Britain’s counter-extremism commissioner has warned that central London is being allowed to become a “no-go zone for Jews every weekend”, but march organizers say the government is “stoking fear” He argues that he is just trying to do so.
Britain’s government’s commissioner for countering extremism has warned that central London will become a “no-go zone” for Jews over the weekend as “anti-Semitism soars” and protests grow stronger. Observing the tone and nature of the protests, Robin Simcox, a former fellow of the Henry Jackson Society and Heritage Foundation who was appointed to a UK advisory post in 2022 for his expertise on extremism, said: He warned of the UK’s “permissive environment” and said: [are] It has become increasingly vocal, with the words “river to sea” being hurled at the side of Big Ben during voting in Gaza. ”
Israeli-Palestinian protests have been taking place weekly in central London since Hamas launched deadly terrorist attacks last year, with protesters voicing their views on Israel even before the counterattack began. This is a crucial difference observed by Jewish rights groups.
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write to daily telegraph, Mr Simcox said the country had untapped potential and recommended the government do more to tackle rising extremism. He said: “…the Iranian government has no inalienable right to run schools or mosques in the capital. We have not betrayed democracy if extremists are no longer able to run our TV channels. And if London becomes a no-go zone for Jews every weekend. If that were no longer allowed, we would not be an authoritarian state.”
Mark Gardner of the Community Security Trust, a British charity that works with police to protect Jewish communities, said: Reacting to Mr. Simcox’s remarks He personally stopped going to central London over the weekend because of the presence of large Palestinian protests, and CST has heard evidence from a number of British Jews that they have reached a similar decision. He said there was. he said: “I don’t go to the streets when these demonstrations are going on…I hear a lot about the protesters’ right to demonstrate, but God forbid anyone should say anything against them. Then you will know about freedom of speech.”
BBC conveyed my thoughts These are the words of John Rees, national director of the Stop the War Coalition, one of the groups contributing to the London protests. Mr Rees insisted that Jews had “no need” to fear protests and accused the government of inciting fear in order to discredit Jews. He said it was “irresponsible” for the prime minister to suggest the existence of extremism, and argued that “if the government has decided to incite such fear, the public will naturally feel that way.”
As Mr Simcox pointed out, a recent concern in the London protests has been the brazen display of extremist rhetoric, particularly the chanting of words on the clock tower of Parliament, colloquially known as Big Ben. There was an example where the words were projected in giant letters.
Last month, the phrase “From the rivers to the sea, Palestine will be free” was projected onto the tower during a vote in the House of Commons, but Islamists claim that parliamentary proceedings were canceled on that day due to fears of Islamist terrorism. is said to have been suspended. These words, uttered by a former interior minister, clearly mean the destruction of Israel. She says it would be “disingenuous” to pretend otherwise.
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