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
Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian ambassador to the UK, is a man Labour loves to hug. He is a key prop in the ongoing tilt against Israel.
What does Husam like? Hate marches. He’s a keen regular for creeps he calls his “friends”. See him at today’s rally in London, calling Palestinian terror detainees “hostages”. 1/6
Nay, better, he hastens to add, “freedom fighters” and "heroes".
Questioning Israeli detention policies is one thing. This is quite another. Are participants in the 7 October atrocities "heroes"?
Some of the grotesque Holocaust memory abuse today. It was a hideous rally, as ever. 2/6
Zomlot goes on to rail against the media and make demands on Andy Burnham. The new Number 10 set are likely to listen, when Zomlot & Co. will almost surely never be truly satisfied with anything Labour has to offer. This is the "river to the sea!" and "intifada!" crowd, his happy place. 3/6
Those nasty ayatollahs? They are nefarious Jews! At the service of the Devil, as his vanguard now that the End Times are upon us.
A simply delirious poisonous message from the Egyptian preacher Yusri Jabar at the Jamia mosque in Hounslow, London, in May 2023. 1/9
He’s back at that mosque right now, on a UK tour that has also taken in the Sirajam Muneera Jamia mosque in Birmingham and the Faizan e Medina mosque in Peterborough Why was he let into the UK?
The devil will appear in Iran, you see, and "he will be supported by 70,000 ... 2/9
...Jews from Isfahan. ... We now know that Iran is leading evilness in the entire Muslim land, it is arming Muslims against other Muslim sects, making them fight each other ... He is currently leading evil through Iran and through the Jews who pose as ayatollahs ... 3/9
"Give victory to our oppressed brothers everywhere. Give victory to our mujahideen and support our brothers in your name everywhere. God give them victory in Palestine against the usurping, aggressive Jews."
A sermon at a Blackburn mosque. Adnan Hussain MP was in attendance. 2/5
That sermon was delivered by Yusuf Shabbir, a big, big fan of Hamas and the Taliban. You won't find Adnan Hussain MP complaining about him.
How about invoking the IRA as he stands up for racist vandals? 3/5
"You can shove your whole system up your a**e!" The "Palestine Action" defendant and Hamas groupie Heba Muraisi, the foul Leeds hate marcher Nageena Naz, and the antisemitic Hamas gnome Said Patel in Sheffield last Saturday. It was a rally for racist vandals. 1/6
Here, the gnome and Abdullah Okud celebrate "direct action". Patel has just graduated to disrupting defence plant operations from brandishing gross antisemitic placards at hate marches. Okud is a local extremist who has just joined the Green Party. Well, of course he has. 2/6
A sample of the placard collection. It's KKK-grade hatred. In the 2nd photo, the campaign for the 21st Century Nazi Rahmeh Aladwan. 3/6
To add to the picture, further footage of this incident in Leeds today, filmed by local YouTuber @mondymedia.
For context, among so many other issues, West Yorkshire Police think hatred rally speeches hailing the Hamas atrocities of 7 October 2023 are just fine.
If you want to understand antisemitism in today’s Britain, turn to Lubna Speitan of the Green Party and her circles. Yesterday, she and Shola Mas-Shogbamimu delivered a masterclass.
“Nothing is more antisemitic than Zionism!”
Yes, being deranged is central to the creed. 1/4
Impressively, in just a few more seconds in the clip above, Speitan managed to add the “good Jew” of dark yore and a foul Holocaust slur too. See? It's simple. Antisemitism? Blame Jews!
Nazi slurs are crucial in this camp. You must hurl them frequently. Here is another one. 2/4
Excited, Shola responds with "who gives a rat's a**e how the Jews feel!". In the context of the 7 October Hamas atrocities. Shola loves this line. Well, it is important. Only hate, comrades, only hate.
Anyway, we all know who was responsible for the killing on 7 October. 3/4