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The Owen Jones Podcast

Cops vs. 'Antisemitism Activist': What Really Happened?

The Owen Jones Podcast

Owen Jones

Government, News, News & Politics, Politics

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

It's the confrontation which has become international news, and become the latest incident seized upon by politicians and media outlets to demonise protesters against Israel's murderous onslaught.


Gideon Falter - who heads a group called 'Campaign Against Antisemitism' - released a clip about his confrontation with a police officer. But far more information has since come to light - so what is the full truth? We examine here in detail.

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0:00.0

We are currently seeing a renewed attempt by politicians, by media outlets to demonize protests

0:06.2

against Israel's genocidal onslaught against Gaza on both sides of the Atlantic.

0:11.8

Now I'm going to look at a latest claim drama, saga,

0:16.6

centering on an incident here in Britain. It involves a chap called Gideon Falter,

0:20.8

he's chief executive of an organization called Campaign Against Anti-Semitism,

0:24.8

of which more shortly, and a board member of Jewish National Fund UK whose motto is supporting Israel

0:31.8

for life. He's actually Vice Chairman there. It's honorary patrons. motto is

0:33.4

is supporting israel for life he's actually vice chairman there

0:33.9

its honorary patrons include the prime minister and president of Israel

0:38.6

the context huge mass protests

0:42.1

against israel's genocidal onslaught against Gaza, continuing on both

0:47.0

sides of the Atlantic.

0:48.0

And here are some facts about those protests before we talk about the incident in question.

0:52.8

Firstly, they have been overwhelmingly peaceful,

0:55.8

with a lower arrest rate than, say,

0:57.6

blasphemy music festival or indeed a large football match.

1:00.5

That isn't to say there haven't been people who've attended these protests who haven't expressed hateful ideas. There has been.

1:08.0

And they belong nowhere near these protests. But it would be absolutely extraordinary if protests that big didn't have those

1:15.9

individuals if you just see any huge crowd anywhere in any context the odds are

1:22.1

there are going to be people there with hateful ideas.

1:25.7

And obviously they don't belong at those protests, which are overwhelmingly driven

1:30.5

by a sense of anger and grief at the mass slaughter of innocent people.

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