Police are reviewing footage of a speech made at a protest in Brighton on Sunday which described Hamas’s attack on Israel as “beautiful” and a “success”.
A woman addressed a rally of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign at the Clock Tower, making comments about the recent attack on Israel by militant group Hamas, which has left more than 700 people in Israel dead.
The video, shared on social media, was described as “despicable” and “depraved” by local Jewish residents.
Police also say they are working with local synagogues and mosques to discuss concerns amid rising tension.
Sussex Police said: “We are aware of concerns being raised in relation to the ongoing conflict in Israel and the border with Gaza.
“Sussex Police has increased visibility across parts of Sussex in order to provide an increased presence and reassurance to our communities.
“We recognise there is the potential for increased tensions and are monitoring and working with communities, and partners, to ensure people feel safe and protected. We are continuing to work with synagogues, mosques and businesses to discuss any concerns.
“Anyone who experiences threatening behaviour or is worried about their safety is urged to contact police.
“The force will be reviewing footage from a protest held in Brighton on Sunday (8 October), along with any other reports made to us.
“We remain committed to ensuring any reported offences are investigated proportionately, without prejudice, and in line with legislation, while recognising the complexities and sensitivities of the issue.”
Yesterday, home secretary Suella Braverman tweeted: “I expect the police to use the full force of the law against displays of support for Hamas, other proscribed terrorist groups or attempts to intimidate British Jews.”
According to BBC reporting, more than 700 people have been killed in Israel since Saturday morning – including one man from Scotland – and nearly 600 have died in Gaza since Israel began its retaliation response.
Probably one of Tony ‘the notorious anti semites’ Greensteins mates.
Hamas will be crushed and the Palestinians will have even less . Don’t anger us Jews.
Touche
The failure of the “Green” M.P. Caroline Lucas to condemn these sort of hate speeches should be pointed out. She seems to have a history of failing to condemn these sorts of actions. She was on a dodgy National Committee that was taken over by extremists who promoted extremism in the Middle East. Her Party was also led by the Conspiracy Theorist, Racist and Holocaust Denier David Icke.
Touche
Caroline Lucas is well know for her anti-Israel sentiments, so it should not come as a surprise that she does not condemn the action of the terrorists.
hmm, i generally support palestine but this isn’t the way. i haven’t seen the original video so i don’t know how out of context it is but i don’t think it helps to celebrate something like this, regimes will stay untouched and more innocent people are going to die.
i’ve seen a lot of people be called anti semetic just for opposing israeli attempts at ethnic cleansing, which isn’t right either. inflammatory language is just costing lives and it’s costing the lives of people at festivals or just struggling to get from one day to the next. i don’t know what the solution is but this can’t be it surely.
What do you mean by ethnic cleansing? Where is the evidence for this, or it is something you have come across on social media? If you are claiming a similarity to the Nazis, where are the death camps with gas chambers and furnaces, concentration camps, medical experiments and tortures on innocent people, who just happened to be Jewish, gay, Romany or Communist, the work to death, the numbers tattooed on the arm? You should read “The Last Jew of Treblinka” by Chil Rajchman, to find out about ethnic cleansing.
‘What do you mean by ethnic cleansing? Where is the evidence for this’ Where is the evidence for the holocaust? Genocide deniers are much the same.
The demolition of Bedouin villages in the Negev, people who are Israeli citizens. The village of Umm al Hiran was demolished to make way for the Jewish town of Hiran. Al Arakhib is another. In fact half of Israel’s Arab villages are ‘unrecognised’. No Jewish settlement is unrecognised. Why? Because the land is state land and Israel is a Jewish state so Arabs living on state land are automatically trespassers.
But whatever evidence was presented to the apartheid supporter Hendrik (an emigre from South African apartheid?} would not be sufficient because there are none so blind as those who will not see
Hanin Barghouti elected Women Students’ officer at the University of Sussex students’ union,
was seen addressing a crowd by the Clock Tower in Brighton during a protest organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign on Saturday – a day after terrorists began murdering and kidnapping Israeli civilians. She said
‘we need to celebrate these acts of resistance because this was a success.’
Raping and murdering is a success? From a women’s students officer? Really? This is supporting a proscribed organisation and is illigal. Do your job Sussex Police.
Well, it says a lot about the students’ union if they have such a person as Women Students’ officer, one who gives new meaning to the word “success”.
Whatever happened to freedom of speech?
Keeping in mind the number of those killed in recent attacks by Hamas ,do not forget the years of suffering by all those in Gaza and other regions at the hands of Israel and it’s friends …
But the calling for the Genocide of the Palestinian people by Israeli politicians is fine, get a grip
Chosen people my Ar$e !!!
Perhaps you were not around when, during the last war, this country faced heavy bombardment every night, and that included in the Brighton and Hove area. Would you have said “thank you” to the Nazis, or would you have encouraged our service men and women to fight back?
Where is anybody saying that is fine? You don’t have to pick a side and support them like a football team no matter what they do.
The number of dead killed by Hamas terrorists, referred to in the media as militants, has now risen to 900.
Palestinians fed, clothed and sheltered the early Jewish setlers. Palestinians are not allowed to walk in certain areas , Palestinians are subject security checks. Palestinians are forcefully evicted from their homes. Palestinian worshipers are beaten out of Al-Aqsa. Please tell me how you would react if you were a Palestinian living in Palestine and being treated like that in your own country. Freedom fighters are always celebrated, as Ukraine has shown us.
I may be wrong here but I don’t recall any reports of Ukranian soldiers massacring a whole village including the elderly, infants & babies. The actions of Israel have also been disgusting but it does not excuse these barbaric actions.
Actually many early Jewish settlers were murdered by Palestinians.
Does freedom fighting mean the savage murder of around a thousand people in one day? Does it mean the rape and murder of women in close proximity to others who have been raped and murdered? Does it mean the kidnap of innocent people with babies and children, with the threat of decapitation? I doubt if any of the Ukrainians have sunk that low. Is that what you are celebrating?
It seems the usual gaggle of racists and Zionists are repeating the same nonsense ad nauseum.
Gaza is occupied, the world’s largest open air prison. Israel has been laying siege to it for 17 years. Just imagine living in the world’s most crowded area, not allowed to leave when you want, not allowed to export and import what you want, having drones constantly in the air targetting individuals and having Israel’s navy shooting even at the fisherman without any comeback.
The people who justify this would justify any atrocities. Israel calls itself a Jewish state but in reality it is the West’s strategic watchdog which arms the Myanmar/Burmese regime and has just recently helped Azerbajan ethnically cleanse the Nagorno Karaback of Armenians.
In Jerusalem Palestinian Christians suffer continual attacks as do Muslims.
As for ethnic cleansing Israeli settlers are mounting daily pogroms against Palestinian villages in Area C. But deny this is you wish. Those who do are no different to holocaust deniers.
There is an effort in this country to conflate Israel’s attacks on the Palestinians with anti-Semitic attacks here. It won’t work. The fascist right supports Israel, because they see it as the ideal ethno nationalist state. The same fascists who have historically attacked Jews.
The bigots who posted the comments above revel in their ignorance and abuse. After all if I am an antisemite then anyone is. Having fought fascists and antisemites all my life, as a cursory glance at the Argus archives will confirm, we all understand the trick of accusing opponents of Zionism of being antisemitic when it’s usually non-Jewish Zionists who are anti-Semitic
Oh, here he is again, with his usual distorted and bizarre views.
So, are you saying that Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran have never expressed their aim of destroying the state of Israel? If that is not ethnic cleansing, then what is?
Are you also celebrating the beheading of babies in Israel on Saturday?
Just to remind you Tony – a recent court hearing agreed you are a ” Notorious anti -Semite”.
Another court recently declared you a bankrupt.
Last month another court found you guilt of criminal acts.
How’s your 80 hours community service with likeminded rightwing racist thugs going Tony ?
People are being stabbed to death, Shaun is being vandalised, and plod are investigating a speech……..good grief…
I deplore the actions of Hamas against Israel, and my heart goes out to all of the families of those affected by the horrific attacks.
I deplore the actions of the Israeli governments overwhelming force they are unleashing on Palestinian people and my heart goes out to all of the families of those affected by the horrific attacks.
I deplore all violence whatever form it takes.
If you continually beat and kick an animal, it will eventually bite you.
Israel has continually violated international law and oppressed the Palestinian people for many decades.
It continually ignores UN resolutions, despite being a member state. It does not recognise the International Criminal Court. It does not adhere to the Geneva Convention humanitarian laws.
Yet Western nations continually give their unequivocal support to Israel and stand by and just ignore their persecution of the Palestinian people. Why?
In 2022 alone the United Nations General Assembly has adopted 15 resolutions against Israel. That is more than the rest of the whole world combined. Putin has only had 4.
The killings will go on, on both sides and nothing will change, until the world understands and listens to both sides and start to treat each other as human beings.
Stop all the hate and talk calmly to each other.
HOPEFULLY , THE PALESTINE STUDENT AGITATOR WILL BE CHUCKED OUT OF SUSSEX UNI AND DEPORTED
The Brighton Palestine Solidarity Campaign has a history of involvement with right wing racist thugs, who have stood outside Jewish owned shops giving Nazi salutes.
Now another of their supporters has today been arrested by counter terrorism police under section 12 of the Terrorism act 2000.
Sussex University have a legal & moral duty to expel her, along with any other Hamas supporting thugs.
So, 1 year on….what was the result of the police investigation?