Steve Bell sacked by Guardian in antisemitism row over Netanyahu cartoon

Re:Steve Bell sacked by Guardian in antisemitism row over Ne... by xdennis on Monday October 16, 2023 @09:40AM (#37899770)

The BBC is a weird place. The have a policy of always referring to terrorists as "militants", but they fire a guy for imaginary "anti-semitism".

Also weird times in London. Jewish shops around me have been vandalized (not a hate crime according to the police [1] as opposed to the nazi pug). There have been people marching and shouting "We'll find the jews. We want their blood." [2]. It's the sort of thing you expect to see in black and white documentaries not in your neighborhood.

[1]: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/golders-green-va...

[2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/badunitedkingdom/comments/nln27d/mo...

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Re:Steve Bell sacked by Guardian in antisemitism row over Ne... by tokai on Monday October 16, 2023 @09:42AM (#37899790)

The Guardian fired him, not BBC.

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Re:Steve Bell sacked by Guardian in antisemitism row over Ne... by sdfghswe on Monday October 16, 2023 @09:51AM (#37899884)

> It's the sort of thing you expect to see in black and white documentaries not in your neighborhood.

You've always been able to see those documentaries in color if you look at the right countries.

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Re:Steve Bell sacked by Guardian in antisemitism row over Ne... by basisword on Monday October 16, 2023 @12:42PM (#37902507)

>> Jewish shops around me have been vandalized (not a hate crime according to the police [1] as opposed to the nazi pug).

This is incorrect. The press claimed it was attacked due to the conflict, but the actual restaurant later released a statement that they believe it was a burglary attempt. Of course, the press didn’t retract their original articles so it was easy to miss unless you follow local news.

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Re:Steve Bell sacked by Guardian in antisemitism row over Ne... by xdennis on Monday October 16, 2023 @03:33PM (#37905111)

Utter bullshit. There were two bridges vandalized with graffiti saying "Free Palestine" right next to it.

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Re:Steve Bell sacked by Guardian in antisemitism row over Ne... by basisword on Monday October 16, 2023 @05:43PM (#37907068)

I think I’ll trust the owners of the business who had access to CCTV rather than your guesswork.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/pita-kosher-restaurant-burglary-n...

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