Wimbledon: Zeynep Sönmez’s watermelon symbol ‘below threshold’ for ban

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The Wimbledon tennis tournament has surprisingly backed Turkish tennis player Zeynep Sönmez’s stand of solidarity with Gaza. Yet the gesture still exposes the establishment’s cowardice in the face of Israel lobby arrogance. Sönmez used a watermelon-design ‘string dampener’ to get around the tournament’s ban on watermelon pins. Wimbledon — Deadly double standard Sönmez, ranked 51 in global women’s tennis and Turkey’s highest-ever ranked women’s player, said that she had switched to the dampener specifically because tournaments banned Palestine pins. She also accused organisers of double standards because pins supporting (nazi-riddled) Ukraine are not banned: I used to wear a pin. Tournaments…

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Reform councillor claims Swastika tattoo is a ‘Buddhist peace symbol’

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Another Reform member has been exposed for having an alleged link to Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party. The latest is Barnsley councillor Andy Arnold who was photographed over multiple years with a Swastika tattoo. In response, Arnold’s wife has claimed it was actually a Buddhist symbol of peace: Swastika tattoo visible in public social media photos of Reform UK councillor Andy Arnold https://t.co/6i2H313usn — The Star, Sheffield (@SheffieldStar) May 23, 2026 Reform — Symbolism Putting it mildly, the Star reported: The swastika is strongly associated with Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler’s regime and the Holocaust Although it’s true the Swastika has existed for…

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