The British state has lost the argument
Tony Greenstein, a socialist activist, was acquitted by a jury after being charged with inviting support for Hamas. The article claims the British state attempted to silence his criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza through a political show trial.
Why it matters
The case raises questions about the intersection of free speech, judicial independence, and state complicity in foreign conflicts.
Article voiceover 0:00 -10:34 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. The British state rigged the trial of Tony Greenstein, a secular Jewish socialist and peace activist, to get him locked up for as much as 14 years – supposedly for “inviting support for Hamas”.
Fearful that the judge would punish his barrister for delivering a closing speech that properly defended him, Greenstein instead spoke directly to the jury.
For half an hour, he picked apart sham charges relating to three social media posts and a blog article he wrote against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. In doing so, he exposed the proceedings as a political show trial – one of a growing number, designed to silence opposition both to Israel’s genocide in Gaza and to the British state’s complicity in it.
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