How did Israel get so much influence? How can this be changed or overcome?

What did you think they've been doing?

They forced the BBC to take down a documentary recently because they said one of the children in it was the son of a Hamas official.

It's almost impossible to see the film "No Other Land" about Israeli settlers in Palestine which one an Oscar this year because so few distributors will take it on. Why do you think that is?

It's a bit ironic that I have to point out the falsehoods of your post with a moniker such as what you have.

The UK suspending licenses for exports to Israel is largely BS. This was evidenced as recently as this past week by a number of MP's led by a Labour backbencher who continually holds her party to account for their role in the genocide being enacted on the Palestinian people.

The key phrase in the above letter is the following.

"The public deserves to know the full scale of the UK's complicity in crimes against humanity"

Germany has been running interference for Israel since the conflict started with very disturbing clampdowns on free speech designed specifically to quell support for the Palestinians.

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The German state Saxony-Anhalt introduced a requirement for people to declare that “Israel has a right to exist” as a requirement for obtaining citizenship. In November, Germany passed the “never again is now” resolution, which calls on the government to subject arts and science funding applications to an “antisemitic narrative” test.  

This, despite being widely criticised by Jewish intellectuals and Israeli human rights organisations, due to how it undermines human rights standards, potentially harming Jewish people and Israelis who openly criticise Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. Amnesty International’s research has identified a worrying pattern across Europe where public assemblies organised to express solidarity with Palestinian people have been banned or disproportionately restricted.  

In her August 2024 report on global threats to freedom of expression, the UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan documented how the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s “working definition” of antisemitism is inconsistent with international human rights law and undermines the fight against antisemitism. Khan argues that in Europe as well as globally, the definition has been used to restrict criticism of Israeli government policies and actions, and stifle growing calls for an end to the violations Israel is committing against Palestinians. The ability to criticise the actions of a state must always be protected.

And in the same way as with Germany, criticism from the EU about Israel up until recently does not absolve them for the clear support which they offered for so long. A point made in a clear fashion by the excellent Francesca Albanese.

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In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with The Intercept, U.N. special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese, called for top European Union officials — including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen — to face charges of complicity in war crimes over their support for Israel during its 18-month assault on Gaza.

It is partly because of these facts that led me to creating this thread. In the UK, in Germany, in Europe (and beyond) public opinion is largely against the actions of Israel, and yet the leaders in these countries continue to go out of their way to ensure that they can continue to support Israel. Why is that?

History is going to judge the key people with respect to this very very harshly. Ignorance should never be an excuse for such organisations with their own military and intelligence services and there is no ambiguity about the scale of destruction Israel has inflicted on Gaza.

That's a bizarre post, I'm struggling to understand your rational or what exactly is the point you are trying to make.

Are you saying that what they are claiming is false? On what basis are you making such a claim?