be barred from entering the UK but this headline is very misleading.
The UK government has said the ban is because of his use of ‘“antisemitic tropes, such as the claim that Israel controls America” and comments about grooming gangs he made on Piers Morgan’s YouTube show’ and because of his support of a ‘proscribed terror group’ (i.e., Hamas). Nothing to do with his support of Palestine (I don’t think that Hamas represents Palestinian.s any more than I think that Putin’s party represents Russians).
the media constantly lies to defend israel
I actually agree with you, but this comment is misleading. The UK Government has said none of those things and has not made any statement on this as referenced by “The Home Office has been contacted for comment.”
The first quote was from The Community Security Trust, and the second from The Times.
Well, I actually agree with you, but actually the first quote was from The Times and the second quote was from Labour MP David Taylor.
I just thought it was fair to extrapolate that the reasons the government banned him were the same as those who publicly called for the ban, not separate reasons that no one who actually supports the decision has cited.
Support for Palestine that isn’t completely toothless requires supporting their right to violently resist their occupation. Because the UK gov proscribes any group that attempts to achieve that end, they have effectively barred support for the Palestinian right to freedom from the occupation.