'Dark turn of events': Met Police under fire for intifada chant arrests
(www.middleeasteye.net)
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from pete_link@lemmy.ml to world@lemmy.world on 18 Dec 23:07
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By Hannah. Smith
Published date: 18 December 2025 15:40 GMTAt a protest outside the Ministry of Justice on Wednesday, four people were arrested for “racially aggravated public order offences” for their use of the Arabic word “intifada”, meaning uprising.
The move comes in the wake of the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney on Sunday, in which two gunmen targeted a Hanukkah event, killing at least 15 people.
Several public figures have sought to link the shootings to Palestine activism, specifically referencing the chant.
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How is chanting in favor of an uprising against oppression a “racially aggravated public order offence”? Because it’s in Arabic? If so, that sounds more like racially aggravated discriminatory policing.
Lucky for them they didn’t say anything directly opposed to genocide. Who knows what would have happened to them then.