How many have been arrested in the UK over chanting “from the river to the sea”? Or wearing Intifada keffiyehs, a sign of killing Jews and replacing Israel with a Palestinian caliphate? Or for flying flags in support of Hezbollah and Hamas, designated terrorist organizations by the United Kingdom? Heck, for terrorizing and assaulting Jews?
Jewish protester charged over placard mocking terrorist leader
A Jewish protester was arrested by the Metropolitan Police after he briefly held a placard satirising a Hezbollah terrorist leader, The Telegraph can reveal.
The British man, who has asked to remain anonymous for his safety, was detained and charged last September over a cartoon that showed Hasan Nasrallah, the Lebanese terror chief, with a pager and the words “beep, beep, beep”.
The placard satirised a targeted Israeli attack, dubbed Operation Grim Beeper, in which explosives in pagers and walkie-talkies killed 42 people, mostly Hezbollah terrorists. Nasrallah survived, but was killed in an air strike a week later.
During questioning, police repeatedly asked the man – who was part of a counter-demonstration against a pro-Palestinian march – if he believed the image would offend “clearly pro-Hezbollah and anti-Israel” activists.
Hezbollah is a terror group, which is proscribed in the UK.
Well, the government has to placate their Islamic terrorism supporters, who also hate Jews. You know, all the ones they invited in who are changing the UK into an Islamist nation
The decision by police to allow pro-Palestinian demonstrators to march through London since the Oct 7 massacre, including in areas with high Jewish populations and near synagogues, has been highly contentious.
The man’s case is the latest in a string of heavy-handed police responses to lawful expression. Last year, The Telegraph reported how columnist Allison Pearson was questioned at home by two officers over an X post following pro-Palestinian protests.
The Telegraph also uncovered the case of Julian Foulkes, a retired special constable, who was wrongly cautioned by Kent Police for warning about the threat of anti-Semitism in Britain.
The British police have been pretty heavy handed on many things, like COVID. Like “mean” social media posts. Except where Jew hatred and Islamic extremism is concerned. Then it will be ignored. That’s how you end up with the Rotherham grooming/raping issue, which went on for over a decade.
Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said it was an example of “two-tier policing in action”.
He told The Telegraph: “In recent times, the police have failed to act when confronted with protesters calling for jihad and intifada in London. Yet this man was apparently arrested because he might have offended supporters of a banned terrorist organisation.
The UK is pretty much lost at this point. How do they change
The area, near the home of Tzipi Hotovely, the Israeli ambassador, has been targeted almost weekly by pro-Palestinian activists since the October 7 massacre.
On Sept 20, a pro-Palestine demonstrator was filmed in the area shouting “I love the 7th of October” and “I like any organisation that starts with H”. He was arrested under terrorism legislation, but was not charged.
And the man arrested was at the counter-demonstration the same day.
I cannot believe the United States has reached the point where mocking a terrorist organization results in arrest!!!
Oh, it was in a foreign country? Nevermind.