UK court rules anti-Zionism 'legally protected belief' (thecradle.co)

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The UK Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) declared on 3 August that anti-Zionism qualifies as a “protected philosophical belief” under the Equality Act 2010, Professor David Miller announced via social media, marking a significant win for anti-genocide advocates.

"It is coherent to describe as 'racist' an ideology that promotes the establishment of a state for only one race of people in a territory that formerly contained a large number of people of a different race," the court said in its ruling.

"Such an ideology, which supports the migration of members of the first group into the territory with the support of an imperial power to dislodge an indigenous population, could also coherently be described as colonial and imperialistic,” the ruling goes on to state.

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[-] Armand1@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

From what I've heard, decisions in employment tribunals are not generally binding and do not set precedent.

However, they do make it easier to make the same argument in the future, as the judge can lean on the explanations published in a previous tribunal.

https://www.uklegalguides.com/how-tribunal-judges-use-precedent-in-decisions/

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