Josh Scholar, you could be right that it doesn’t refer to that case but what evidence do you have they don’t refer to that case?

“….which they didn’t know about.”

How do you know that they didn’t know about that case?

“It refers to yet another version of the blood libel.”

What proof do you have for that claim?

It refers to yet another version of the blood libel. As someone said that started with fiction from Turkey

Given that it’s based on events that occured prior to 2005 why is that particularly noteworthy?

First a chap named Yousef who links to is cited with the following criticism of the national leadership of Viva Palestina for their lack of financial transparency and questions where the bulk of the money fundraised has gone:

From: mahmudahmad72
> > Subject: [eFreePalestine] History Repeats Itself In Southern California
> > To: eFreePalestine@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Monday, December 21, 2009, 6:28 PM

In this past Summer of 2009 ,many in our community were working hard
collecting money so needed medical supplies would be bought and send to help our people in the Gaza Strip. More than $1.2 were collected according to
the leadership of Viva Palestinian. According to those same leaders only
$245,000.00 (less than 20% ) were used to buy medical supplies. Since late
July ,the local leaders of this effort have been dragging their feet trying
to get the National Viva Palestina leadership explain were the rest of the
money went.

Some of this local leadership is spear heading an effort of collecting
funds so they can help Palestinian Refugees who were forced to leave Iraq,
and who are coming to resettle in the United States . Over $65,000.00 in
cash were collected so far, 3 cars and tens of Thousands of Dollars worth
of used and new furniture and clothing’s. An internet wish list was
established and our people and their friends got on their keyboards and
showed their willingness to help the new comers.

Unfortunately, the same tactics that were used in getting our community to
donate for Viva Palestina effort are being used for this project by the same
leaders.

Your mail box(es) are filled with coded messages that emphasis on
the need for Emergency funds to help resettle the refugees. Thousands of
dollars are coming in ,but some of the refugees are still calling in crying
they do not have bread in their new homes so they can feed their kids.

Many attempts were taken to try to understand where this effort is heading
and where the money being collected will be used since it’s not used to
provide bread for the refugees ,but all these attempts were blocked. After
more than three months of collecting money, they are still calling for
emergency fundraising. Where is the money going? Is it being paid for office
and staff, like Viva Palestina? Or, is it going to be used for the reason
people are told it will be used for? Unfortuantly no one knows, but we need to know, because it will be a shame if some small percentage of these
thousands is used like in Viva Palestina. The money is there so who could
explain why at least two out of the 4 families in San Diego called in crying
for bread?

Why assistance agencies whose only work is to help the refugees are being trashed by these people and community based organizations are asked not to help if the help was not to be credited for this leadership? Why many of our community leaders are shying away from this secretive always in emergency mode effort, even though no tangible financial support for the refugee families has taken place here or anywhere else in the US? Why other communities are taking care of the refugees on their own and are not getting any financial support from the people who collected more than $65.000.00 so far?

There are many questions that needed to be answered by this always in an emergency mode leadership. They need to open up the books to all and tell us how much they collected so far, how much they spend and on what .We need to know how much cash they gave each the refugee families. Once they do this if they ever do it, we all will know that we are being subjected to another Viva Palestina fiasco led by some of the same people.

*Yousef *

Following Yousef’s message above, an arsehole named Stephen Mashney replied to Yousef’s missive on the eFree Palestine thread as follows:

This very poorly written and ambiguous message raises more questions than it provides answers. The writer must have thought that we are telepathic mind readers who will be able to read his mind, understand what he is trying to say, and decipher the mysterious identities of those against whom the writer has an ax to grind with. I give up!

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In response to Mr. Mashney’s dissembling, the author of the eFree Palestine thread in question, Mahmud Ahmad, wrote the following:

I am not telepathically gifted and I get it very clearly. The writer is very clearly talking about Viva Palestian i.e. Galloway and company and the local Southern Californica Viva Palestina committee. He goes on to talk about the current effort to “support” the Palestinian refugees that have recently relocated to Southern California from the refugee camps after evacuating from Iraq.

There are currently four families in El Cajon with more on the way. AL-Awda is holding an “emergency” fundraiser and has been fundraising in the name of these families. There is yet to be any accounting, transparency, reporting of any kind as to what has been collected or spent so far for these families. While there has been all kinds of fundraising, the families remain in dire need. The writer is speaking from the first person narrative as he is directly involved in trying to help the families as much as he can on all levels. Hope that helps.

The information wasn’t made available sooner as it wasn’t apparent sooner. There was no reason to assume the worst. There were ongoing attempts to seek resolution, seek the accounting and reporting. The local volunteers with Viva Palestina unfortunately seemingly sided with Galloway and company in utilizing all kinds of tactics to delay and distract from the reality of what was
apparently being planned. That was to continue fundraising without any measure of transparency or accountability at all. When it became painfully clear then there was no choice but to do the responsible thing and that is to bring the information to the attention of our community. That is exactly what happened. Hope this helps.

Mahmud Ahmad

It certainly was not my intent not to be nice to SPGB Grey, rather I was wishing out loud for him to be here to respond to the sockpuppet @ 7:24 am who was linking the SPGB and the World Socialist Movement to nazi tropes.

As with all long running disputes the conflict is rehash after rehash of previous conflict.If you are not to disposed you could check out the SOYMB site,and check out their fact based blog, on past disputes of the british communist party and the similarities with todays situation of the communist party.And it could also be a lesson for those with care and interest for those unfortunates that are suffering in Israel and Palistine today.As stated history has a habit of repeating itself.

He has not been charged in the UK because either the ‘powers that be’ are shit scared of upsetting the anti-Israel Left and the Muslims,

OR

The powers that be believe, as Galloway clearly does, that this Islamist Terrorist Jew hating neo-nazi organization Hamas, are not in fact Islamist Terrorist Jew hating neo-nazis but are just poor oppressed freedom fighters.

Seriously, what other reason could there possibly be, after all it is not as if it’s a smear, surely even the most obtuse of self hating Westerners would not suggest it was some capitalist imperialist zionist lie, a lie invented simply to besmirch the character of one of the UK’s most ‘un’ respected Far left Lunatic “law makers”.

Apart from being the one of the most unnecessary ‘conspiracy theories’ in living memory, I mean seriously, how much more damage could anyone on planet Earth do to slander Galloway any more than his own actions have done already, but the mere fact that this odious little man was actually filmed “HANDING THE LEADER OF AN ISLAMIST TERRORIST JEW HATING NEO-NAZI ORGANIZATION” a cheque, rather makes the whole issue about his giving money to a terrorist organization a moot point wouldn’t you say.

I hope the Americans issue an arrest warrant, because the Islamist appeasing UK establishment definitely won’t, but then again this is the new “liberal” America so I won’t hold my breath.

What with the UK being the number one European sanctuary for Islamist neo-nazis to be honest I am surprised the UK ‘powers that be’ didn’t give him a Knighthood.

There is one other possibility of course, maybe Galloway and the Viva Palestina gang don’t know that Hamas are an Islamist Terrorist Jew hating neo-nazi organization, perhaps they are acting in good faith, it is possible I suppose, that could be it, perhaps they haven’t actually read the Hamas charter.

Maybe someone should send Mr Galloway and his Viva Palestina gang a copy, no no, not a copy of the EU list of proscribed terrorist organizations, although that might also help clear things up a bit, but a copy of the Hamas Charter.

I have just had an amazing idea, maybe someone could also send the UK’s DDP a copy of the EUs proscribed terrorist organizations list, after all we are part of the EU, aren’t we and Hamas are on their little list, aren’t they.

I am sure that would clear up the misunderstanding.

I could be wrong however, it could all be a mirage, a bad dream, a figment of my imagination, Hmmm, there is still that video of him handing over the cheque to the leader of a EU proscribed terrorist organization, that’s a tough one to explain.

Has the UK withdrawn from the EU?