On Saturday 8 February, Daniel Green, a black pro-Palestine activist was singled out for arrest on an anti-Zionist demonstration organised by the Revolutionary Communist Group. The picket was of HSBC, targeted for its funding of arms companies supplying the racist Israeli state. Daniel was the only black person on the protest, and the only one to be targeted. This wrongful and racist arrest must be put into the context of the ongoing campaign to criminalise opposition to Zionism (a form of racism) – both in Palestine itself, and in Britain especially following the adoption of the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) definition of antisemitism. An example of ‘anti-semitism’ under the IHRA is the statement that ‘Israel is a racist endeavour’. The arrest of this activist shows that the criminalisation of support for Palestine is well underway. 

Sign this petition to demand that Nottinghamshire Police :

• Take no further action against Daniel Green

• Press no charges against anyone else present on the 8 February demonstration
 

To get involved in defending the right to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle and against Israeli apartheid, please get in touch with the Zionism is Racism Defence Campaign in Nottingham.

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