Muslim Observer

12 The Muslim Observer Volume 16, Issue 34; Aug 15 - 21, 2014
London
from pg 1
In order to pacify rising
public anger against it, BBC has
shown live coverage of the rally
albeit not without the statement
of an Israeli diplomat expressing
his displeasure, “We don’t have a
problem with the protest per se;
we have a problem with people
expressing support for a terror organisation
which is designated in
the UK [Hamas] and which today
is the key obstacle to the prosperity
of Gaza.”
In another development BBC
has, after the approval from Israeli
Government, decided to broadcast
Gaza relief appeal something
it had refused to show in 2009 on
the pretext that such an appeal
would compromise its impartiality.
It should be remembered that
BBC’s director of news James
Harding is an unabashed supporter
of the Zionist state. Mr Harding,
also former editor of ‘The
Times,’ is on record to have told
‘Jewish Chronicle‘, “I am pro-
Israel,” he said. “I believe in the
state of Israel. I would have had a
real problem if I had been coming
to a paper with a history of being
anti-Israel. And, of course, Rupert
Murdoch is pro-Israel.
Interestingly in 2004 succumbing
to the immense Zionist
pressure Guardian newspaper had
to get rid of its trainee journalist
Dilpazier Aslam for his association
with Hizb-ut-Tahrir.
“Bit by bit, one by one, Israeli
apartheid has to go”; “When injustice
becomes law, resistance
becomes duty”; “Stop bombing
Palestine”; “Stop the massacre”;
“BBC stop whitewashing Israel’s
crimes”
The rally ended at the Hyde
Park where speakers after speakers
attacked Israel and demanded
the British Government to put
arms embargo on Israel.
Addressing the rally known
human rights activist, leader of
the Respect Party and MP from
Bradford, George Galloway who
was reportedly facing the threats
of being arrested and prosecutedfor
declaring in a rally “Bradford
as an Israel-free Zone”.
Reiterating his stand he decontinuation
Holding banners, placards
and even flags of different countries,
protesters passed by the US
Embassy where they stopped for
a while pointing fingers towards
the Embassy building and chanted
in utter anger and disgust,
“shame on you, shame on you”.
Other slogans included,
“Killing children is a crime, free
free Palestine”; “In a thousand
in a million, we are all Palestinians”;
“In a million, in a billion
we are all Palestinians”; “From
the river to the sea, Palestine will
be free”; “One to three four, occupation
no more, five six seven
eight Israel is a terrorist state”;
“Shame on Cameroon, shame on
Netanyahu”; “Gaza, Gaza don’t
you cry we will not let you die”;
clared that he wanted, “Absolute
ban on Israel” except those four
percent of brave Israelis who had
come out in protest against Israeli
atrocities and have endured police
action. He dared the British
Government to arrest him saying,
“Nothing will make me happier
than to meet you in court”. The
MP known for his outspokenness
added, “All the speakers have
told you nothing but the truth but
none of the speakers has yet told
the whole truth and here is the
truth: the whole state of Israel is
a completely illegitimate enterprise.”
Veteran activist, writer and
journalist Tariq Ali said that
British politicians in all political
parties need to understand that,
“There is no equivalence between
the Palestinian resistance and the
Israeli occupation. When a country
is occupied whether it was
Algeria, whether it was Vietnam,
whether it’s Iraq, whether it’s any
other country, always a resistance
emerges. And it’s no good saying
it isn’t a perfect resistance. If the
occupation is ugly you will not
have a pretty resistance…If you
want the tunnels to stop being
built. If you want no rockets being
fired, get out of Gaza, get out
of Palestine.”
Tariq Ali added that in an
interview, not reported in any
mainstream media, to Zionist
American journalist David
Horowitz asked Netanyahu if he
was honestly prepared to consider
a democratic sovereign Palestine,
“Netanyahu replied very clearly,
‘No’. And he is telling the truth.
It’s not just Netanyahu; this has
been the policy of every successive
Zionist government in Israel.
They will not tolerate an independent
Palestine. And that’s why
we say if you are not prepared to
tolerate that then there’s only one
solution: ONE STATE.”
In a pre-recorded telephonic
message from Gaza Palestinian
MP Mustafa Barghouti said no
camera can record the brutality
and devastation he had seen with
his eyes there.
Other speakers included Labour
MPs, Diane Abbott and Jeremy
Corbyn.
This rally was part of the
weekly protests being organised
by Stop the War Coalition,
Palestine Solidarity Campaign,
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
Friends of Al Aqsa, British
Muslim Initiative, Muslim Association
of Britain and Palestinian
Forum in Britain against Israeli
barbarism.
Among various groups and
organisations participating in the
protest was South Asia Solidarity
Group. A statement distributed by
the SASG at the rally condemned
Israeli barbarism and, “Indian
government for its shameful silence
and ambiguity over Israel’s
genocide and its refusal initially
to even discuss the issue in Parliament.”
It also deplored “India’s
deepening relationship with Israel.”
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