Iain Macwhirter: Keir the killer has asserted truly bold authority by banishing the Magic Grandpa on The Herald

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… insisting that it is anti-Semitic to say that Israel is committing genocide in the Palestinian-occupied territories, or that it is behaving like the Nazis. That is one of the cases of anti-Semitism cited as racism by the Equalities Commission report. Yet it is surely debatable whether this is expressing hatred of Jewish people or merely criticising Israeli foreign policy.
… After all, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, Richard Falk, accused the Israeli government of “ethnic cleansing and genocide” in the Palestinian territories.
… Many Labour activists feel very strongly about this. They regard the Palestinian cause as the great moral issue of the age. Many believe that claims of genocide are reasonable and that they are being denied the right to criticise Israel. Jeremy Corbyn is now their martyr-in-chief.

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Pro-Palestine protestors gather at Hampden Park ahead of Scotland v Israel game on The Herald

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On 4 September Scotland’s national football team will once again play against Israel at Hampden Park stadium in clear breach of the Palestinian call for Boycott.
“Israel attacks and denies Palestinians right to play football and represent their country internationally so we will not let them play in peace!
Let’s show the world that we stand with the Palestinian people against the land theft, dispossession and genocide which they face at the hands of the racist state of Israel and its imperialist backers. 

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