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Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · May 10

Finn didn't like our remark and blocked us. 🤷

Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · May 10

Yours is a textbook example of an oxymoron Finn. In the very post where you claim that you are not minimising, instead of referring to Israel's GENOCIDE of Palestinians as 'war', you refer to Israel's GENOCIDE of Palestinians as 'horrors', thereby still minimising Israel's GENOCIDE of Palestinians.

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Skwawkbox @skwawkbox.org · Mar 28

30+ Met police smash down Quaker meeting house doors to raid anti-genocide gathering. Religious group and anti-genocide campaigners condemn violent intrusion and baseless arrests...

30+ Met police smash down Quaker meeting house doors to raid anti-genocide gathering

Religious group and anti-genocide campaigners condemn violent intrusion and baseless arrests Quakers in Britain have strongly condemned the violation of their place of worship by a gang of Met Poli…

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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Mar 24

Hamdan Ballal, one of the directors of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, has been assaulted & injured by settlers at his home in the West Bank & arrested by the IDF.
No trace of him since.
The vengeance is clear.
Do not let Hamdan disappear.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested

No Other Land’s Hamdan Ballal attacked by armed settlers in West Bank and handed to Israeli military, witnesses say

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Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · Mar 11

How can you expect a former human rights lawyer who doesn't care about apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide, to care about anyone?

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Mark Kerrison 📷 @markkerrison.com · Nov 22

One of mine from last week of Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine. So important now that international leaders show meaningful support for the ICC arrest warrants if the international rules-based order is to continue to count for anything.
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241122-un-...

UN Rapporteur on Palestine hopes ICC arrest warrants beginning of 'long but not slow' process of accountability

The UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine said, on Friday, that she hopes the International Criminal Court's (ICC) landmark arrest warrants for Israel’s Premier and former Defence Minister are the beginn...

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Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · Mar 8

Celebrating Shireen Abu Akleh on International Women's Day with Sutton Friends of Palestine. 🥺🥹🎈🪽🌟👏💐🙏

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Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · Mar 8

Celebrating Francesca Albanese on International Women's Day with Sutton Friends of Palestine. 💥🌟👏💐🙏

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Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · Mar 8

Celebrating Ahed Tamimi on International Women's Day with Sutton Friends of Palestine. 💥🌟👏💐🙏

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Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · Mar 8

Celebrating Women of Hebron on International Women's Day with Sutton Friends of Palestine. 💥🌟👏💐🙏

Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · Mar 8

Celebrating Hajar Harb on International Women's Day with Sutton Friends of Palestine. 💥🌟👏💐🙏

Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · Mar 8

Celebrating Nadia Sawalha on International Women's Day with Sutton Friends of Palestine. 💥🌟👏💐🙏

Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · Mar 4

Shake the London's Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Collective Investment Vehicle (CIV)! Divest for Palestine! #SHAKETHECIV #DIVESTFORPALESTINE

Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · Mar 2

South London activists for Palestine enter Kingston Upon Thames town centre among honks and cheers.
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Activists Enter Kingston Upon Thames Town Centre

YouTube video by Merton Friends of Palestine

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Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · Feb 27

This motivation however is different from the criterion publicly declared in the 'Standards for petition':
"It calls for action relating to a particular individual, or organisation that the UK Government or Parliament is not responsible for"
petition.parliament.uk/help

How petitions work

Official online petitions in response to issues of the day, listing the number that got a Government response, and those that have been debated in the House of Parliament

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Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · Feb 27

The Petitions Team rejected the petition we submitted "Proscribe Israel's ruling party Likud led by Netanyahu as Terrorist Organisation" with the motivation:
"It calls for an action relating to a particular individual, or organisation outside of the UK Government or Parliament."

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Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · Feb 25

So many clues that we are now heading in the wrong direction in Britain with regards to citizens' rights and freedoms.
bsky.app/profile/mert...

Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · Jan 20

It's started. This is what the rest of the world may see more and more of the United Kingdom, while British citizens may never again be allowed to protest against censorship and propaganda outside the BBC headquarters.

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Zoë Garbett @zoegarbett.bsky.social · Feb 25

Concerned about the introduction of "respect orders"

Research by @stopwatchuk.bsky.social has highlighted the impacts of orders on already overpoliced communities.

www.stop-watch.org/what-we-do/c...

OUT OF ORDER

Critiques of stop-search powers granted to police forces as part of the civil orders legislation framework

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Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · Feb 25

You have all the very facts under your very eyes Daniel. You can read the text of Tommy's petition and also listen to his speech. You can read the retraction of one of the false claims published by The Times. Opening your eyes and drawing your conclusions can be easier than resorting to ad hominems.

Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · Feb 24

Hey Daniel Sevitt, is it your eagerness to confirm your own bias that made you miss this bit in the Novara Media's article?

"A spokesperson for SFOP said: "... any care of duty to the teenage constituent ignored in favour of political point scoring based on lies."

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Merton Friends of Palestine (@mertonfop.bsky.social)

We stand in solidarity with Tommy Oliver and Sutton Friends of Palestine and we endorse their statement. instagram.com/p/DFjbpf4IEWD/

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Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · Feb 24

Join our 5th Walk for Palestine in South London!
🗓️ Saturday 1st March 2025
⏲️ 11:45am
📍 Wimbledon to Kingston
For full schedule see:
instagram.com/p/DGb44CFIRkQ/

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Skwawkbox @skwawkbox.org · Feb 23

Video: boy targeted by Israel lobby to cow BBC to delete Gaza documentary was in award-winning C4 doc. Propagandists didn't have issue in 2023 with family links, when Israel's reputation wasn't yet fully shredded...

Video: boy targeted by Israel lobby to cow BBC to delete Gaza documentary was in award-winning C4 doc

Propagandists didn’t have issue in 2023 with family links, when Israel’s reputation wasn’t yet fully shredded 2023 Abdullah Al-Yazouri and 2025 Abdullah Al-Yazouri. The BBC has ri…

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Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · Feb 22

Today our friends of Enfield People's Theatre and ourselves had a bit of a rough time, as the Prime Minister himself came to Wimbledon to join the counter-protesters and disrupt the 'Netanyahu on Trial' street play!

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Merton Friends of Palestine @mertonfop.bsky.social · Feb 22

21 Feb - our last session outside Wimbledon Quarter to promote the 'Netanyahu on Trial' street play by Enfield People's Theatre. Among Morden, Wimbledon and Colliers Wood, our most staunch activist set a record of 10.5 hours of street stall, petitioning and leafletting sessions!

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Skwawkbox @skwawkbox.org · Feb 21

170+ leading British Jews (and counting) call on BBC to restore documentary it deleted to please Israel lobby groups. Reject propagandists' 'cynical' complaints, broadcaster told...

170+ leading British Jews call on BBC to restore documentary it deleted to please Israel lobby groups

Reject propagandists’ ‘cynical’ complaints, broadcaster told A group of more than 170 leading Jewish Britons – a number that is still growing – has written to BBC boss…

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