The Headless Children
When protest is forced to come to this....
Summary
The cover image is ridiculous. It’s ridiculous it’s come to this to protest a genocide.
This article is inspired by the pro-Palestine march in Düsseldorf on Saturday 28th June 2025 taking a deep-dive on the march themes “stop the death traps” and “headless children”.
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With terrible serendipity - the title of this article “The Headless Children” was actually an anti-war song from 1989 that I saw performed live by the original band just two weeks earlier at a concert in Eindhoven …
The article covers:
28 Jun 2025 pro-Palestine march in Düsseldorf - writing inspired by the key themes “headless children” and “stop the deathtraps”
Censorship in Germany - potentially of the march organisers
Pro-Israel censorship on Meta - a history
Israel’s campaign against UNRWA and the disastrous replacement GHF
Düsseldorf counterprotestors
Epilogue: Death, Death to the IDF and Palestine Action
Appendices:
Republican Brian Mast - Representative for the IDF and Florida-21
Why it is NOT antisemitic to subject Israel to more scrutiny than other countries
Landmark legal ruling in Australia 1 July 2025: clearly defining the difference between antisemitism (criticism of Jewish people) and criticism of Zionism (political ideology) or Israel it’s armed forces
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First published: 2 July 2025
Updated: 3 July 2025 (see version history)
▶️ Images from the protest
Music: “The Headless Children” by W.A.S.P. (1989)
Contents
2. Düsseldorf march organisers - labelled and monitored on Insta? Yet the AfD aren’t…
3. STOPPT DIE TODESFALLEN - Stop The Death Traps
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Censorship in Germany - Düsseldorf march organisers - labelled and monitored on Insta?
Appendix D: Brian Mast - Representative for the IDF (and Florida-21)
Appendix E: Why it is NOT antisemitic to subject Israel to more scrutiny than other countries
END PAPERS
1. Introduction
Pro-Palestine rally Düsseldorf Sat 28 Jun 2025 - in 27 degree heat marching 1.5 hours through the city to the town square. A blisteringly hot day in the sun, helped by the boys at Schwarma City passing out drinks to the crowd as we passed.
I shouldn’t whinge. An older woman holding a Turkish flag with a walking frame was marching along beside me without complaint.
Note: This was my second march in Germany. The article is a mix of observations and images from the march, issues impacting Gaza from the march and parallels with my experiences in Australia. Refreshing to see the same tactics employed by the German pro-Israel groups as Australia - it’s a template.
2. Düsseldorf march organisers - labelled and monitored on Insta? Yet the AfD aren’t…
Since I wasn’t sure where to find out about the protests and wanted to check the dates I spoke to an organiser afterwards who pointed me in the direction of a WhatsApp group and an Instagram Account.
When I sought to follow the account a message on Insta I had never seen before popped up:
Strange. I would hardly say a solidarity movement who organise these events in full co-operation with the police could be labeled “extremist” .. ?
And yet when navigating the Insta account of the AfD recently proscribed in Germany as an extremists group - I got no such warning1.
Intriguing. I did a little investigation - which opened up a can of worms. See Appendix C: Meta censoring for Israel.
3. STOPPT DIE TODESFALLEN - Stop The Death Traps
The title of the flyer for today’s march “Stopped Die Todesfallen” - “Stop the Deathtraps” - is an evidence-based direct quoting of terminology from the United Nations.
Just when you think you couldn’t make this up. Except you don’t - it’s all true.
Fact-check: As with all Sleekit Scotsman articles - check the references yourselves in these articles and feel free to counter/correct as noted in 🔎 Ca’ canny section.
Israel has replaced the food and aid distribution organisation in Gaza UNRWA with a Israeli-controlled organisation the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) which has proven to be inefficient, politically motivated and now literally murderous - a “death trap” in the words of the UN Commissioner General for the previous organisation UNRWA2.
IDF soldiers (or American contract mercenaries to they appear at “arms length”) have been firing indiscriminately on Gazan civilians queuing to receive aid.
In full view of the world.
At first it was “logistical issues” to do with cramming starving people into cages expecting them to wait in pens in the sun for hours - causing a stampede and “the food was protected”.
Now it’s downright indisputable murder.
3.1 Israel’s campaign against UNRWA: Endgame
Israel has long campaigned for the dismantling of UNRWA - just seeking an excuse to execute. They got that excuse. When I say “Israel’s campaign” - I mean the country itself and the US Congress members acting on its behalf. Here is a chronology of events leading up to the formal closure in January 2025.
Jan 26th 2024 - the ICJ hands down a ruling of a “plausible” case to trial for genocide against Israel and issues interim measures to prevent the possibility of such a crime3.
Jan 26th 2024- 🇮🇱 THE DISTRACTION BY ISRAEL ➡️ Israel claim with NO EVIDENCE that a “significant number” of UNRWA staff had participated in the October 7th attacks. So on exactly the same day that the ICJ make their ruling … to change the conversation. Sound familiar?
1st April 2024 - World Central Kitchen NGO employees brutally murdered by Israel4 causing global outrage (primarily because they were white plus a Palestinian driver). 🇮🇱 THE DISTRACTION BY ISRAEL ➡️ Israel illegally attacks the Iranian Embassy in Syria killing senior Iranian IRGC commanders.
13th June 2025 - massive international uproar at the situation in Gaza. For the first time Western Governments directly sanction Israel’s right-wing MPs and the conversation begins on further economic sanctions. 🇮🇱 THE DISTRACTION BY ISRAEL ➡️ Netanyahu at that point bombs Iran5.
January - July/August 2024: - every western country immediately pulls aid from UNRWA despite the fact their being ZERO proof from the IDF either then or later when demanded6. There was an independent review commissioned by the UN finding no evidence7 - and again Israel provided none. Quite rightly every country (except the US) reinstated aid - after many months of suffering by the Gazans on a baseless claim8. It needs to be asked WHY the Governments took Israel’s allegations at face value with such extreme action.
July 22 2024: Republican Representative Brian Mast introduces a bill to claw back further funds that were already apportioned for UNRWA9. He had already introduced a bill in November 2023 to reduce humanitarian funding to Gaza and during his speech he compared Palestinian civilians to Nazis and claimed “there are very few innocent Palestinians”.
I refer to Mast as “the Representative for the IDF (and Florida)”. He is of course massively funded by AIPAC but also volunteered in 2015 to serve with the IDF. It’s quite stunning his CV of bias - see Appendix D: Brian Mast - Representative for the IDF (and Florida-21).
July 19th: 🇬🇧 UK restarts funding to UNRWA as “a moral necessity”. This is two weeks after the new Labour Government sweeps into power under Keir Starmer10. Starmer having started out on this more positive note has been extremely disappointing with his appeasing stance towards the US and hence Israel.
October 29th: 🇮🇱 Israel Knesset votes to ban the UNRWA. 🇺🇸 Ahead of the vote 105 US Congress Members write to the US President saying they consider the UN to no longer be a neutral party and that if there was any move to downgrade Israel’s UN Membership, they would push to defund the UN11. The Congress members are led by heavily AIPAC funded Representatives Lawler (NY-17) and Moskowitz (FL-23).
Nov 5: 🇺🇸Trump wins the US Election - paving the way for massively pro-Israel legislation as his first term, noting his billionaire Israeli backers, the Adelsons12:
$424M in the first term over six years13 - for that bills such as moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem, recognising the Golan Heights as part of Israel, changing hate speech laws at US Colleges to suppress free speech - as a baseline to laws used law year to suppress pro-Palestinian voices. Oh, and a Congressional Medal of Freedom for Miriam Adelson to the disgust of other recipients14.
$100M from Adelson in the 2024 campaign - with rumours that in return she expects annexation of the West Bank15. Gaza clearly the icing on the cake.
Nov 19: 🇳🇴 Norway asks the ICJ for an advisory opinion on the legality of Israel shutting down UNRWA16. The initial hearings took place 2 May 2025 still ongoing at the time of writing17. Based on the fact the international community has all but ignored the ICJ’s last two rulings - on the plausible case for genocide and that the occupation of Palestine is illegal and must cease18 - this is purely procedural.
2025
Jan 26: 🇮🇱 Israel’s formal notice to the UN that it will be shutting all of the UNRWA offices in Israel and the Occupied Territories with its interpretation of why.19
Jan 30: 🇮🇱 Israel closes UNRWA in Israel and the Occupied Territories announced with a nasty tweet from Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon - noting his words implying the replacement will be “a real humanitarian organisation that actually upholds humanitarian values”. And he’s still not edited it20.
Feb 4: 🇺🇸 Trump leaves the Human Rights Council and extends the ban on UNRWA funding indefinitely21 (incorrectly reported as he banned it - it was banned under Biden to March 2025)22
Mar 31: 🇺🇸 The US doubles-down on its pressure on the UN in order to protect Israel’s decision to dismantle UNRWA. Having just left the UN Human Rights Council - on hearing that Israel’s crimes were so egregious that a committee would be set up to investigate - they sent a threatening letter to the UN - threatening ICC style sanctions on member states and UN staff if they went ahead.
And the letter came from the Foreign Affairs House Select Committee - under fanatically pro-Israel ex-IDF Representative Brian Mast mentioned earlier….23 (see Appendix D: Brian Mast - Representative for the IDF (and Florida-21) )
3.2 No UNRWA - and a siege of Gaza
So … Israel outlaws an organisation of some 12,000 employees in Gaza (never mind other parts of the Occupied Territories) in the middle of as genocide - having closed the borders … and doesn’t have a proposal for a replacement?
And kind of urgent.
With the Trump Administration in place Israel knew it had carte blanche to push further than before.
Israel instigated a complete siege of Gaza from the beginning of March - blocking off all humanitarian aid, any supplies including electricity24.
Two weeks later Israel broke the two month ceasefire in Gaza with deadly air strikes killing 400 Palestinians in a single night25.
Utterly diabolical behaviour.
And to think Yoav Gallant called the PALESTINIANS “human animals” after October 7th.
The world sees differently now.
3.3 The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)
As much of a misnomer as Trump’s social media platform “TruthSocial” - they’ve tried for something noble but it sounds a bit like what has become a swear word - “IDF”.
The so-called replacement for UNRWA was named the “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” (GHF). Little was known about this group other than it was Israel-American funded and clearly not independent. The intended modus operandi were:
aid would be tightly controlled
delivered from fixed distribution centres
to pre-screened recipients
… which breaks just about every principle of humanitarian aid.
The UN and others warned early on that this would risk further displacing Palestinians and endangering civilians.
Needless to say it’s been an absolute disaster.
3.4 A chaotic first WEEK: CEO resigns
The week prior to the GHF commencing operations - Israel had to relent with a “drop in the ocean” delivery allowed by the WHO on May 22nd - the first truckloads of baby milk since March 2nd26.
The following week the GHF commenced distribution operations on Monday 26th May. There was a horrific set of initial incidents of Palestinians killed in food queues.
On Tuesday 27th May the CEO Jake Woods resigned in disgust a matter of weeks after his appointment - his words echoing the concern27:
“is clear that it is not possible to implement this plan while also strictly adhering to the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence, which I will not abandon”
The organisation was registered in Switzerland - but broke Swiss charity rules and was immediately deregistered, and is now operating solely registered in the US28.
3.5 A murderous first MONTH
On June 1st there were reports of the IDF opening up and firing on civilians which were widely reported. There was OUTRAGE at the White House that the reports were apparently unsubstantiated. Whether true or not The Washington Post issued a grovelling apology29.
You saw that the media cycle spun out the “corrupt anti-Israel journalists” story for all it was worth with the President personally intervening.
However - the incidents of firing on civilians began to repeat and began to be undeniable.
NOTE: I’m Bookmarking the above - people need to be held accountable to the utter lies trying to suppress reporting of this undeniable genocide. Within three weeks the IDF began confirming the indiscriminate firing themselves.
More outrage at “false” stories of atrocities by the IDF.
The system of distribution with armed guards and penning in Gazans to cages in the heat was described as “dehumanising by design” - exactly as the UN had warned as had the departing CEO when he realised what the awful plans were.
3.6 The new CEO: A White House Christian-Zionist evangelist
A prominent US evangelical Christian-Zionist pastor who attended prayer meetings in the White House was quoted as saying that stories of Palestinians being killed waiting for food by the IDF were “lies made up by terrorist supporters”.
That man was Johnnie Moore - who the US just appointed as the new CEO of the GHF30… 🤦♂️
I noted that Moore reposted a post by “prominent human rights lawyer” Arsen Ostrovsky31…. who is full of himself and full of vitriol for the Palestinians, and anyone who takes the slightest action against Israel. A few choice posts:
When Germany said they would honour their pledge to the Rome Statute and arrest wanted criminals such as Netanyahu on their territory… “well the Germans know a thing or two about arresting and deporting Jews…”
When the UNRWA listed the horror in Gaza he reposted a snide comment scoring out all the points about the Palestinians UNRWA had raised and just mentioned the hostages.
It speaks volumes that Moore is quoting Ostrovsky.
3.7 The pressure mounts
On 5 Jun it was leaked that the IDF were supplying arms to Palestinian gangs in an attempt to thwart Hamas, seeding chaos in Gaza32. Shades of Netanyahu’s scheme for years of supplying Hamas directly with cash to maintain the separation of Hamas from the Palestinian Authority to thwart the two-state solution33.
The Western nations seemed frozen in their response. Only when right-wing Government ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir gave direct genocidal comments on Gaza did they act - with Australia, Canada, and the UK taking the unprecedented step of directly sanctioning the ministers.
3.8 Sleight of hand and the death trap
With pressure at home - with the Knesset voting on his bids, trials looming and the talk of sanctions coming up in diplomatic circles - it was time for that sleight of hand.
Israel bombed Iran.
After the “12 day war” (so far) Israel didn’t just kill around 1,000 Iranians. But also 1,000 Palestinians in Gaza.
In one month - Israel killed 550+ Palestinians who were simply waiting in line for food34.
The death trap. The Palestinians had the horror on film - yet all eyes were focused on Israel’s distraction in Iran.
Only when IDF soldiers THEMSELVES started revealing the truth - that they had been ORDERED to open fire on civilians - did the world begin to pay attention35.
Since then there over 100 organisations (including Oxfam, Amnesty International, Save the Children) have called for an immediate end to the GHF death-trap and return to a UN led distribution system36.
This must be the only logical never mind humanitarian outcome.
But then Gaza defies all logic and human decency.
4. Düsseldorf Counterprotestors & The Playbook
Back to Düsseldorf Saturday 28th June 2025 march. There were more counterprotestors this time - perhaps 10-20 unlike the 4-5 older people last time and at three points on the march - all pre-arranged with police.
They were in full volume - and I have to say I was quite … wrong word, but “impressed” with their sledging as we say in Australia - playing loud Israeli disco music in the square opposite the speakers at the end.
4.1 [insert country here] nation flag appropriation by pro-Israel protestors
There was more repulsively antagonistic showcase watermelon eating at the protest, holding Israeli rainbow flags and of course - German flags.
The same in Australia - and other countries - the appropriation of [insert country here] National flag with the Israeli flag - to build that association that those protesting Israel’s action and the inaction of their Government are somehow unpatriotic - and somehow the whole of [insert country here] is WITH Israel. Bullshit.
I’d written extensively about this in Australia37 - it was really annoying and felt like the pro-Israel groups in the country were stealing something from Australia38. The pattern will be familiar. Literally an [insert country here] pro-Israel lobby playbook for most forms of influence and PR in western countries that Israel relies on for backing.
I also noticed further appropriation. After Israel’s bombing of Iran and failed attempt (for now) to induce a regime changing coup - there were Iranian flags on display by the counterprotestors too. Despite the fact that the Shah’s regime was installed in a 1953 coup orchestrated by the US/UK Governments on behalf of oil companies (literally) this is scraping the bottom of the barrel. At this point Israel needs any perception of “solidarity” it can get.
So perhaps I should bring my Scottish flag to the Düsseldorf protests as Sydney to demonstrate that solidarity without a vested interest?
We are ALL Palestinians. ✊🇵🇸🏴
We are NOT “all Israelis” - what a ridiculous concept.
4.2. Pro-Israel “language” guides: defending the indefensible
One more “playbook” that will be familiar - the language of lobbying used. Two leaked pro-Israel lobbyist documents in the US by a Republican spin-doctor and in Australia by the most prominent pro-Israeli lobbyist in the country reveal stunning similarities in spinning stories and language to build sympathy for Israel39.
Again - this should be a template relevant to any country - and relevant to the arguments from the counterprotestors today.
It’s just indefensible. Anything else is blinkered loyalty, usually associated with religious ideology, corruption, plain racism or deliberate manipulation on behalf of Israel. And arrogance - a fact not lost on the organisers.
4.3 Disco trolling
I think today’s counterprotestors ticked those boxes. With the surprising addition of some good disco played in the square - but not as good as Israel’s 1978 Eurovision winner “A-Ba-Ni-Bi” by Izhar Cohen. Catchy and brilliant (no joke!).
5. The Headless Children
The shocking point today was the mutilated babies we've seen in grainy horrific videos on our social media feeds.
If you’d told me a few years ago I would be walking in a protest behind a man holding a symbolic headless baby doll …. I would have said WTF. Not because of the almost Dali-like surrealism of the scene - but the fact that the headless baby doll symbolises the REAL mutilated babies we have seen in Israel’s massacre as it has intensified under the Trump administration.
Actual. Headless. Babies.
Not the fomented IDF lies from the early days of the conflict.
The “40 beheaded babies” - a propaganda line across the wires to western news outlets and puppet US politicians - including the President - who repeat this ad naseum.
Whether Joe Biden was campus mentus or not is neither here nor there - his handlers fed him the information as “reliable sources” and he embellished with “he had seen them” - later clarifying he hadn’t40.
What sort of regime does this?
The chant “Düsseldorf you decide - justice or genocide?” seemed apt as people looked down from a tour bus visibly shocked at the protest. Quite rightly. WAKE UP!
A few weeks prior to the protest I saw an old American heavy metal band from the 80’s W.A.S.P. at a Effenaar in Eindhoven. They played one of my favourite songs - an old anti-war song from 1989 about the horrors of war. Would you believe called “The Headless Children”.
I remember back then when it came out being horrified at the title and upset at the lyrics. With the theme of today’s march - it takes on a new poignancy and as I write this now, I’m crying.
The Headless Children by W.A.S.P. (1989)
Father come save us from this
Madness we're under
God of creation are we blind?
Cause some here are slaves
That worship guns that spit thunder
The children that you've made
Have lost the minds
This monster that we call the earth
Is bleeding
Cause the children have been
Left along too long
This thing that we've made is fat
And feeds on the hate
Of the millions that it's taught to sing
The song
The headless children
The screams that fill the night
Fill the night fill the night fill the night
Oh the headless children
The madness steals the light
Steals the light steals the light steals the light
Time bombs in the hands of all the wicked warbabies
Light the fuse of temptation and we all burn
Four horsemen sit high up in the saddle
And waiting are ride the bloody trail of no return
Sleeping in the arms of a nightmare and
Wake to find we've been away too long
This Frankenstein of flesh
Stitched together back from death
And preying on the souls of everyone
The headless children
The screams that fill the night
Fill the night fill the night fill the night
Oh the headless children
The madness steals the light
Steals the light steals the light steals the light
Epilogue: Death, Death to the IDF.
Glastonbury
Two hours after the march on a dairy farm in Somerset some 2000 km away a young black man was taking to the stage at Glastonbury Music Festival televised live on the BBC.
The band following were deemed too controversial by the BBC to broadcast live so the live schedule was changed to broadcast this band first.
The singer was one half of the band Bob Vylan.
And he walked onto stage and gave a LONG speech on the situation in Gaza - before leading the crowd in chants of “Free, Free Palestine” before saying…
“Alright - I’ve got one for you - you won’t have heard this one - DEATH! DEATH! TO THE IDF!”
.. before leading the crowd in a chant with the bass drum kicking time.
Controversial?
First of all - it was in the context of a long speech on the situation in Gaza which gave context.
Secondly - I mean what the fuck - the IDF is a brutal, murderous, military organisation evidenced not just by their actions but by their OWN ADMISSION.
IDF soldiers revealing in their own words the death trap in Gaza
IDF soldiers over many years being so horrified by their actions in Gaza that they sought repentance through revealing their stories through NGOs in Israel such as “Breaking the Silence”.
Why wouldn’t you call for “DEATH” to what the IDF stands for? They are the symbolic arm of Israel’s brutality and murder. Literally. Many people refer to them as the IOF - Israeli Occupation Forces - since that’s what they do rather than “Defence”.
Already a few days later we’ve seen:
🚨 Police investigation into what was said - both Bob Vylan live and the recorded Kneecap set afterwards
🇺🇸 US visas pulled for their overseas shows
❌ Dropped from their agent United Talent Agency. The same talent agency that dropped Susan Sarandon in November 2023 quicker than you could say “don’t speak out for the Palestinians in the entertainment industry”41. The group behind Sarandon’s dropping and most probably Bob Vylan’s is the pro-Israel Hollywood lobby - “The Creative Community for Peace” - see article here.
❤️🩹 Statement of regret and apology from Glastonbury organisers - who annoyingly specifically mentioned they don’t tolerate antisemitism in their statement.
What the fuck was antisemitic about Vylan’s comments? And in fact - in Australia a landmark legal case has just been won which specifically points out the difference between antisemitic comments and those directed at Israel42 (or in this case - Israel’s murderous army).
More on Australia’s case in the Appendix. Definitional rulings like these - no matter what country they are made in - are critical in refuting pro-Israel lobby arguments (see Appendix F: Landmark legal ruling in Australia 1 July 2025: clearly defining the difference between antisemitism (criticism of Jewish people) and criticism of Zionism (political ideology) or Israel it’s armed forces).
It will be interesting to see the rush of legislation on marchers now following hysterical complaints - notably substituting “Israelis” or jackpot “Jews” for “IDF” in mainstream media reporting43.
Let’s see what codewords or other the marchers in Germany are forced to adopt in this case.
Palestine Action
And in the background - apart seeking any distraction from Israel’s Gaza slaughter now a ceasefire was in place with Iran - the British PM had other considerations.
Notably Keir Starmer calling for Kneecap to be banned from Glastonbury was taking the severe line after his Government were pushing to ban a protest group Palestine Action.
Palestine Action were a direct action group against suppliers to the Israeli regime through vandalism and sabotage as a form of protest against those breaking international law - since the Government would not take action themselves.
They broke into an RAF base in the middle of the night and spray-painted the engines of British aircraft which were used to supply American Jets form the base in Cyprus.
The whole lot was live streamed. the British Home Office sought to proscribe Palestinian Action - putting them in the same tier as Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrortist groups.
22 years earlier during the Iraq war anti-war activists broke into the same RAF base to sabotage British planes before they flew to Iraq.
The argument was made in court that the activists were trying to stop war crimes.
The young human rights lawyer making that argument would have a similar quandary years later but on the other side of the fence.
That lawyer was Keir Starmer now Prime Minister of the UK44.
Update: We know the outcome of the court case proscribing Palestine Action. I’m pissed off to say the least. Will write more later.
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APPENDICES
Appendix A: Censorship in Germany - Düsseldorf march organisers - labelled and monitored on Insta?
Since I wasn’t sure where to find out about the protests and wanted to check the dates I spoke to an organiser afterwards who pointed me in the direction of a WhatsApp group and an Instagram Account.
When I sought to follow the account a message on Insta I had never seen before popped up:
Strange. I would hardly say a solidarity movement who organise these events in full co-operation with the police could be labeled “extremist” .. ?
Nor anything to do with the political party that one of the speakers was from - Birte Döpke from The Justice Party45.
And yet there’s no such warning when I navigate to the page of the AfD who have just been proscribed as an extremist organisation by the German intelligence services which give them additional powers of surveillance over the party members and events46.
WTF?
Even political parties who are quick to point out groups they won’t associate with don’t list this solidarity movement.
I looked at one such document from what I would consider a far-right ultra-pro-Israel party Volt47.
Their manifesto states - based upon their interpretation of “antisemitism” - which includes anti-Zionism - parties or groups who they will not co-operate with.
Google Translate:
Incompatibility Resolution: Anti-Zionist and Anti-Semitic Groups
Volt Germany firmly rejects any cooperation and support with and from groups, movements, organizations, associations, alliances, parties, and actors that are characterized by anti-Zionist, anti-Israel, and/or anti-Semitic ideology, at all levels.
This also includes ideology that accuses Israel of neocolonialism and/or apartheid, attributes "white privilege" to Israel and/or Jews, thereby suggesting dominance over other ethnic groups, and, in doing so, effectively denies the existence of Jews of color.
These include, for example:
Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS)
Jewish Voice for Just Peace in the Middle East e. V.
Samidoun
Palestine Speaks
German-Palestinian Society
Federation of Turkish-Democratic Idealist Associations in Germany (ADÜTDF)
Union of Turkish-Islamic Cultural Associations in Europe (ATİB)
pax christi – German Section
Team Todenhöfer
Internationalist Queer Pride (IQP)
Linksjugend [’solid] Berlin
Fridays for Future Bremen
This group isn’t listed.
So wonder what the deal is with Meta here?
Ah. See Appendix C: Meta censoring for Israel.
Appendix B: X censorship in Germany
However - I did note that Germany seems to have a particularly strong censorship culture.
I was reviewing a post on the appointment of Germany’s ex-foreign minister to the UN General Assembly President when I noticed that a comment had been censored48.
Again - this was something I hadn’t seen before on X before moving to Germany.
And notably the account was withheld specifically in Germany (accessible Netherlands, other countries so not Europe wide).
I hadn’t heard of the poster before, seems to be a Russia-friendly account but nothing too outrageous. Wonder why this specifically is banned in Germany?
Answers on a postcard.
Appendix C: Meta censoring for Israel
Meta specifically has a role - the “Public Policy Chief for Israel and The Jewish Disapora”. And she’s an ex-Israeli Government employer and a former direct advisor to Netanyahu. No shit. Read on.
Meta has a specific “Israel & The Jewish Diaspora” policy Chief, Jordana Cutler who has been appointed to the role for almost ten years..
Before we even look at her CV … why does Facebook have a specific ISRAEL policy chief? …
I suspect looking at the timing of her appointment - 2016 - it had a lot to do with the attempted rebuilding of Israel’s global reputation after the 2014 Operation Protective Edge massacre in Gaza (which the ICC were investigating the Israeli Government for from 2021 already…)
Around that same time:
The CAA was formed in the UK
The IHRA definition of antisemitism was developed - which conflated criticism of Israel with Antisemitism
Trump installed in the White House with a radical program of pro-Israel legislation after being funded by pro-Israel billionaires the Adelsons.
So it’s interesting to see this very specific public policy group from Meta taking a high profile hiring also at this time - directly from the Israeli Government….
As to her CV. Wow49.
Israeli citizen of course (which would be controversial if the role was just “Jewish” diaspora policy chief - but it is Israel after all)
Campaign Adviser for the Likud Party in Israel
Israeli Government
5 years as an Advisor to … Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu…50
Israeli Washington Embassy - Israeli Government employee - 3 years as Chief of Staff
C.1 Meta: Anti-Zionism as antisemitism (July 2024)
In July 2024 the US Special Envoy on antisemitism called a global media conference with Meta et al to discuss cracking down on antisemitism online - as defined by the envoy,
Six weeks later Meta put a ban in place - making an announcement by Meta - defining “Zionism” as a proxy for hate speech51.
“…claims about controlling the media….” - at what point does statistical inference kick in to link cause and effect?
C.2 Trump Administration: freedom of speech - except if related to Israel
Fast forward to post the US Election - with Trump railing about free speech on social media platforms - not to protect Israel speech but his far right wing buddies.
Zuckerberg caved and made a cringeworthy backdown on censorship in Facebook in panic a week ahead of Trump’s innauguration you’d expect all “public policy” advisors on censorship to be scaled back52. Not so much.
It is evidenced that it is essentially US Government policy to “protect Israel as all costs” with exceptionalist departments and procedures all across the Government for this never mind the behaviour of Congress members.
Why wouldn’t an American company have that same alignment?
Notably - the US Antisemitism Envoy who originally gave Meta the nudge in 2024 in censoring criticism of Israel has been replaced by the Trump Administration. By an Israeli and Trump backer Miriam Adelson ally Yehuda Kaploun. You know what direction that ship will be steered in53.
2025 - In April 2025 Cutler noted she used her position to carve out specific protections for Israelis and Jews on the platform - redefining Zionist as a “'protected identity” with further restrictions54.
Cutler spoke at a Jewish News Syndicate event in April 2024 where she discussed55.
Expect more of the same.
And more “community warnings” on Insta for groups specifically protesting a genocide because it doesn’t suit Israel.
But hey, the aFD are OK by Meta’s standards.
And Israel’s too. They were invited to Israel’s March 2025 “antisemitism conference” in March this year - causing Germany’s antisemitism czar to pull out - because of the amount of actual antisemites like them invited56.
What suits Israel suits Meta suits Israel…..
Appendix D: Brian Mast - Representative for the IDF (and Florida-21)
Representative Brian Mast is perhaps Israel’s most vocal influencer in Congress. He volunteered in the IDF in 2015 and as at January 5 2025 took up the incredibly influential post of Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee - which is extremely good news - for Israel.
Here are some examples of his ridiculous bias towards Israel.
D.1 “Palestinians civilians are Nazis”
In November 2023 Mast formally introduced a bill to reduce humanitarian funding to Gaza and during his speech he compared Palestinian civilians to Nazis and claimed “there are very few innocent Palestinians”. A Resolution was introduced to censure Mast on 6 November by a House Democrat but went nowhere - however the words in the censure motion quote Mast directly with the above and more disgusting statements57.
And yet … not one day later Senator Rashida Tlaib was immediately censored by the House whist during an impassioned speech calling for a ceasefire also called out for an end to the apartheid system in Israel and sharing a video with protestors chanting “from the river to the sea”58.
D2. Paying American taxpayer funds to war veterans from another state’s army
In May 2024 Mast introduced a bill to allow American citizens fighting in the IDF in Israel to gain the same veteran benefits as serving in the US military. Incidentally in February 2024 The Washington Post revealed that some 23,380 American citizens were at that point serving in the IDF in Israel59.
Provocatively he’s worn his own IDF uniform in the Capital in October 2023 and again at a GOP meeting also broadcasting from his office wearing the uniform in front of an American flag.60 61
Not even trying to hid this in the Trump universe.
D.3 Leading the charge against international justice for Netanyahu
On July 4 2024 Mast introduced the House Bill to sanction the ICC should they issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu62.
Except the logic is entirely flawed apart from anything else.
So by the above - not being a signatory - does that mean that the US should also insist that no other state recognises the arrest warrants for Putin that they so happily welcomed as fellow non-signatories?
The ICC issued warrants in November 2024. Mast used his new powerful role in the House Foreign Affairs Committee to push the ICC sanction bill through on January 9 2025 sanctioning individual judges and their families.
He has more recently similarly threatened the UN directly - specifically the individual members of the UN Human Rights Committee and their families.
Trump withdrew from the Human Rights Committee in one of his first Executive Orders primarily due to perceived “anti-Israel bias”.
That was back in February 2025 … and in June 2025 after the exponential increase in massacres in Gaza - using Trump’s support as carte blanche - the UN Human Rights Committee was about to appoint a special investigation into Gaza.
Mast wrote to the UN in June 2 2025 with the threat should they do so63.
Big stick for looking to closely at Israel with the lens of international law? I look at Mast’s complaints on scrutiny in the next section Appendix E: Why it is NOT antisemitic to subject Israel to more scrutiny than other countries.
D.4 Changing department terminology: erasing “The West Bank” and replacing with “Judea and Samaria”
This one must please the pro-Israel lobby.
In Feb 2025 on being appointed Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee he immediately stipulated that “The West Bank” would thence forth be known as “Judea and Samaria”
“America First”, right?
Appendix E: Why it is NOT antisemitic to subject Israel to more scrutiny than other countries.
As I wrote about Mast’s clear bias towards Israel - with the latest threats to UN individuals if they investigate Israel further - much greater scrutiny than other countries - does he have a point?
Short answer - no. It is completely warranted.
The constant complaints is that “antisemitism being the only explanation for subjecting Israel to more scrutiny than other nations”. But this is bullshit. No other nation behaves like this constantly over an extended period of time. Every time you peel back to the onion of what’s being presented … more horror, corruption, lies are exposed.
THAT is why Israel is “subject to more scrutiny”.
In 2022 a group of 100 prominent Jewish Americans in the awareness of the confusion between Zionism and Judaism got together to define this “Nexus”. They produced a definition of antisemitism and guide that was passed to the Biden administration to assist in the definitions and principles used then by their antisemitism task force. A quote from their document “a guide to identifying antisemitism in debates about Israel”64:
“Devoting special attention to Israel is not generally antisemitic. Israel attracts special attention for many reasons: e.g., because it is at the crossroads of the three major Western religions or because the U.S. is Israel’s closest ally and provides $3.8 billion annually in aid to Israel.“
A fair reason for why Israel subject to more scrutiny - before that scrutiny reveals the underlying horror which in itself is reason for that scrutiny.
Appendix F: Landmark legal ruling in Australia 1 July 2025: clearly defining the difference between antisemitism (criticism of Jewish people) and criticism of Zionism (political ideology) or Israel it’s armed forces
In Australia in December 2023 a Muslim cleric gave a series of sermons in Sydney of a controversial nature. The pro-Israel lobby got hold of the recordings and complained to the Government who did not take action.
The lobby took the preacher to court and on 1 Jun 2025 won.
However - it was a massive victory in fact for the to pro-Palestine movement.
The cleric lost his overall case for some vile racist comments he did make about Jewish people which were stupid and indisputably racist and he deserved to be charged for.
However - the judge gave the very specific direction below on the difference between criticism of not just Israel but ZIONISM and Jewish people.
Honestly - the guy deserves to have lost the case for some of his comments - but this ruling is absolute gold for legal precedent - and the pro-israel lobby in Australia have well and truly shot themselves in the foot…
Reference points like these are critical for defences in all countries such as Bob Vylan is about to make (and most likely initially lose).
Incremental victories and references. ✊🇵🇸
📚 Further Reading
Sleekit Scotsman ☮️🏴 Substack Related Articles with article summaries.
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The trigger for Israel’s attacks on Iran June 2025 (not the attacks themselves)
World events driving the timing
A stunning PR outcome
Other “optimally timed” attacks by Israel
Comprehensive review of the US pro-Israel lobby in a fully referenced research article. Regularly updated with version history (first published Jan 10 2024). The article covers:
Congress - ensuring political advocacy - PAC funding, AIPAC, Billionaire megadonors, ADL concerns fast-tracked to legislation, one unbiased Congressman
Pro-Israel protectionism - example motions and bills passed 2023/24 with blatant pro-Israel protectionism including the ultimate Bill - “Countering Antisemitism Act” and ICC counteraction bills
Military aid packages to Israel 2023/24
United Nations - ensuring a free rein through the US veto
The CEO of a prominent pro-Israel lobby group is caught out inciting protestors by the police (first published 25 April 2024)
Formation of the CAA (2014 Operation Protective Edge)
Installation of Keir Starmer / Campaign against Jeremy Corbyn
Claims and counterclaims - caught out on camera
On being blocked by two pro-Israel apologists - a review of some of their disgusting anti-Palestine supremacist rhetoric (first published May 28 2025 - a week after publishing this, unbeknownst to me, one of the apologists had his visa denied for that very reason):
two prominent pro-Israel social media Israel apologists - Hillel Fuld and Arsen Ostrovsky
why the author was blocked by both of them
some of their comments and tweets during the current Gaza crisis defending the indefensible
context on the actual facts and history
a few truths in return that were most probably too hot to handle
Defending Israel’s actions is the ultimate “un-Australian” behaviour: (first published Feb 28 2024) a response to the pro-Israel lobby appropriating Australian culture and terminology:
“pro-Hamas” collectivism
Appropriating “un-Australian”
Who is holding Israel to account?
Who is defending Israel’s actions?
Sydney University Encampment (first published May 2 2024)
Fomented Antisemitism (AUJS)
Gaslighting the narrative - who is really unsafe?
Pro-Israel counter-protests
Continued suppression US/Australia
Macklemore
Vice Chancellor’s Response
Camp Closure
The language of lobbying: US/Australia - the art of persuasion and language employed by pro-Israel lobbyists to persuade politicians and attempt to present Israel’s controversial actions as “reasonable” (first published Jan 10 2024):
US: Republican strategist - the leaked PR bible on Israel
Australia: analysis of AIJAC lobbyist speech notes
In action: Israeli Government spokesperson Eylon Levy
The Kid’s in the Picture: An overview of “The Hollywood Lobby” (first published 13 April 2024) - the pro-Israel Creative Community for Peace. One and the same as pro-Israel campus organisation “Stand with us”.
CCFP structure and agenda
Retribution for speaking out
Hollywood representation of Arab characters
Voices of reason speaking out
Redefining Hollywood D&I policy
🗄️ Version History - Article Updates
First published: 2 July 2025
Last Update: 3 July 2025
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