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I did and the verdict is shocking. I was praising normal non-Zionist, non-politicians who continue to stand up against the vile ideology Zionism. I've supported these brave people (many of whom are Holocaust survivors) regularly over the last couple of years and I have received pelters on this site for doing so.
Anyway, the mask of Zionism has fallen off and anyone still conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism needs to give their heads a big wobble and stop echoing pro-Zionist soundbites which only serve to silence criticism of this ideology and condone their followers' filthy disrespect and persecution of millions of innocent Palestinians.
"Only a handful of MPs voted in opposition to proscription."
Sadly it's regarded as a vile, antisemitic trope to point out why so many of our politicians (on the Left and on the Right) support the Zionist entity irrespective of how horrifically it abuses human rights.
I'm pleased to see so many Jews and non-Jews standing up and speaking out against Zionists whether they are Christian, Jewish or secular.
Precisely. The poor Iranian people have been subject to Western meddling since the assassination of Mossaddegh in 1953. Despite the fact that dislike the current regime, they neither need nor want any outside "help".
I think the difference is very clearly understood by nearly everyone. Unfortunately, Israel has gone at length for some time to conflate anti-Zionism and criticism of Israel with antisemitism.
I prefer to leave such matters to Israeli experts:
The answer to that question and many others can be found in this very interesting video:
For those that don't have the time to watch it all, Gideon Levy summarises the feelings of the Israelis like this:
1) Israelis believe the whole world to be antisemitic 2) There will be no civil war. The whole world hates us so we won't be turning on ourselves. 3) What are we supposed to do? The whole world hates us, so we may as well commit a genocide, we're hated anyway. 4) Anyway, it's up to Trump, so it's not really our fault. Blame Trump.
Unpopular as they are, there are arguments based on history that make some interpret the events differently.
If you take the invasion back to the events in 2014, when not a shot was fired, some argue that it was the most peaceful invasion in history. If we're talking about 2022, then that's clearly a different story. Occupation is also debated by some who point out that Russia didn't initially want to take the eastern parts of the country into Russia because they didn't want to upset the political balance of the country between a relatively equal split between pro-Russian and pro-Eurozone Ukrainians. Occupying the Donbas and making it Russian would mean that the Ukrainian government would always be strongly anti-Russian and they days of the democratically elected, pro-Russian Yanokovich would be over for ever.
My personal opinion on this shifts depending on which of my "friends" I'm speaking to as, understandably, it's a highly emotive and divisive topic in the country.
To a certain extent that's true. Spain certainly was a net recipient receiving money from net doners like the UK because we have money. Northern European countries generally operate as net doners because they benefit from the poorer countries in the south, but that isn't the unpopular point I'm reluctant to make.
The UK is investing its money overseas at the moment, particularly in Ukraine. It's not really about protecting it from Russia but rather a long term investment in some sort of strange 100 year partnership between the two countries. Why the hell any country would make a 100 year partnership with another is not only bizarre, but as fishy as hell.
Not much money swilling around Britain to make it nice for us to enjoy. Foreign visitors to our lands will always come to London, Stonehenge, the Cotswolds and either Scotland or Ireland. No investment for our own cities for our own population to enjoy other than traffic calming/restrictions and bike lanes put in to combat climate change.
I know four Ukrainians from different parts of the country. A couple of them are totally in line with how the majority of us think about this war (they now live outside Ukraine, but clearly see their futures back in their home country), they are grateful for Britain's support against Russian "invasion and occupation" as you say it. The other two have different opinions. One of them is distinctly pro-Russian (though he wasn't always that way) and lives in the Donbas though he describes himself as Ukrainian. The other one sees the country very much as I do, a pawn in a wider conflict between Russia and the Russia-phobic West. I know her very well and she hates Russia but sees the UK as a big part of the problem in reducing her country to the state that it is.
I respect all of their positions and am grateful to them for giving me a more nuanced view of the situation than the one the majority of us hold here in Britain
I don't know the numbers, but perhaps the enormous amount of suffering and death that has been brought on the poor Ukrainians means that the population at large is not as willing as we are being lead to believe to continue this awful way.
Like I say, I don't know enough Ukrainians, but I know a few, but as Eurovision voting has always had a strong political component to it, I can't see this year's one being any different.
How have they got it so right compared to England and France?
The answer to that question is complex and I have a theory about it which probably covers the main reasons but I would run the risk of being unpopular here should I express it.
Peace loving humanitarian that I am, let's just say that the reasons are political.
A great shout, as is Santander. Santander is closer to the beach, possibly cheaper and with great access to the Picos de Europa. Excellent, affordable food and a very friendly and beautiful city - go there before it becomes very trendy.
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