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Nigel Tobias's avatar

I had the privilege to host (Professor) Ruth for a couple of speaking engagements that she gave in Manchester late last year, and I entirely agree with everything that you’ve written.

Sadly however, I am not hopeful at all that the perpetrators of the horrendous depravity of October the 7th will ever face justice in any International Court, and I’m even less hopeful, if that’s possible, that the United Nations will do anything at all.

Why?

Consider Glastonbury and their complete lack of any recognition of what happened at the Nova Festival.

And, because Israelis/Jews don’t count.

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Ian Mark Sirota's avatar

There will be two reactions to this horrifying report: 1) On the part of the UN and international organizations. They will simply ignore it. 2) On the part of the hate-Israel/antisemitic crowd. They will continue to deny what happened, calling it “Israeli propaganda” or outright lies. Alternatively, they will respond with an “Okay, but……..” and immediately pivot to how “evil” the IDF is and how those apartheid/colonialist/genocidal Israelis had it coming to them.

Is my position cynical and pessimistic? Absolutely, but history—especially very recent history—has taught me to expect the worst from the world.

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