Imagine for a nanosecond the histrionic reaction, if a pro-Palestinian activist, decked out in pro-Hamas gear or wrapped in a Palestinian flag, were arrested for peacefully standing too close to a Jewish temple.
Oh, the humanity!
From congressional Democrats to the lapdogs of the left-wing media, the uproar would be deafening — not to mention the oodles of vile, antisemitic posts on social media.
Yet, in no-longer-jolly old England, a Jewish lawyer was recently arrested for allegedly “antagonizing” a group of pro-Palestinian protesters. The lawyer’s crime? He was wearing a Star of David necklace.
That, gang, was an actual slap at humanity.
Here’s what was reported on October 19:
Police officers from London’s Metropolitan Police arrested a Jewish lawyer for openly wearing a Star of David necklace, alleging that doing so “antagonized” pro-Palestinian protesters, and that the symbol could “cause offense.”
The lawyer claimed … he was handcuffed and detained for almost 10 hours in an attempt to “criminalize the wearing of a Star of David.”
He was arrested at 7 p.m. on August 29 at a pro-Palestine protest outside the Israeli embassy in London, and claims he was monitoring the event for unlawful behavior by the protesters, and to scrutinize the actions of the police officers at the scene.
As Front Page Magazine writer Hugh Fitzgerald asked on Wednesday, “Can Britain be saved from itself?”
Great question. Check it out:
Can Britain be saved from itself?
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After all, the mere sight of that necklace could cause the mob to become angry, even violent, and instead of protecting the lawyer from possible violence by the mob, the Metropolitan Police arrested him.
This Jewish lawyer, wearing his Star of David on a chain, was apparently deemed so dangerous by the police that they had to arrest him, and put handcuffs on him, before whisking him away in a police van.
But it was not he from whom the police expected violence; it was the pro-Palestinian mob chanting outside the Israeli Embassy. The mere sight of his Star of David could provoke that mob into violence.
Instead of protecting the peaceful lawyer who was doing nothing more than wearing his Star of David, the police chose to arrest him for wearing that symbol of his faith.
While the incident happened in late August, such injustices continue to occur, regularly — meaning pro-Hamas, antisemitic agitators continue to do their thing, while law enforcement officers and university police departments often do zero to stop the intimidation of Jewish students and others who dare to challenge such “peaceful” demonstrations.
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Here’s more from the piece linked above:
The lawyer was peacefully recording on his iPhone what he described as the pro-Hamas protesters’ “incidents of criminal behavior.” Was it vandalism just outside the Embassy, destroying the grounds or graffiti on its walls? Or was it the mob’s cry that “From the river to the sea/Palestine shall be free,” which, properly understood, is a call for Israel to disappear, and to be replaced by a 23rd Arab state? Or was it “Death, death to the IDF” or “globalize the Intifada”? Or Oxford student Sam Williams’ latest contribution: “Gaza Gaza make us proud/Send the Zios under the ground.”
Were these chants not incitement to violence against Israelis and Jews? Apparently, the police had no problem with such behavior, but the lawyer, who shouted nothing, threatened nothing, and simply caught on camera instances of the mob violating the law, was arrested for coming too close to the protesters, while wearing his Star of David necklace, the mere sight of which could provoke the mob to violence.
The Jerusalem Post story linked earliernoted that the Metropolitan Police Service claimed the man’s arrest was not due to his Star of David necklace, but rather that he was arrested after allegedly “repeatedly breaching” an order from officers to keep opposing protest groups separated.
Uh-huh, I bet.
I also bet that such an arrest would not have occurred if the tables — the two religions — were flipped.
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