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The case against eight protesters over their actions at a Gal Gadot film in London has fallen at the first hurdle & Zionist tears are falling! Right, so imagine trying to haul eight anti-genocide activists into court using a Thatcher-era anti-union law and watching the whole thing collapse before you could squeeze out a single Hollywood tear. That’s what happened here, and it tells you everything you need to know about the state of policing, the state of politics and the state of the “actress” at the centre of it, Gal Gadot, who has spent years defending Israeli v*olence and then acted surprised – possibly the best performance she’s ever put on - when protests followed her onto a London film set. The police reached for Section 241 — the picket-line law — as if chanting on a pavement were the same as blocking a factory gate, and the case disintegrated the moment the judge looked at it. So the activists walked out vindicated, the law snapped back into place, and the only thing left standing was the embarrassment of everyone who thought they could criminalise protest to protect a celebrity mouthpiece for a state accused of genocide. Right, so the first thing you say about this case is the thing the state hoped nobody would say out loud: Gal Gadot tried to drag eight Palestine-solidarity activists into court using a Thatcher-era anti-union law, and the entire prosecution collapsed before it even began. Not after months of trial. Not after contested evidence. Not after some dramatic cross-examination. It fell apart at the starting line. And when something this politically loaded disintegrates that quickly, you don’t have to dig for hidden motives or whispered conversations because the structure of the thing exposes itself. Gadot put her name to a prosecution that was always doomed, the police tried to force a square peg through a circular-shaped statute, and the activists paid the price until the law finally saw sense. And you start with Gadot because she’s the axis here. She isn’t some neutral Hollywood presence who wandered into the wrong protest.
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By Damien WilleyThe case against eight protesters over their actions at a Gal Gadot film in London has fallen at the first hurdle & Zionist tears are falling! Right, so imagine trying to haul eight anti-genocide activists into court using a Thatcher-era anti-union law and watching the whole thing collapse before you could squeeze out a single Hollywood tear. That’s what happened here, and it tells you everything you need to know about the state of policing, the state of politics and the state of the “actress” at the centre of it, Gal Gadot, who has spent years defending Israeli v*olence and then acted surprised – possibly the best performance she’s ever put on - when protests followed her onto a London film set. The police reached for Section 241 — the picket-line law — as if chanting on a pavement were the same as blocking a factory gate, and the case disintegrated the moment the judge looked at it. So the activists walked out vindicated, the law snapped back into place, and the only thing left standing was the embarrassment of everyone who thought they could criminalise protest to protect a celebrity mouthpiece for a state accused of genocide. Right, so the first thing you say about this case is the thing the state hoped nobody would say out loud: Gal Gadot tried to drag eight Palestine-solidarity activists into court using a Thatcher-era anti-union law, and the entire prosecution collapsed before it even began. Not after months of trial. Not after contested evidence. Not after some dramatic cross-examination. It fell apart at the starting line. And when something this politically loaded disintegrates that quickly, you don’t have to dig for hidden motives or whispered conversations because the structure of the thing exposes itself. Gadot put her name to a prosecution that was always doomed, the police tried to force a square peg through a circular-shaped statute, and the activists paid the price until the law finally saw sense. And you start with Gadot because she’s the axis here. She isn’t some neutral Hollywood presence who wandered into the wrong protest.