“The argument to droop arms gross sales to Israel over the unintended killing of support staff is antisemitic” acknowledged Khaled Hassan an Egyptian, native-Arabic speaker, and a nationwide safety and counter-terrorism researcher on the social media platform X.
Hassan in his Thursday put up states that each the UK and US must cease “promoting arms to each single army on Earth” if these international locations stopped promoting weapons to militaries who by chance killed civilians. He additional factors out that if these international locations have been required to cease promoting weapons to armies after such incidents, then they “would cease manufacturing or shopping for arms for OUR OWN army, which has repeatedly killed civilians by mistake in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, and elsewhere.”
In his put up, Hassan says that this argument “has nothing to do with decency, justice or worldwide legislation.” He continues to state that when such incidents happen elsewhere, they aren’t as harshly condemned as they relate to Israel. Hassan then begins to checklist the “quite a few examples of comparable accidents in battle zones,” emphasizing that he additionally has information of previous related incidents.
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— Khaled Hassan (@Khaledhzakariah) April 4, 2024
Calling out the confusion between actual considerations and Islamophobia
In 2022 Hassan wrote an opinion piece on The Jerusalem Publish web site discussing a vote “to censure JNF UK over reported anti-Muslim remarks made by its senior management.” In his article, Hassan explains that “while there are millions of law-abiding British-Muslims who proceed to enormously contribute to British society … our present immigration system is incapable of separating the wheat from the chaff, making immigration from international locations the place antisemitism is on the core of the collective id a risk to British Jewry.”
Hassan highlighted the case of Moataz Matar, a radical Islamist broadcaster with a historical past of antisemitism, who was allowed entry into the UK regardless of his public assist for Hamas and its terrorist actions, which violate UK terrorism legal guidelines. He then expresses puzzlement over this choice, stating, “It’s mystifying why our safety and immigration officers granted entry to a distinguished Islamist radical who promotes antisemitism.”
Hassan additional careworn his considerations about Matar’s potential to gasoline antisemitism within the UK, fearing that he could also be current at antisemitic occasions, as acknowledged, “Matar will, I worry, reinforce and contribute to the unprecedented rise of antisemitism that we have now been experiencing within the UK.”
Addressing broader considerations about demographic adjustments, Hassan quotes a Jewish Nationwide Fund (JNF) chief who confronted criticism for remarking, “The demographic of British society is altering.” This quote underscores the group’s worries in regards to the impression of demographic adjustments on society and politics.
Moreover, Hassan references a controversial incident involving a Liberal Democrat politician urging Muslim voters to not assist a Jewish candidate. Hassan highlights this incident, noting, “It’s troublesome to not marvel why she believed the announcement that Straw is Jewish would dissuade Muslim voters from voting for him.”
The article emphasizes the importance of acknowledging the affect of demographics on political habits, as famous by Muslim communal organizations. Regardless of potential criticism, the writer argues for the significance of recognizing this impression, stating, “It’s subsequently deceptive and ignorant to dismiss the impression demographics has on native and nationwide politics.”
In concluding remarks, Hassan’s opinion piece on The Jerusalem Publish web site requires unity inside the Jewish neighborhood and defends the legitimacy of the Board of Deputies of British Jews amid inner disagreements. He additional rejected requires boycotts towards the JNF and expressed satisfaction within the group’s work, stating, “I imagine that my colleagues on each side of the argument … performed themselves in an exemplary method.”
