"On Monday I went to the Jewish Vigil for Israel opposite Downing Street. It was nice, but it was also strange, because everyone I could see there was clearly Jewish: the men wore kippahs and tallits, and everybody knew the words to Hatikvah, Israel's national anthem. Across town a pro-Palestinian rally was happening. I looked at the photos in the papers in the next day and was struck by what a mixed crowd it was. Young Muslims, older white people, everyone marching together in defence of — what? Pogroms? Meanwhile, the Jews just had themselves. Now we know."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Jews from the United KingdomJews from the United StatesWomen authors from EnglandJournalists from EnglandFeminists from England
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
The 2023 Israel–Hamas war began on October 7 2023 with the mass murder in multiple attacks by Hamas of at least 1,300 Israelis.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hadley_Freeman
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Hadley Freeman
60 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Hadley Freeman →
Related Quotes
"An eating disorder is a mental illness. It is characterised by the sufferer's belief that they are too fat, that to s…"
"The relationship between Britain and America, from Britain's perspective, has always reminded me of the one between F…"
"This week George Galloway took to his video blog, the apparently unironically named Good Night with George Galloway, …"
"It was, if memory serves, the Louis Vuitton fashion show and I was there in my very professional capacity as a fashio…"
"First, it is important to remember we are dealing with interactions on social media here, a medium that is to "calm" …"
"And speaking of wealthy, scary people, who should arrive but [[w:Harvey Weinstein|[Harvey] Weinstein]] himself. "Mr W…"
"Taran-tara! A book is being published this month, and it has already attracted the kind of publicity that would make …"
"What a strange, Alice-through-the-looking-glass time it is to be a liberal American Jew in Britain. When I was growin…"
"Jews are not Israel (something liberal Jews have been saying for years) but nobody – not a London theatre, not even S…"
"My life and internet bandwidth are too limited to fight with Assange’s online army of defenders about his politics, b…"