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Jewish academic arrested in UK over ‘terrorism’ after pro-Palestine speech (www.aljazeera.com)

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Retired Jewish professor Haim Bresheeth, a child of Holocaust survivors and founder of the Jewish Network for Palestine, was arrested under a UK anti-terrorism law after speaking at a recent pro-Palestinian protest in London.

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[+] essell@lemmy.world -13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

"Released without charge"

Nazis do a lot of that?

Edit. Look at all you people downvoting me because you want to believe the Nazis weren't that bad and would let people go without charge. Shame on you.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 10 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Arresting innocent people to intimidate them is a staple move.

[-] Chulk@lemmy.ml 8 points 14 hours ago

Not to mention the normalization of such a connection between pro-palestine and "terrorism". People who are out of the loop will read the headline and assume that the person arrested for terrorism is guilty. They'll start to associate the pro-Palestinian viewpoint with terrorism if enough arrests like these make it into headlines.