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[–] spagbolioli@feddit.uk 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

israel and the uk are the same side

they wouldn't be flying over gaza/lebanon without coordination with israel, so it's obvious reconnaissance for israel/nato

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The UK has been criticising Israel for attacking Lebanon though.

Like I said, if Israel wanted recon they can just use their own drones. Seems like people are jumping to the conclusion that we're gathering intel for Israel rather than collecting our own Intel to get an idea of what's going on.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 1 points 20 hours ago

Might be both. Tell Israel it's to help, but make records to make the case to exit the war.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They literally arrest you for supporting Palestine in the UK.

[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They'll arrest you for supporting Palestine Action which has been designated a terrorist group by the government. You wouldn't be arrested for peacefully protesting and supporting the Palistinian cause.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Why was it designated a terrorist group. Who have they killed and what crimes against civilians have they committed?

I am being rhetorical of course and besides it has already been determined unlawful.

It is clear they attempted to illegally suppress human rights in support of Isreal.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

JTAC based their assessment largely on the Filton incident where a police officer suffered possibly life-changing injuries after a PA member attacked them repeatedly with a sledgehammer.

The underlying basis was the definition used in the Terrorism Act, of a group that commits serious damage to property in order to influence government policy. The UK is one of the few places to have such a broad definition.

[–] craftymansamcf@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

police officer suffered possibly life-changing injuries after a PA member attacked them repeatedly with a sledgehammer.

Of course when the video was released to the courts it showed it was the police officer doing the brutalising on the protester. Not surprising the police would lie.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Oh gosh one person severely injured, that is horrible. I am truly sorry for their suffering as no one deserves treatment like that.

On the other hand there have been a verifiable 172,000 Palestinian injuries with over 72,000 estimated deaths.

The government knew full well what they were doing and anyone defending it should be ashamed to defend this abuse of human rights. There is no doubt in my mind about this because it is a verifiable pattern.

Just like UKs support of Israel.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk -2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

That and breaking into a military base and damaing hardware.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

they should be rewarded for that.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A military base involved in support genocide thr ultimate form of terrorism

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

As they falsely claimed. The planes they damaged had nothing at all to do with israel.

[–] craftymansamcf@lemmy.world 0 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The planes they damaged had nothing at all to do with israel.

Flying over Palestine and helping the israelis target missles at children sounds like a lot to do with israel.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 0 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The planes they damaged did not do any of that.

[–] craftymansamcf@lemmy.world 0 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Just because you want to offload the blame for the genocide entirely on the israelis, doesn't change the reality that the UK has been complicit every step of the way for the eradication of 1000s of Palestinians families

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk -1 points 19 hours ago

Doesn’t change the reality that the other commenter’s claim that that air base was involved was false.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Raf bases use elbit system tech so israeli tech

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

That incident doesn’t seem to be in the JTAC assessment.

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Palestine Action beat a police officer on their back with a sledge hammer, fracturing their back. It was pure luck this wasn’t deadly.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Not sure if true, since you're an hasbara cunt but if if he wasn't killed it's definitely BAD luck.
Fuck those nazi bootlickers.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Still spreading propaganda zionazi?

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works -2 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Do you support beating people with sledgehammers as a form of peaceful protest?

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

No but you zionazi support a settler colonial power so get lsot

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 0 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

no need to be peaceful with zionazi cunts.
I'll hammer you too, and with pleasure

[–] paul@lemmy.org -1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

If you can be convinced that anyone is evil then you'll happily commit evil against anyone. You're no different to the Zionists

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

If you can be convinced that anyone is evil

now there's some BS pulled out of your ass.
Not 'anyone' is genociding a whole country are they?
They can die, and so can their bootlickers and hasbara agents.

[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm not arguing about the designation, that's up to the government. However the people that been arrested for holding up the signs knew exactly what they where doing and had been warned before their arrests. They were protesting the proscription of Palistine Action rather than generally supporting Palistine.

We will find out how it all plays out once the appeals process is completed.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I am not sure that is accurate to say people were only protesting the act of it being banned. I am sure the majority also supports ending the genocide that the UK refuses to designate as such.

When you can excuse human rights abuses it is all pretty much moot anyways.

[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I didn't say that they were only protesting the ban. That is what they were arrested for through.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Oh, I thought you were implying that. Sorry for misinterpreting it.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago

Iranians who protested the regime knew what would happen to them with your dumb logic I get it was fine what the Iranisn regime did

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Designed as a terrorist orgsnization because it support palestine and oppose settler colonialism

[–] paul@lemmy.org -1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

No, designated as a terrorist group because they broke into an RAF base and damaged aircraft.

Criticising Israel and opposing genocide is perfectly valid, attacking a country that's stuck in the middle of it because you don't like that they're embroiled in a 100 year old mess they've been trying to mediate the whole time.

If Palestinian action wanted to make a difference they'd target the Israeli embassy but they didn't, because they're not protestors they're saboteurs.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

Uk leadership should rot in jail for selling arms for a settler colonial power called Israel . The united kingdom is sponsoring Israeli terrorism . Yes those who infiltrated it are saboteurs sabotaging military targets complicit with genocide . Palestine action is just like antifa a decentralized group each member is responsible for it's own actions. The High Court recently ruled that this proscription was unlawful too but because the uk support genocide they still want to arrest people.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You may need a refresher course on use of “literally”.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago

Thanks grammar Nazi!

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Critisizing israel but still sell wespons, share intel and impose no sanctions on the state of israel itself. That's called hypocrisy