Brian Whitaker

6/6 Among other things, UKLFI claims Israel’s occupation of the West Bank is lawful and that Jewish settlements there are legitimate. It objects to talk of apartheid as strongly as it objects to talk of genocide.

5/6 UKLFI insists there is no evidence of genocide and portrays the allegations as a backdoor way of stirring up antisemitism. It describes them as an example of “Holocaust Inversion”.

4/6 One of its targets is a series of posters by Médecins Sans Frontières which mention genocide. UKLFI claims they are "insulting" and illegal under two sections of the Public Order Act.

3/6 Since the beginning of July it has taken up at least ten separate cases of distress  among Israel's supporters – some of them upset by seeing the word “genocide”, others by the sight of Palestinian flags.

2/6 UKLFI is providing legal support for people claiming to be distressed  –  not by the terrible situation in Gaza but by public condemnations of it. al-bab.com/blog/2025/08...

6/6 Among other things, UKLFI claims Israel’s occupation of the West Bank is lawful and that Jewish settlements there are legitimate. It objects to talk of apartheid as strongly as it objects to talk of genocide.

5/6 UKLFI insists there is no evidence of genocide and portrays the allegations as a backdoor way of stirring up antisemitism. It describes them as an example of “Holocaust Inversion”.

4/6 One of its targets is a series of posters by Médecins Sans Frontières which mention genocide. UKLFI claims they are "insulting" and illegal under two sections of the Public Order Act.

3/6 Since the beginning of July it has taken up at least ten separate cases of distress  among Israel's supporters – some of them upset by seeing the word “genocide”, others by the sight of Palestinian flags.

🧵1/6 UKLFI, the pro-Israel organisation whose chief executive claimed the Gaza war could increase the life expectancy of Palestinians by reducing obesity rates, has come up with another grotesque idea ...

Re Zelenskyy's attire: In WW2 Winston Churchill wore a one-piece "siren suit" for meetings with Roosevelt (at the White House), Eisenhower and Stalin.

Palestine Action protesters arrested by police at London demo Protesters simultaneously unveiled signs with the same message

At least 365 people have been arrested at a demonstration in London in support of proscribed group Palestine Action, police say. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

1/4 Activists campaigning against Britain’s military presence in Northern Ireland faced surveillance and prosecution during the 1970s. liverpoolpeopleshistory.org/2025/01/07/s...

It seems very likely Bob Vylan will be prosecuted, if only to make an example of them. Worth noting, though, that it's the sort of case where juries sometimes turn bolshie and deliver the "wrong" verdict.

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If the atrocity denialists at @UKLFI really think:

"promoting the idea that Israel has committed a genocide is likely to stir up religious hatred against Jews, contrary to Section 18 of the Public Order Act 1986"

then they are welcome to report me.

Shush! Don't mention genocide! (1 February 2025) al-bab.com/blog/2025/02...

Pro-Israel lawyers target climate activists over Gaza (10 January 2025) al-bab.com/blog/2025/01...

Harassment claim by pro-Israel lawfare group ‘wholly without merit’ (5 December 2024) al-bab.com/blog/2024/12...

Pro-Israel campaigners get references to genocide removed from art exhibition
(19 September 2024) al-bab.com/blog/2024/09...

Cultural genocide: the battle to suppress Palestinian voices
(17 September 2024) al-bab.com/blog/2024/09...

Prominent Jewish peer resigns from pro-Israel activist group
(10 September 2024) al-bab.com/blog/2024/09...

Pro-Israel lawyers target London arts venue in move to silence Palestinian voices (31 August 2024) al-bab.com/blog/2024/08...

From warfare to lawfare: Israel's other battleground (2 August 2024) al-bab.com/blog/2024/08...

🧵UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) is getting a lot of attention following disgusting remarks by its chief executive, Jonathan Turner. For anyone not aware of the group's activities, here's some background ...

(5/5) The conclusion to be drawn, apparently, is that Gazans who survive the war will emerge leaner and fitter, thanks to the Israeli blockade on food and other essentials preventing them from over-eating.

(4/5) His letter cited two pre-war studies of overweight and obesity in Gaza – one relating to women and children, the other to the weight of health workers.

(3/5) The estimate, Turner wrote, "ignores factors that may increase life expectancy, bearing in mind that obesity was one of the biggest health issues in Gaza prior to the current war". www.uklfi.com/wp-content/u...

(2/5) Chief executive Jonathan Turner made his extraordinary claim last week in a letter disputing casualty statistics – among them an estimate of "indirect" casualties such as people dying from untreated illnesses because of the destruction of health facilities.