As a huge wave of the darkest antisemitic hatred crashes across the land, including calls for the mass murder of Jews, what is the "anti-racist" group "Hope not Hate" really worked up about?
Matthew Parris. 1/6
"Friends of Al Aqsa" is at the heart of the ugly agitation we are seeing, just as it has long been.
It is dedicated to fanatical hatred of Israel and promoting antisemites. Its founder and leader, Ismail Patel, is a fan of Hamas. Up the "anti-racist" street, right?
Oh. 2/6
Indeed, Hamas has built up an extensive UK support network since the 1990s. Journalists have covered it and counter-extremism activists have challenged it for years. It is one of the roots of Labour's ruin.
Going by their website, "Hope not Hate" hasn't even mentioned it. 3/6
The "Palestinian Forum in Britain" is another player behind today's ugly scenes. Israel=Nazis.
It used to bring some of the Middle East's very worst hate preachers to Britain before the Government banned them, with encouragement from activists, including Muslims.
Ah, I see. 4/6
Well, this is an outfit that was "delighted" to appoint Kevin Courtney of the NEU as a patron to its "HOPE Education Fund". One couldn't ask for a better friend for Islamists. He's with them all the way, even in defiance of Birmingham's Labour council. 5/6
"The doctor will hate you now." Yet another episode, brought to you by the "Palestine Solidarity Campaign". The cause is antisemites in the NHS. The target is Wes Streeting MP, the Health Secretary.
Ranjeet Brar is a surgeon at King's College Hospital. He backs terrorists. 1/8
Note him brandishing a book with a swastika superimposed on the Star of David. He loves this abuse, which is for the lowest of the low. Know the poison. 2/8 thejc.com/news/nhs-consu…
And the worst of the worst. A roll call of some of the most disgusting figures in the NHS antisemitism crisis is hailed. They are "exemplary humans", you see. Unlike that "weasel" Wes Streeting MP. 3/8
The Muslim Council of Britain has been out in the political cold for many years now.
It seems determined to stay there. Tomorrow, its leader will join Tom Facchine, an American fundamentalist hate preacher who loves Hamas, at Imperial College.
See how low Facchine goes. 1/9
Here he is in October 2023, when Israel had not even had a chance to count its dead.
"We're with the Palestinian resistance 100%. No ifs, no ands, no buts, no equivocations, no apologies, no condemnations."
This is not really about politics, by the way. 2/9
No, for Facchine, this is the eternal cosmic conflict with the Jews.
"They” told lies about the prophet of Islam, “just as they invent lies about our brothers and sisters today to turn opinion against them.”
The “Muslim soldiers” actually “treated Israelis decently”. 3/9
Neturei Karta is a tiny, extreme, and reviled sect. A sort of Jewish answer to the Westboro Baptist Church.
They probably have more friends in Birmingham than anywhere else. See Ayoub Khan MP, for example. And here's a warm welcome at Birmingham Central Mosque.
The police...1/4
...are in this mix. Mohammad Asad is an imam at the mosque and a chaplain for West Midlands Police.
This is grave. Some of the most disreputable people in Britain reach for Neturei Karta as a sort of Jewish fig leaf. No. They are nothing but a stain.
And there's more. 2/4
This is a mosque that has welcomed Uthman ibn Farooq, one of the most disgusting hate preachers I have ever seen. He even supports sex slavery in Islam.
"Delighted and privileged!" “Excellent!” “Inspiring!” “An example for many of us!” 3/4
Daniel Kebede addressing the plight of the Batley teacher in 2021. By attacking right wing commentators and Prevent.
He is now the General Secretary of the National Education Union.
Here, on top of traducing the Batley teacher, he is telling insidious lies about Prevent. 1/5
The "Palestine badge" tale about Rahmaan Mohammadi was long a far left favourite. It was pernicious rubbish. This was explained in The Spectator. 2/5
"Palestine badge" all this on social media from Mohammadi. Backing Islamic State. "Go kill yourselves" to UK and US intelligence services. British soldiers are "terrorists". Lining up with the terrorist support group Cage. 3/5
It is good to see strong reactions to the abuse of a Jewish restaurant in London last Friday. Above all, because this matter is now very serious and urgent. The 21st Century brownshirts want more. It's Soho next.
A ringleader says: "In Australia, they smashed the windows... 1/7
...of the restaurant. I'm not recommending that, but I can understand why they did it." Cue drum roll.
Do you "understand" this? Is this the London you want?
Especially when there is previous. The London restaurant was also abused last December. 2/7
Here is one of the London scenes in December. "Go f**k your mum! Free Palestine!" The officers struggle to control the raging fascist. 3/7