Whose streets? Protest since 7 October
JVL Introduction
Sasha Baker reports on the demonstrations since October 7
The pernicious narrative of sectarian division, pervasive in parts of the Jewish community, is not matched by the realities but this vindictive presentation serves to sow fears among Jews.
While among Muslims government-encouraged suspicion has led to many schoolchildren being victimised for showing support for Palestinians – or even just mentioning the word Palestine.
This period has seen an increase in both Islamophobic and antisemitic incidents.
Many Jews have found it difficult to join the marches. But more and more have done so and the solidarity built in practice is strengthening cross-communal understanding and cooperation.
RK
This article was originally published by Vashtimedia/The Pickle on Fri 2 Feb 2024. Read the original here.
Whose streets? Protest since 7 October
Sasha Baker explores the responses of British Muslims and Jews to a new era of mass protest.
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I’m glad you have reprinted this piece from The Pickle, with its sensitive non-judgemental interviews with both Muslim and Zionist individuals. Congratulations to the writer for being able to do this – I and perhaps many other members of JVL might find this difficult… However I’d like to protest against the very INsensitive choice of photo to go with this piece. The marches I’ve attended have not consisted of militarised-looking ranks of masked marchers wearing identical slogans! We’ve been much more various than that.
The British establishment media persistently presents the Gaza genocide as if it was started by the Hamas retaliation against Israel in 2023, without mention of the oppression and far greater killings by Israel over the previous 75 years.