Josh Alston

@joshalston.bsky.social

Historian of Jews in South Africa. Penguin enthusiast. Unenthusiastic about neoliberalism. Green Party England and Wales.

Again, this argument (here made by the Chief Rabbi) is so bogus. Israeli proposals may have envisaged E1 remaining part of Israel. No Palestinian or international proposal did. The Oslo process blocked any settlement building in E1 because they it would prevent any contiguous Palestinian state.

The stated justification for punishing an ally in this way, is Israel's long-planned construction of homes in the E1 area. Yet successive peace efforts, from Oslo to Camp David and beyond, have envisaged a final agreement in which this area would remain under Israeli sovereignty.

Anti zionism is not antisemitism - I'm an anti zionist and have been one for a long time! but there are a subset of anti zionists that are, and it doesn't do anyone any good to deny this - I actually think tackling this is one of the best ways to fight Zionism itself

El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

I'm so proud of Yassin. He made Bristol and Britain his home. He has contributed so much as a Green Party Cllr to his city and to the community in Lawrence Hill. Solidarity in the face of this Reform fuelled racist hate. Hope always wins!

Matt Goodwin complaining about Yassun Mohamad - the law mayor of Bristol. Saying that we shouldn't have former refugees running our cities.

This week Tucker Carlson platformed another hardline antisemite-- a pastor who told Carlson 'the Jews killed Jesus' and whose writings rail against 'international Jews'. But unlike last fall's interview with Nick Fuentes, this time the media hardly noticed. My latest at @religiondispatches.org:

Tucker Carlson's Latest Foray Into Far-Right Antisemitism Flies Under the Radar

On Tuesday, Tucker Carlson hosted Jordan Daniel Hall, a Christian nationalist blogger, for a wide-ranging interview criticizing the fundamental tenets of Christian Zionism. Carlson, who recently trade...

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Elon Musk is apparently going with "the Lancet study that proved I am responsible for the deaths of millions of children was concocted by the evil Jewish puppet master." Because Elon Musk is ideologically a neo-Nazi.

Tweet from Elon Musk: "He’s just another Soros puppet. 

It was Soros who funded the bogus study in the Lancet and told his minions to parrot it nonstop."

It's obvious to point out attacks against Muslims get ignored - but still needs repeatedly calling out. An Antisemitic attack should be reported and action taken. But where is the same media outrage, cobra meetings and calling of national emergency when 5 Muslims are attacked?

There is now clear evidence that the Great Israeli Real Estate event had unlawful activity at it. I've written to the Mayor of London to ask what he intends to do about it. This needs to be escalated immediately.

During Mayor's Question Time last week I asked you to put pressure on the government to ban the “unlawful” ‘Great Israeli Real Estate.’

You clarified that you had discussed the event with the Metropolitan Police Service and stated that any allegations of criminality relating to the potentially unlawful sale of property at the event would be assessed by the Met as part of an investigation.


It has since come to light that materials handed out at the ‘Great Israeli Real Estate’ event included properties in Ma'Ale Adumin and Givat Zeev in the West Bank and
Ramat Eshkol and Givat HaMatos in East Jerusalem. 

These settlements are illegal under international law. This event should never have been allowed to happen in our city.  There was substantial evidence ahead of the event that organisers were advertising properties in illegal settlements. More than 100 organisations, including human rights groups, as well as over 100 MPs called for the ‘Great Israeli Real Estate’ event to be cancelled.

The UK Government has repeatedly affirmed that Israeli settlements are illegal under international law. 

With horrific settler violence against Palestinians on the rise, it’s more important than ever that those involved in hosting this deplorable event in our city are not allowed to act with impunity.

The Proceeds of Crime Act makes it illegal for promoters and estate agents operating in the UK to facilitate the sale of land acquired through illegal conduct. 

Yvette Cooper has confirmed that the Advertising Standards Authority will investigate Sunday's event but that response is completely inadequate. This needs to be escalated to the Metropolitan Police Service immediately, anything less fails to reflect the
seriousness of the situation.

Following your discussion with the Met, why was a decision not made to ban the event given the clear and mounting evidence that justified its cancellation and how was it assessed that the event should go ahead? Could you also confirm whether t…Bild

If guidance to forcibly segregate trans woman was implemented - it would not only be a attack of trans rights - but also on religious freedom. LGBT+ inclusion is a fundemental tenet of progressive Judaism, and to force us to segregate would be a denial of our right to practice our religion freely.

Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · 4mo ago

‘Trans women must be barred from female toilets, changing facilities and sports teams, new official guidance is to state’ www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

The attacks on the Masjid in San Diego are deeply horrific Across the western world, Muslims are under attack. This coming in the wake of the firebombing of a UK prayer room Far-right influencers and mainstream politicians have fuelled this climate of hate They need to be challenged at every step