1. NEW: video shows Jeremy Corbyn embraced Raed Salah in April 2012, after discussing a judgement that found Salah claimed Jews make bread with the blood of children. The decision overruled his deportation on a technicality. 5 years later, Salah’s followers killed two Israelis
2. Corbyn embraced Salah at the end of a discussion of a court decision that said of Salah’s sermon: “we do not find this comment could be taken to be anything other than a reference to the blood libel against Jews”. See paragraph 59, page 21 dropbox.com/s/kmdd3h21cz29…
3. In 2017, a gunman was heard screaming “I’m from Raed Salah’s group” during a terror attack that killed two Israeli border guards. Raed Salah himself called the perpetrators “martyrs” who deserved their place in paradise. timesofisrael.com/the-rise-of-ra…
4. The 2017 Temple Mount shooting claimed the life of Haiel Sitawe (age 30), who left behind a three-week-old son, and Kamil Shnaan (22). Kamil was the youngest son of Shachiv Shnaan, former Labour Party member of the Knesset. timesofisrael.com/haiel-sitawe-3…
5. Last month, Salah was convicted of incitement to terrorism, according to court files “the cleric is accused of delivering a sermon “directly related to the murder” of two Border Police officers”. jpost.com/Israel-News/No…
6. So why did Jeremy Corbyn invite Raed Salah to Britain? Why did he dismiss the concerns of the Jewish community, writing it was time stand up to the “Zionist lobby”? Why did Corbyn embrace Salah after he was found to have used the blood libel? And why has he never apologised?
Watch the whole April 2012 talk here. It includes Jeremy Corbyn’s invitation to Raed Salah to have “tea on the terrace” in parliament at 18:40. You can see him embrace Salah at 26:26. Salah’s legal representative on the judgment of Ockelton J 08:14 dropbox.com/s/4izzj63q5hos…
