The Daily Mail<\/span> <\/strong><\/a>reported this week that young Paul Donnachie was found to have acted in a racially aggravated manner when he defiled an Israeli flag in a supposed political protest.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cA judge has ruled that a St Andrews University student who defiled an Israeli flag in a supposed political protest was acting in a racially aggravated manner.\u00a0 Donnachie, 19, put his hands down his trousers before he touched the flag belonging to Jewish exchange student Chanan Reitblat in what he claimed was a ‘political statement’.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Donnachie, will lose his place at St Andrews University with immediate effect.\u00a0 He is very unhappy with court\u2019s decision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The pathetic Scottish sheriff, who was booed loudly by pro-Palestine supporters, upheld the complaints, telling Donnachie: \u201cI consider this to have been an act of malice against Mr Reitblat for his membership of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n The judge had also refused defence solicitor Patrick Campbell to allow evidence from academic experts on whether the actions of Donnachie constituted an attack on the Israeli state as opposed to racism.<\/span><\/p>\n I am slightly perplexed here. What was the nature of Donnachie\u2019s offence exactly? Was it the fact that Donnachie\u2019s genital was not Jewish enough?\u00a0 Would it be different\u00a0 if Donnachie\u2019s penis was circumcised by a Rabbi before the event?\u00a0 Would the judge react the same in case the Jewish Student Reitblat touched his penis before he touched, let\u2019s say, an Iranian flag? Would it also constitute a \u2018racist\u2019 assault? I don\u2019t think so.<\/span><\/p>\n The Scottish Judge should know that the Israeli flag is not a Jewish symbol. Zionism promised to transform the Jews into a nation.\u00a0 The Israeli flag, therefore, is clearly a national symbol.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For many of us, the blue & white flag\u00a0 stands for horrendous crimes against humanity, genocidal practices, white phosphorus, execution of peace activists in high seas and so on. For more and more people,\u00a0 Israelis are the Nazis of our time and showing contempt towards their national symbols is legitimate and doesn\u2019t constitute any racial offence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, it is not a secret that many Jews around the world, including \u00a0exchange student Chanan Reitblat, proactively identify spiritually and politically with\u00a0 the Israeli flag. This is indeed a problem since the blue & white\u00a0 flag is a symbol of some grave non-ethical behaviour.\u00a0 It is absolutely clear therefore that Donnachie\u2019s protest was totally legitimate as long as Donnachie washes often enough and keeps his hygiene intact.<\/span><\/p>\n To Support Paul Donnachie on FB click <\/span>here<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nGilad Atzmon’s New Book: The Wandering Who? A Study Of Jewish Identity Politics<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
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