Well done, Freddie!! I aplaud your black ass for making some kinda statement, doing it the way you felt was best because God knows, them jews and israelis have every other means of communicating their plight and having their story told, cornered. For God knows how long, them Palestinians and them jews been fighting between themselves but there has been such a disproportionate shift in the balance of power to favor the jews since England and the usa decide to start siding with the jews that the Palestinians no longer exist any more..... dem is not people. or so it seems. dem Palestinian pelt two-tree big stone at dem, is tear gas and bullet in dey ass! Hamas send two-tree rocket in sparsely populated areas: four people dead.....is all kinda technology and smart bomb to mash-up de place: 800+ gone dong de drain......Palestinians is not people, too? Freddie musn't make NO KINDA gesture of solidarity with a people that is suffering? Just because the laws of football say so? Wasn't Cassius Clay Muhammed Ali eventually deified for what he was initially vilified for by making a political stand, refusing to go to vietnam? Didn't the respective governing bodies see to it that he was stripped of his titles and/or disallowed from from plying his trade? If they could get sport involved with politics then, why can't Freddie do it now? israel could carry out ALL KINDA pre-emptive strike on any of its neighbours and nobody cyah say "boo." Yuh say ANYTHING critical of a jew and yuh "anti semetic." Man, haul dem moddah cont eh! They was trading arms with south africa and flourishing in the diamond industry all while Mandela was in jail and his people was suffering (and I eh want to hear no shit 'bout it being only a "handful of greedy jews" because one jew is for all and all is for one......and ALL AH DEM GREEDY!!).....yuh would think, the way they and the usa always crying "terrorism" that jewish people haven't been reigning terror on these Palestinians in their own way. What Hamas and Hezbollah are doing against israel now aint no different from what the Haganah and the Irgun were doing against the "British Imperialists" sixty-something years ago. You GO, Freddie!!
England may be why Israel exists in the first place, but England currently does not back Israel relentlessly like the US. Most Brits "support" Palestine, not Israel; the British Prime Minister wouldnt dare come out in favour of Israel, the way that Bush & Co do.
Ryan doh talk nonsense nah...UK backing Israel big time, maybe on the DL but anyone with one eye could clearly see that they do!
In 2001 the government of England approved 91 arms export licenses to Israel, in categories that included ammunition, bombs, torpedoes, rockets, missiles, combat vessels, military electronic and imaging equipment and armoured vehicles.
When George Galloway MP, ask de Blair Government for answers, Foreign Office minister Ben Bradshaw said there was "no evidence" that British arms and equipment had been used against the Palestinians.
Truth is the evidence is abundant and clear....Amnesty's report that the Apache helicopters used to attack the Palestinians are kept flying with British parts. (Bradshaw is an active member of Labour Friends of Israel, which has arranged for 57 Labour MPs to visit Israel, the largest number of MPs from any British government.)
You do know who Lord Levi is don't you...check the last name carefully...he is UK's secial envoy to Isreal. Serious Pro Zionist dey.
British MPs receive award for Israel support
Updated: 09/Feb/2007 16:34
LONDON (EJP)--- Three British Members of Parliament have been recognised for their work and support of Israel at a reception in the House of Commons.
Conservative MP David Gauke, Labour MP Barbara Keeley and Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament Baroness Sara Ludford were presented with a silver ‘tzdaka’ [charity] box in recognition for the work they do in support of Israel.
The all-party reception, hosted by the Ambassador of Israel to the UK Zvi Heifetz together with Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel, was held last week.
Release call
Each of the politicians have played a significant role in supporting Israel in recent years.
Labour MP Barbara Keeley
Gauke was responsible for introducing a Parliamentary motion last November calling for the unconditional release of the three kidnapped Israeli soldiers, Ehud Goldwasser, Eldad Regev and Gilad Shalit.
The MP has been a member of the Conservative Friends of Israel since March 2001. Last February he initiated a debate on Iran’s nuclear programme and has spoken up in various debates and foreign office questions on Israel and the Middle East.
Keeley, meanwhile, is vice chair of Labour Friends of Israel and has an interest in the role of women in the peace process, she has visited the region and met with representatives of the New Israel Fund. She worked on the 2006 all-party investigation into anti-Semitism. The report called for urgent action from government, police, prosecution services, universities and the Jewish community, to tackle a disturbing rise in anti-Semitism in the UK.
And Baroness Ludford is a well-known supporter of Holocaust remembrance.
Speaking at the European Parliament in December, Baroness Ludford said: “I hope the European Council will express its condemnation of the Holocaust Conference - or, more accurately, the ‘Holocaust Denial Conference’ - just held in Iran. I appreciate the fact that the President of Parliament did just that this morning. It is essential that the European Union makes clear at the highest level - that of the assembled Prime Ministers - its opposition to this outrageous exercise in mischief and hate.”
Conservative MP David Gauke
Good relationship
Ambassador Heifetz welcomed the large number of Members of Parliament who attended saying it “was testimony to the strong and lasting bond between the UK and Israel”. He said: “You are here tonight are contributing much to the UK’s good relationship with Israel.”
He added: “We appreciate your presence here tonight, I know that sometimes even the best of friends do not agree on every issue but our discussions are always constructive. One thing I can assure you is that we will not let you down, we will explore every avenue in our pursuit for peace. After all it is in our interest to achieve peace as soon as possible.”
Jane Kennedy MP, chairman of Labour Friends of Israel introduced proceeding and James Arbuthnot MP, chairman of the Conservative Friends of Israel, thanked the ambassador for hosting the reception.
Speaking at the reception, Arbuthnot said: “Israel’s struggle is a struggle for her very existence. I think we should congratulate the winners for their fantastic friendship of Israel, something which is needed on a daily basis.
