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
If you want to understand dangerous extremism in Birmingham, look up "Deen1fied".
They target boys and young men in meetings and on retreats with gruesome tales of teenagers achieving jihadi glory in Islamic history. They explicitly link the tales to Palestine today. 1/7
Sijaad Hussain joined the flotilla for Hamas. He took umbrage at what he saw as Israeli disrespect to a British consular officer dealing with his idiocy, he has told the Al-Farouq mosque in Walsall.
But why? Because our government "bows down to Israel". "Bribed". 1/4
In "Zionist eyes", Hussain says, "they've demeaned our country".
How dare they! Another mission for Hamas, this time a gunboat, and a white pointy hood with eyeholes?
Join the next Birmingham hatred rally, he urged. What was it like? 2/4
A typical clip from that day - imam Waseem Khan shouts "Zionism is an evil ideology, a cancer to the world!". 3/4
The "Activist Independent Movement" is organising the anti-Israel protest in Birmingham on Thursday.
Know the racists from one of their meetings. Even Yael Khan, a fanatical hater who lives for Nazi slurs, is not good enough. See Abu Jenin abuse her, with his own Nazi slur. 1/8
Ousman Noor is an AIM favourite. He has a very bad case of war fever. See him rage at this meeting.
“Zionism has occupied the world!” “Smash Zionism!” “F**k you!”
Yet another 21st Century Nazi. 2/8
Still more "smashing", which is a "sacred duty", punctuated by more frenzied swearing. Go Hezbollah! The organisers and the audience love it. 3/8
Speaking in Birmingham in October, the Bradford preacher Adil Shahzad makes it plain and simple. The vile Jews are enemies of Islam.
He's welcome at scores of mosques across the UK. The hatred is deep and disturbing. We are in trouble as a country.
See how nasty it can be. 1/7
It's all Britain's fault, you know.
And the ceasefire? Not good enough. Nothing less than "complete liberation" will do.
Then he adds a Holocaust slur. 2/7
How much hate can Adil Shahzad squeeze into two minutes? This is impressive.
Wild claims about casualties, far, far above the dodgy claims of the terrorists themselves. "More Hamas than Hamas" is a strong, rising, and worrying trend in UK extremism.
Wonderful news for supporters of the "Palestine Solidarity Campaign"! At today's weekly racist hate march for terrorists in Leeds, a man brandished a Qur'an, climbed on top of a police van, and then set it on fire. Hero!
Has the Green Party made him an honorary member yet?
There is a long record of criminality on the Leeds hate marches. Assaults, public order offences, and lots and lots of racism. Keep in mind that plenty more is allowed to slide. Now we see this. Why are they still allowed to abuse the city, every Saturday? yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/crime/pol…
Aww, Adnan Hussain MP feels blessed. He is so proud to serve as an MP on the sight of “Blackburn Drummers for Palestine”. "The best constituency ever." "People who care!" "An honour, a privilege!"
What were their messages? 1/4
An awful racket of “river to the sea” chants for the annihilation of Israel, the “today ceasefire, tomorrow
liberation” cry for more war, and “we are the people”. No you’re not.
Plus the ever popular abuse of “Bella ciao”, an Italian anti-Nazi partisan anthem. No, you... 2/x
...racist lowlifes, they would be fighting you in our times. How dare you.
Here, the Blackburn troupe abuses London on a racist hate march for terrorists. “Zionism no more!” No Barclays or BAE, Britain’s top defence company, either. No “system” at all, in fact. 3/4