TottsYvette Cooper: Some 'don't know the full nature' of #PalestineAction
When Kamali Melbourne of Sky News interviewed her, she said, โThe proscription of Palestine Action is based on detailed security adviceโ, but the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre has not produced ANY documents that say so
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TottsMoreover, when she spoke in Parliament on June 23rd, all she said was โThe UKโs defence enterprise is vital to the nationโs national security and this Government will not tolerate those who put that security at riskโ. One would have thought there would be at least something, anything that indicates my country being put at risk
But there isn't any
The government has not been able to provide any documents indicating #PalestineAction are a credible threat to the UK as a terrorist organisation
HeatherMJ@Geri@mastodon.online
It is not credible that if there was any evidence of violence against people, the press would not have been all over it.
GeofCox@HeatherMJ@mastodon.social @Geri@mastodon.online
The Labour Party has been here before - I'm old enough to remember the 'dodgy dossier' justifying the Iraq war, supposedly documenting how Iraq's 'weapons of mass destruction' could target Britain in minutes. It was fantasy - there never were any such weapons - Labour just wanted to go to war; now, they just want to suppress any serious opposition to Israel.
HeatherMJ@GeofCox@climatejustice.social @Geri@mastodon.online
So disappointing. I didn't vote for Labour, but I wanted them to do well. They have done some good stuff, but this is scarcely believable
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@HeatherMJ@mastodon.social @GeofCox@climatejustice.social @Geri@mastodon.online Anyone who believes Cooper needs to give their head a wobble. She has form. I hope this destroys Labour. Both them and the Tories are as corrupt as each other. As Declassified exposed, the UK government was secretly advised that Palestine Action is โhighly unlikelyโ to advocate for violence. 1/
Linda ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฎ๐น@HeatherMJ@mastodon.social @GeofCox@climatejustice.social @Geri@mastodon.online 2/ The governmentโs Proscription Review Group conceded in March that a ban on PA would be unprecedented due to no known precedent of an organisation being proscribed due to its use or threat of action involving serious damage to property. MI5 also concluded that โthe majority of direct action by Palestine Action would not be classified as terrorism, but does often involve criminalityโ. /
Linda ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฎ๐น@HeatherMJ@mastodon.social @GeofCox@climatejustice.social @Geri@mastodon.online 3/ The discrepancy between the Home Office press briefings and the official intelligence reports suggests a state-linked disinformation campaign was waged against PA in order to manufacture public consent for proscription. Israeli owned Elbit Systems pushed for a retrial after charges against PAโs co-founders were dismissed. Israeli embassy officials attempted to get the Gov to intervene in court cases. /
Linda ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฎ๐น@HeatherMJ@mastodon.social @GeofCox@climatejustice.social @Geri@mastodon.online 4/ Then it came to light that Lord Walney, the government's independent adviser on political violence and disruption and who pushed for proscription, accepted funding from pro-Israel and arms trade lobbyists. Cooper herself has accepted significant funding from the Israeli lobby. Labour are in the pockets of the Israeli lobby - far far more than the Tories ever were. Time to co-sign them to the bin