{"id":108848,"date":"2023-11-25T18:05:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T16:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=108848"},"modified":"2023-11-25T11:09:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T09:09:40","slug":"01-05-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=108848","title":{"rendered":"\u2018BBC\u2019: Not impartial to rally vs. Jew-hatred, Palestinian flag on Macy\u2019s parade float"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>\u2018BBC\u2019: Not impartial to rally vs. Jew-hatred, Palestinian flag on Macy\u2019s parade float<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

MENACHEM WECKER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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An individual member of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe of American Indians displays a Palestinian flag at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan on Nov. 23, 2023. Source: YouTube\/\u201cCBS\u201d Boston.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

We want to make it very clear that the tribe takes no stance on the conflicts overseas,\u201d\u00a0stated<\/a>\u00a0the Mashpee Wampanoag, after a member displayed a Palestinian flag on the American Indian tribe\u2019s float. \u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate that we are not focused on the beautiful display of our culture and history at the Macy\u2019s Day Parade but rather on the actions of an individual tribal citizen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) had\u00a0thanked<\/a>\u00a0the tribe \u201cfor showing solidarity with the Palestinian people,\u201d and Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), a member of the \u201cSquad,\u201d\u00a0wrote<\/a>: \u201cThis is what solidarity looks like.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Anti-Israel protesters\u00a0disrupted<\/a>\u00a0the parade, with some gluing themselves to the ground along the parade route.<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0BBC\u00a0<\/em>has reportedly told news staff that attending a march against antisemitism would be seen as \u201ccontroversial<\/a>\u201d and a violation of the company\u2019s policy on impartiality. \u201cMany people here have been to the pro-Palestine marches and are happy to talk about it at work. People here seem to think Zionists are evil. One colleague said I was OK because I wasn\u2019t \u2018a proper Zionist,\u2019\u201d one source told the\u00a0Daily Mail Online<\/em>. \u201cThey don\u2019t have a clue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Three British police forces are\u00a0investigating<\/a>\u00a0antisemitic hate speech at local mosques after \u201cfootage of preachers calling for Jews to be slaughtered and Israel to be destroyed has been handed to detectives at West Midlands Police, Scotland Yard and Northamptonshire Police,\u201d the\u00a0Daily Mail<\/em>\u00a0reported. \u201cOh God, limit their number. Kill them indiscriminately and do not leave any of them alive,\u201d one reportedly said. \u201cOh God, our Lord. Disperse them. Weaken their strength, shake the ground beneath their feet and freeze the blood in their veins. Make them captive to the Muslims.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

From Oct. 7 to Nov. 20, Toronto experienced a\u00a0192% increase<\/a>\u00a0in reported antisemitic incidents compared to that span last year (38 anti-Jewish hate crimes compared to 13), per Myron Demkiw, the city\u2019s police chief. \u201cThe numbers are deeply unsettling but not surprising,\u201d said Michael Levitt, president and CEO of the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies, which has been fielding reports of daily antisemitism from Toronto Jews. (In the same spans, there were 17 anti-Muslim incidents reported in 2023, compared to one in 2022\u2014a 1,600% increase.)<\/span><\/p>\n