"It was on August 25 that Laverty attended a protest in Edinburgh wearing a T-shirt that read Genocide in PALESTINE. Time to Take ACTION. The play with the font led police to conclude that Laverty was publicly supporting the Palestine Action organization, which Keir Starmer's government has decided to designate as a terrorist organization. Those who support its acts of sabotage can be sentenced to up to 14 years in prison."
"I think what actually burns in my ears every morning is the statement by Bezalel Smotrich. He's been the Minister of Finance since 2022 and this is what he said. We are disassembling Gaza, and leaving it as piles of rubble, with total destruction [which has] no precedent globally. And the world isn't stopping us.' Now, to me, that is just absolutely chilling. He not only shows clear genocidal intent, but he's actually mocking the world."
Paul Laverty, a screenwriter, refuses to center attention on his arrest and emphasizes denouncing violence in Gaza. He attended a protest in Edinburgh on August 25 wearing a T-shirt reading 'Genocide in PALESTINE. Time to Take ACTION.' Police concluded the shirt publicly supported the Palestine Action organization, which the UK government has designated a terrorist group carrying potential sentences up to 14 years for support. Public figures including Laverty and Sally Rooney opposed the designation while police arrested over 700 people during a Parliament Square demonstration on August 9. Laverty highlighted Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's statement about 'disassembling Gaza' as evidence of genocidal intent.
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