At a guess, Europe beginning to normalize speaking up as they distance themselves from the US hegemony. Early days, and we’re unfortunately pretty damned locked in to the US militarily ourselves, which makes for a precarious position what with Trumps whims, but one (bloody) hopes wheels are starting to slowly turn on that.
Comment on Australia sanctions Israeli extremists in response to violence in Palestine
ShrimpCurler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I find this to be odd timing. This shit has been going on for ages and lately our government seems to have been completely ignoring the travesties done in the name of Israel. So why are they applying these sanctions now?
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Yliaster@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This is NZ though, not EU?
The EU is doing the opposite. France is fast-tracking laws to penalize pro-palestinian speech and protests as “extremism”. Germany is the same.
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
It does say Australia in the headline.
A fair number of EU politicians have been pretty vocal.
Australia is also doing the extremism thing (see ‘Between the river and the sea’ in QLD, protests in NSW, Vic). I see that more as a part of an ongoing campaign against protests in general happening widely across the world.
Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
The EU is doing the opposite. France is fast-tracking laws to penalize pro-palestinian speech and protests as “extremism”.
EU approves new sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence
France joins EU sanctions pressure on Israel
France bans Israeli minister Ben-Gvir from entering country
This is a small sample from the last few weeks. What European governments and the EU are doing against Israel is by far not enough, but your statements are outright wrong.
Yliaster@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I disagree, and can prove that’s not the case.
Ben-Gvir’s treatment is very much the exception and not representative of the treatment of Israel as a whole by countries such as France and Germany.
the banning of all Palestine support demonstrations and rallies by his interior minister Gerald Darmanin. Though an obscene violation of freedom of expression and assembly for human rights defenders, Macron went on to justify the ban, further refusing to acknowledge Palestinian suffering.
newarab.com/…/frances-repression-palestine-solida…
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Ed Husic has been making some noise recently (aussie.zone/post/33103714). These sanctions are probably intended to allow Wong to claim they’re doing something (they’re not).