Op-ed video: London’s Pro-Palestine Marches as a Jewish son of Holocaust survivors - Haim Zabner

“I now feel safer than ever in London. During the great Palestine demonstrations, everyone holds the Jewish people to heart”.
Professor Haim Bresheeth-Zabner is a Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University, the author of An Army Like No Other: How the IDF Made a Nation (2020), and a founder member of Jewish Network for Palestine (UK). He is the son of Holocaust survivors and an anti-Zionist Israeli Jew living in London.
Prof Haim says he has attended every march for Palestine in London since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, except one. He says he feels safer than ever before at these marches as a Jewish person protesting against Israel’s actions in Gaza which he says are clearly war crimes and amount to genocide.
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[@Frida-Ha]

Jewish uncle ❤ thank you for telling the truth.

[@SuzanneZacharia]

He is a real Jew ❤ ✡️ ❤

[@R.IAmEnough]

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[@tayibahussain]

Sitting hear crying while listening to him speak. At this time and age you have to be very brave to speak up.

[@nas6362]

The US government and media MUST to see this!!!

[@B_Bodziak]

​@@nas6362 There are plenty of examples out there, but the media isn't interested in covering any other angle that is not Israeli sanctioned. I'm becoming more convinced that MOSSAD must have gathered blackmail on 90% of the US, UK, and German politicians. I recently saw a headline asking if Epstein was working for the Israeli gov't in some way, and I have to say that seems plausible. It seems 95% of those in the West don't really know or understand just how horrible Palestinians are treated by Israelis. If they took the time to do 10 minutes of research, they would quickly discover that Israelis treat Palestinians in a VERY SIMILAR manner as Germans and Nazis treated Jews they put in ghettos... I began looking for videos that were posted before Oct 7, and my eyes were opened. I've been to many countries (I stopped counting in 2010 when I reached 52), and I thought I knew quite a bit about the middle east, but I knew very little about Palestine and Israel. Regardless of which side they support, so many people think this is simply or even mostly about border lines. Border lines are the least of it, imho, and I think it is Israel that has manipulated the emphasis to be on property lines. Additionally, never in modern times have 100 percent of an entire group of people fallen under the heading of starvation. Just in the past 7 days, over 200 Palestinian children have died due to dehydration and starvation/malnutrition. I learned just today that in the US's annual bill to help fund unrwa, there is a clause that says if any Palestinian submits an investigation request to the icc claiming unjust treatment of any kind, including war crimes, by the Israeli govt, the aid funding to unrwa and the Palestinian Authority will rescinded indefinitely. Palestinians and Hamas have separately tried to get the attention of the mainstream media by peacefully protesting in Palestine, but the IDF shut those down and MSM refused to air footage of the demonstrations. Reading the clause in finding Bill earlier today has given me a different perspective on Oct 7. Taking a few hundred hostages was a last resort and if Jews had done the same in Auschwitz or Dachau, they would have been called heroes. If you've read this far, I beg you to please search for videos on life in Palestine, the West bank, and Gaza that were posted before Oct 7.

[@sydneytoday2265]

Thank you for being a Truth Teller! Thank you for dispelling lies, gaslighting! Thank you for standing up with Palestine & humanity!

[@CircaBEFORE]

Solidarity with all Jews fighting for Justice and standing on the right side of history in the freedom and right to life of Palestinians just like everyone deserves.

[@feargal2433]

Anti-genocide is not anti-semitic.

[@sirmeowthelibrarycat]

😧 Indeed so. 💐 🕊 to all who stand in defence of the oppressed people around the world.

[@user-kf8fl5rm3s]

💯, but being pro hamas is

[@tayibahussain]

​@@user-kf8fl5rm3s hamas is not anti semetic it's anti isreal since they are illegally occupying them and doing horrors of the people.

[@feargal2433]

@@user-kf8fl5rm3s Can't agree.

[@user-kf8fl5rm3s]

@@feargal2433 if you disagree with facts it is problematic to say the least

[@alib7489]

Love this man. I'm a Muslim

[@SuperStella1111]

We love you back. Muslims are beautiful ❤

[@tonedowne]

Don’t forget that Israel is killing Christians in Gaza as well.

[@CARTMANBRAWH]

​@@SuperStella1111❤

[@slappy8941]

Well he doesn't love you, he's just trying to mind fuck you.

[@adnanfetibegovic8491]

Much lov3 amd respect!​@@SuperStella1111

[@user-ew1du2pw4n]

Jewish people standing for peace and against oppression are heroes 🙌👏

[@alessandroricci7294]

They're Human Beings. The fact that Humanity is equal to Heroism, tell us the sort of time we are in.

[@user-ew1du2pw4n]

@@alessandroricci7294 I agree with you. To be against the killings of thousands of children in Gaza , if you are in Israel , as I understand is equal to be a Nazist. So you need bravery and intelligence to see through propaganda, your own culture/religion and own interests.

[@slappy8941]

They're just running a mind game on you to keep you from understanding how much they hate you.

[@susanzhong1988]

This gentleman is on the right side of history

[@mk4922]

Thank you for speaking up for the oppressed people of Gaza.

[@onehassanify]

Justice for Palestine

[@l23918]

Beautiful humanitarian man speaking truth with conviction and courage❤❤

[@gagmaloswinger7197]

Thank you SIR, keep it on, save the humanity Palestinians and Jews.

[@saleemt9937]

Long live Palestine.

[@sairarafique4175]

May God reward you for your truth, bravery and honesty. ❤🇵🇸❤

[@leilaoksanen5142]

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[@leilaoksanen5142]

❤❤

[@AdamShivers-bt2hs]

We have absolute no problems with our true jewish brothers and sisters as muslims. Thankyou for sharing ❤

[@slappy8941]

Well that's nice, but they hate your guts and want you to die.

[@alexpieters2345]

There is an underlying hatred for jews in the muslim community regardless. I grew up with lots of muslims in my neighbourhood and many of them were my childhoodfriends. But they do have a bias against jews in general.

[@Frida-Ha]

May god bless you Jewish uncle ❤

[@jayaziz3785]

Nothing but all truth. The the club of CPAC representatives in U. S, U.K, GERMANY and France standing for Genocide. But there's is hope, lreland, Spain, Belgium are standing for justice and humanity. Rishi Sunak is a power opportunist loose Canon.

[@fightback397]

Very well said . I hope your call for Justice will be answered .

[@Kan09138]

A lovely man. Peace to you and all non sioniste jews

[@bridgetsaenz2774]

Decent ❤

[@R.IAmEnough]

JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM FOR OCCUPIED PALESTINE. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@carolgrayson4358]

Thank-you Prof Haim, beautifully said. We will not allow divisions to be created where they do not exist. It warms my heart to see the Jewish Bloc on the peaceful marches and all against genocide in Gaza of all faiths and non.

[@majharulislam1860]

We love you to stand with the truth Free Palestine...

[@Aliya-gh2ec]

I'm a Muslim, I have never hated Jews, and seeing these brave Jews I know why I respect them SO much. An Indian Jew told me that Jews and Muslims had lived together in India for centuries because they had similar dietary laws and trading standards. The Jews of India were never afraid under Muslim rule but prospered for a millenia. They left India thinking Israel would be a better option, but had to leave there because they didn't like Israel. They are now protesting in America against Israeli occupation of Palestine.

[@user-in5sh5fg3s]

Thy lived together in arab countries

[@user-kg8cv6cc3c]

I never knew there were Jews living in India. I must do research on that.i knew of european Jews,American Jews,British jews and Jews that came from Africa. Some Jews I believe went to South America

[@faebalina7786]

Isreal knows that, it’s why they have to manufacture so much and rely heavily on bigotry and bias to ensure people can be easily incited to hate Muslims because Islamophobia makes it easier to kill Palestinians and to claim that those Palestinians are a threat.Isreal is the reason Islamophobia is mainstream.

[@shsh-he5qg]

Indian Jew ? 😂

[@sps05]

@@shsh-he5qgyes India has lots of different religions and has had many different rulers + colonisers over the years Hindu , Sikh , Christian , Jewish , Muslim , Jain , Zoroastrian . I myself have Punjabi ancestry but the majority of my ancestry comes from Central Asia ( former Soviet Union ) which is the trading route of the Silk Road

[@patrickwhite4151]

I'm not religious. Thank you sir for your bravery and honesty. Thanks

[@user-cp7gh8zj6b]

Big respect to Jews speaking against their own people, may God bless you all

[@fightback397]

He is not speaking against his " own " people , he is speaking against criminals , warmongers and genociders .

[@Am39615]

He is not speaking against his own people. He is against criminals. It's expected normal behaviour from a human.

[@eamar0509]

JUDAISM IS NOT ZIONISM

[@iqxvgnz]

@@Am39615 I think he just said it wrong, but that's what he meant. And this is understandable to all reasonable people. In the context of such aggression against peace fighters, this is truly commendable in any performance, especially from the lips of those who go against scoundrels from their own people, it is always more difficult.

[@stephenmurphy2212]

He’s not speaking against his people he’s speaking against the Zios who abuse Judaism.

[@lindarose7475]

Beautifully put. This needs to be shown on the mainstream news to counter the evil that the leaders put out.

[@panagenesis2695]

Respect to all those advocati and for Justice.

[@tadgik3052]

Thank you for your fair-minded, honest and empathy with people being brutally denied right to l surive and live.

[@leilaoksanen5142]

❤

[@frederickkinzler9477]

All of US must keep on the pressure to stop this GENOCIDE!!!

[@Tommii38]

Starmer and Sunak should be in prison.

[@mohammadkhatib2412]

You do not have to be a Muslim to support Palestine, you have only to be a human. I predicted every word you are saying, I respect you, because you are standing with the truth.

[@asifiqbal3276]

💯 agree he absolutely nailed it. Only thing the ppl are unsafe from are these dirty politicians

[@mirandacloy3011]

Thank you for speaking out, blessing and praise to you. ❤ 🇵🇸 🕎

[@susanzhong1988]

Dont let anyone divide humanity. This gentleman is right

[@imaneessounaini8841]

Thank you for speaking up, we Muslims are grateful that Jews and Christians alike stand with us. It’s common sense that people from all religions and even from no religion at all can see.

[@minaminaccia6356]

Exactly. I am not a believer from a Christian family but I do support Palestine, I support peace for all human beings, I believe in equality and I don't care about your religion, sex, race or anything else if you are a good human being

[@user-kg8cv6cc3c]

Today it's my religion and tomorrow it's your religion being attacked, therefore we must stand together and never forget.

[@tonedowne]

Christians are being killed in Gaza as well. This transcends religion as it is straight up racism

[@RevolutionaryVision-pc3gw]

To be fair it's not a muslim issue it's a Palestinian one. There's Palestinian Christians who are being genocided by Israel also and their genocide is almost complete.

[@tonedowne]

@@RevolutionaryVision-pc3gw I think I wrote this as well but it got removed. It is very overlooked

[@redacted3740]

God bless men such as him.

[@arimas1977]

I love you and respect you! I am thankful as a muslim woman from France! Shalomahlaykoum 🕎✝☪☮☯

[@AndrewCowell-sz9dx]

Stay in France 😮

[@R.IAmEnough]

​@@AndrewCowell-sz9dxIslamophobia and antisemiticism are 2 faces of one single coin. Hate, apartheid, supremacy, oppression, military invasions and military occupations of overses countries, committing and backing mass displacements, and comfortably committing genocide do not belong to the twenty first century. Shameful agreements like Balfour Declaration are not validated in the 21st century. Colonial ideologies and imperial powers are already hitting the ground. Democracy, equality and human rights shouldn't be selective. Thousands of nations and minorities struggled for their freedom and independence. Sooner or later, they won. Your hate will not change anything. Walking against what is right will erode your soul, and won't let you see what is right. Good luck.

[@karimmoukaddem4491]

​@AndrewCowell-sz9dx Stay out of the Internet you creep.

[@halofreak1990]

@@R.IAmEnough "Islamophobia and antisemiticism are 2 faces of one single coin" And both have seen a massive rise since the establishment of the Israeli apartheid state. I wonder why...

[@tayibetti9316]

May God bless you my professor.i love you from the bottom of my heart.i am a Muslim and I love Jewish people as I consider them my Abrahimic faith brothers and sisters.my professor have a wonderful day and stay blessed.ii love you for your honesty and kindness

[@user-er4jm1ln8c]

Thank you sir, you are such an honourable man

[@MNAKHUDA96]

He explained the topic and facts so intelligently ❤️🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@lou2960]

I absolutely loved every wordhe says ❤️ The absolute truth from a rightous man.

[@joegunner1702]

Haim Zabner, you are a wonderful man. Everything you said is absolutely right. Ive been to these marches and you feel nothing but love from people of all walks of life, young, old , disabled. Jewish muslims, black white all united.

[@frankdunne-gp6oy]

A man of wisdom and clear critical thought.

[@abc-mf8rr]

Bravo...respectable man

[@ickypatel7473]

Respect 🙏 to you sir for your honesty 🙏 shameless rusik sunak spreading hate disgusting Hindu 🕉 extremis creating problems in Leicester and Birmingham and in our fucked country called India 🇮🇳

[@Guardicore-uj5kn]

God bless you, your a true gentleman 🌹

[@slappyfun]

Incredible testimony. Thank you for your constant resistance.

[@mimonahendricks1161]

Solidarity from Cape Town, South Africa 💝

[@desireedebellis6766]

we love you for your Humanity,, thank you

[@user-gb6ie9he8k]

Big thanks to you great brother ❤

[@user-ip1rj5fu3l]

The truth speaks !

[@majl7917]

You're entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own facts. 🇵🇸❤️

[@samlebon9884]

What a wonderful man.

[@MyNameIsRed111]

Thank you, kind example of what humanity should be.

[@Peace_EA]

Thank you sir. Peace be with everyone.

[@user-es8ps3rh1c]

Thanks for sharing. Your words are light in the darkness.

[@leilaoksanen5142]

❤

[@fayezakamal3778]

Respect ❤

[@user-ub5zu5yh9e]

Thank you Sir you are Lovely man God Bless you and please Take care lots of love from North of Ireland 🇮🇪

[@bensweiss]

Bravo

[@sherzai2708]

Thank you for speaking out, it means a lot to hear some honesty among all the falsehood. ❤❤❤

[@Madelro100]

Blessings for you. Your words touched my heart. ❤❤❤

[@DenisTrnjanin]

May god bless you and your familly.

[@yasararif8292]

I have tears in my eyes and want to hug you! Stay blessed!

[@denandvon9809]

I can feel the world humanity in western countries are getting alive for Palestinians. Cant wait to see the total freedom of 🇵🇸

[@dirsame]

Peace be on you, Brother. As Muslim, l love to see the positive , humble Jews and it's never too late. Let's defeat the bigots.

[@syedjamilabdal3834]

God bless you for supporting the oppressed people of Gaza…

[@lucyhenery2356]

Jewish families at the park in north London no issues

[@abdelmajiddouida5427]

Big respect i am muslim and never had any issues with jews. We shpud stand with humanity dosent matter of racial or skin. Stop the genocide now

[@gogumagal]

I wish this man and us all can see a liberated Palestine, where there's no heavy militarization, no hate crime against both Israeli and Palestinian, just everyone living together side by side and all war criminals held accountable.

[@a3zan]

Human❤

[@sitiruhanaruhana3808]

Thank you, Sir for supporting humanity. 👍👍❤️❤️💐

[@user-kx9jo4jv7y]

Wonderful human, thanks

[@littlenumy]

God bless all the jewish poeple who stand up with righteous cases and with human rights and the right to live without hate or fear for all the palestinian poeple, no matter their religion or political orientation.

[@minaminaccia6356]

Thank you sir, I felt each word you have said with my heart, I totally agree with every single word. God bless you for being human, you are a beautiful human being

[@zk6874]

The media will never show this…thanks to social media and all like minded human beings who want to live in a fair and just world…at the end of the day we just want the same basic human rights for ourselves and our family. Stop genocide.

[@mrbadiuzzaman]

Thank you sir. Being Pro-Palestinian is being anti-Zionism not anti-Jews especially those who say Never Again as per the Holocaust

[@claudeioannou5468]

Thank you for having True human respect for your responsibility towards the rights of humanity 🙏🏼

[@Masatepe1960]

Free Palestinian prisoners...thank you sir..

[@user-di5gc8lo2o]

I was in tears listening to this man and reading your comments. Bless you all

[@nafsiahahmad9919]

Well said❤

[@sadaspahich6612]

# Free, Free Palestine 🇵🇸🍉🇵🇸🍉

[@winall9]

Free free the remaining hostages

[@mdshamimshamim7585]

Save the humanity 😢😢😢

[@isab958]

Beautifully said. Much respect to all Jews speaking out against genocide.

[@guadalupep8675]

Thank you sir, God bless you and your family ❤

[@MinkoMinko]

Shalom Haim.❤

[@fmifaza1623]

Thank you for standing for humanity and justice.

[@user-gz3qc3xk9h]

Respekt ❤❤❤❤

[@highvolumepls]

Perverted Is a better word, all for money dear Professor Haim, Merci❤

[@midomoh1081]

Thank you for standing with freedom and denied the occupation and genocide

[@highvolumepls]

They all sniggered in Westminster, when George Galloway spoke out since Rochdale win, is so pathetic and dangerous, please listen to this gentleman, Shalom.

[@radayoussef4486]

Thank you sir 🩵🔯🩵

[@aftonair]

Thank you ❤

[@user-cr7he6jh3u]

❤

[@lavenderlock7568]

As a Muslim, I can understand your frustration when some people hijacked your identity to commit heinous crimes. Thank you for standing up for humanity ❤

[@shaikarif9773]

Great respect from Indian Muslim community

[@MonnteShortsMix]

Thank you 👏👏👏

[@sherri228]

👏👏👏

[@tazimchannel]

Thank you uncle.

[@allenpereira-we7dl]

Let Palestinian and Palestine live!

[@JohnTancred-qe5ud]

It is so brilliant to hear such a humble yet profound and honest a acount. I am deeply touched.

[@helenkelly46]

Thank you sir for speaking out. Everything you are saying is true. God Bless ❤

[@innerlightmarbellamauri4730]

Israel MUST be brought to JUSTICE!!

[@shameela7975]

How beautiful to see people of all colours, ethnicities and faiths come together for common good? It is times like this when we see the best and worst of humanity.