This is what Donachie did to a Jewish student:
He said: “Paul noticed the flag and said ‘Israel is a terrorist state’ and that the flag was a ‘terrorist symbol’.“He then said I was a terrorist.“Paul then unbuckled his trousers, put his hand down there, ripped out some pubic hair then wiped his hand on my flag.”Donachie later went on Facebook and posted a series of messages branding Mr Reitblat a “Zionist” and proclaiming “victory to the Intifada”.
The judge, in sentencing Donachie, said:
“Its the direct equivalent of those who suggest that all Muslims are terrorist.”
Peter Tatchell is outraged – by the conviction!
A disgraceful decision which is a direct attack of freedom of expression and the right to protest. I abhor anti-Semitism, but criticism of the Israeli state and its policies is not anti-Semitism and is shared and expressed by many Israeli citizens.
One would assume that – under ordinary circumstances – Peter Tatchell would disapprove of a man breaking into a stranger’s room, calling him a terrorist, and then wiping the contents of his underpants on that person’s possessions. Usually, that sort of behaviour is considered criminal: irrespective of the motives of the assailant.
However, if that student is Israeli, suddenly that assault becomes “criticism of the Israeli state and its policies”!
So, when Peter Tatchell was beaten up by neo Nazis in Russia, perhaps their actions were merely “criticism of the campaign for equality for homosexuals”, and shouldn’t be considered a crime either?
I think not.
