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AS ISRAEL’S latest atrocities impel more people to speak out for Palestine, they face intimidation to silence them. As a prominent case, the Arsenal footballer Mohamed Elneny sent his 4.8 million Twitter followers a short message: “My heart and my soul and my support for you Palestine.” His tweet attracted many positive and negative comments.
As a sponsor of Arsenal Football Club, the Lavazza Group complained: “We’ll immediately reach out to Arsenal to remark we are concerned about the club [being] associated with such a message. Content of this post is totally not aligned with our company values. Lavazza Group is fully committed against racism and anti-Semitism.”
Lavazza implied that the tweet had some anti-semitic intent, though its reprimand seems aimed mainly to protect its own profits. When the club signed up for a European Super League without consulting fans, commercial sponsors such as Lavazza remained silent.
The struggle for Palestinian freedom has become a defining issue for everyone committed to justice, democracy and peace, says PETER LEARY ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
Trade unionists must raise our voices not only for justice and against occupation, but also to protect our fundamental right to protest, writes LOUISE REGAN, ahead of a not-to-be-missed PSC conference
