Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Journalist; Author; Columnist, @Folha; Founder: @TheInterceptBr; Co-Founder: @FreedomofPress, @theintercept; @idm_org; @abrigo_hope. Former Lawyer. Vegan.
Joined September 2008
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The EU is rapidly renouncing the founding principles of the Enlightenment in order to shield Israel from criticism and protest.
Watch as the police arrest a Dutch citizen for the crime of saying "Free Palestine" at a pro-Israel event.
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This was in Amsterdam. All she said was "Free Palestine" at a pro-Israel rally. She was arrested within a second.
I have seen hundreds of videos of Palestinian protests being disrupted by pro-Israeli activists. Not once have I seen them be arrested for simply shouting a slogan.
What is it about these two words, "Free Palestine," that terrify so many in the West? The echo of complicity?
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