William Hanna: Open Letter To The Right Honourable Prime Minister
Open Letter To The Right Honourable Prime Minister:
A Staunch Defender of Democratic Values And Human
Rights
Rights
Are We Allowed To describe Those Responsible For The
Above
Above
Deaths As Being Inhuman, Barbaric, War Criminals?
The law regarding
anti-Semitic behaviour in the UK
anti-Semitic behaviour in the UK
Anti-Semitic behaviour is
defined as behaviour that is offensive to anybody who has Jewish heritage, and
which threatens, abuses or insults such a person based on his or her Jewish
nationality, race or religion. Clearly, such acts are outlawed under an act
prohibiting expressions of racial hatred, and if proved to be true, can result
in fine, imprisonment or both.
defined as behaviour that is offensive to anybody who has Jewish heritage, and
which threatens, abuses or insults such a person based on his or her Jewish
nationality, race or religion. Clearly, such acts are outlawed under an act
prohibiting expressions of racial hatred, and if proved to be true, can result
in fine, imprisonment or both.
Dear
Prime Minister,
Prime Minister,
As a citizen of the United
Kingdom I have long admired your public persona which comes across as being
that of someone who not only loves his wife and children dearly, but is
also compassionate and kind to all people. I am therefore writing to you
because I am somewhat confused over the apparent contradiction between that
public persona and the supposedly “democratic and humane” policies of your
government. it was for instance with some concern that I recently read of plans
to tighten laws covering anti-Semitism despite existing legislation.
Kingdom I have long admired your public persona which comes across as being
that of someone who not only loves his wife and children dearly, but is
also compassionate and kind to all people. I am therefore writing to you
because I am somewhat confused over the apparent contradiction between that
public persona and the supposedly “democratic and humane” policies of your
government. it was for instance with some concern that I recently read of plans
to tighten laws covering anti-Semitism despite existing legislation.
While your well publicised
pledges to protect Jews from hatred and to always support Israel may appease
the powerful Jewish lobby with whom British political leaders regularly hobnob (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2929113/David-Cameron-calls-Britain-stand-stamp-anti-Semitism-survivors-Holocaust-mark-70th-anniversary-liberation-Nazi-death-camp-Auschwitz.html),
you also have a responsibility to the many British citizens who are appalled
with Israel’s barbaric ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people as was
witnessed during last summer’s Operation Protective Edge. I cannot speak for
other British people, but I personally resent and strongly object to being
branded as an anti-Semite for condemning Israeli violations of international
law including human rights. Let me assure you, Prime Minister, that if what the
Palestinian People have now suffered for more than 60 years had been
perpetrated by a neighbouring Muslim country, that my condemnation would have
been no less passionate. So the fact that those guilty of war crimes against
the Palestinian people happen in this instance to be Jewish, is not of my doing
and does not mean that my condemnation is anti-semitic. Furthermore, anybody
with a scintilla of humanity — something most hypocritical politicians
obviously lack — will inevitably condemn irrefutable inhumanity irrespective of
who the perpetrators are or their religious affiliation. The invented term of
“anti-Semitism” is therefore being used as a means of effectively silencing
criticism of Israel and by extension encroaching on the free speech rights of
the British people. (http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2015/02/17/the-reality-of-present-day-anti-semitism?tempskin=basic)
pledges to protect Jews from hatred and to always support Israel may appease
the powerful Jewish lobby with whom British political leaders regularly hobnob (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2929113/David-Cameron-calls-Britain-stand-stamp-anti-Semitism-survivors-Holocaust-mark-70th-anniversary-liberation-Nazi-death-camp-Auschwitz.html),
you also have a responsibility to the many British citizens who are appalled
with Israel’s barbaric ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people as was
witnessed during last summer’s Operation Protective Edge. I cannot speak for
other British people, but I personally resent and strongly object to being
branded as an anti-Semite for condemning Israeli violations of international
law including human rights. Let me assure you, Prime Minister, that if what the
Palestinian People have now suffered for more than 60 years had been
perpetrated by a neighbouring Muslim country, that my condemnation would have
been no less passionate. So the fact that those guilty of war crimes against
the Palestinian people happen in this instance to be Jewish, is not of my doing
and does not mean that my condemnation is anti-semitic. Furthermore, anybody
with a scintilla of humanity — something most hypocritical politicians
obviously lack — will inevitably condemn irrefutable inhumanity irrespective of
who the perpetrators are or their religious affiliation. The invented term of
“anti-Semitism” is therefore being used as a means of effectively silencing
criticism of Israel and by extension encroaching on the free speech rights of
the British people. (http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2015/02/17/the-reality-of-present-day-anti-semitism?tempskin=basic)
It should be noted that recent
reports of rising anti-Semitism in Britain have neglected to make clear that
the trend was a natural reaction not only to Israel’s barbarity, but also to
the apparent support for such barbarity by Western political leaders such as
yourself who rather than being proud of their citizens’ condemnation of crimes
against humanity, have instead chosen to silence criticism with accusations of
anti-Semitism. Furthermore, there is a perception amongst British people that
rather than condemn Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian people, British Jews
are instead actively endeavouring to prevent non-Jews from criticising Israeli
crimes with impunity. (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/14/uk-jewish-antisemitism-rise-yougov-poll)
Racial hatred is not something over which Jews have a monopoly and
there are in the world today many other ethnic minorities who are its victims.
Prevailing hypocrisy and double standards are for example galling for anyone to
be branded as an anti-Semite for as an example simply criticising the Jews in
the following short video clip. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVyCfJ5cOOA)
reports of rising anti-Semitism in Britain have neglected to make clear that
the trend was a natural reaction not only to Israel’s barbarity, but also to
the apparent support for such barbarity by Western political leaders such as
yourself who rather than being proud of their citizens’ condemnation of crimes
against humanity, have instead chosen to silence criticism with accusations of
anti-Semitism. Furthermore, there is a perception amongst British people that
rather than condemn Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian people, British Jews
are instead actively endeavouring to prevent non-Jews from criticising Israeli
crimes with impunity. (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/14/uk-jewish-antisemitism-rise-yougov-poll)
Racial hatred is not something over which Jews have a monopoly and
there are in the world today many other ethnic minorities who are its victims.
Prevailing hypocrisy and double standards are for example galling for anyone to
be branded as an anti-Semite for as an example simply criticising the Jews in
the following short video clip. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVyCfJ5cOOA)
Those of us who oppose the
mechanisms for absolute total global control and oppression obstinately refuse
to be brainwashed because we recognise the emergence of a “new society” wherein
the spread of disinformation by a muzzled mainstream media erodes the moral
principles of democracy; wherein governments are increasingly imperialistic
abroad and militaristic at home; and wherein domestic police states are
established to silence and control the people under the guise of “homeland
security” for protection against terrorism, but actually intended as protection
for powerful special interest groups and lobbies from the people. In
resisting such undemocratic trends, we the people demand that our elected
leaders, and that includes you Prime Minister, unconditionally reject the
influence of the wealthy and powerful 1 percent — whose wealth will soon
surpass that of the 99 per cent — and instead represent the interests of the
majority.
mechanisms for absolute total global control and oppression obstinately refuse
to be brainwashed because we recognise the emergence of a “new society” wherein
the spread of disinformation by a muzzled mainstream media erodes the moral
principles of democracy; wherein governments are increasingly imperialistic
abroad and militaristic at home; and wherein domestic police states are
established to silence and control the people under the guise of “homeland
security” for protection against terrorism, but actually intended as protection
for powerful special interest groups and lobbies from the people. In
resisting such undemocratic trends, we the people demand that our elected
leaders, and that includes you Prime Minister, unconditionally reject the
influence of the wealthy and powerful 1 percent — whose wealth will soon
surpass that of the 99 per cent — and instead represent the interests of the
majority.
Yours sincerely
William Hanna is
a freelance writer with recently published books the Hiramic Brotherhood of
the Third Temple and The Tragedy of Palestine and its Children. Purchase
information, sample chapter, other articles, and contact details at:
a freelance writer with recently published books the Hiramic Brotherhood of
the Third Temple and The Tragedy of Palestine and its Children. Purchase
information, sample chapter, other articles, and contact details at:
