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Showing posts with label Al Quds Day (London). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Al Quds Day (London). Show all posts
Once upon a time, in the capital of the Dear Old Mother Country:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY2wysVXs6Q)
In our time, just days ago:
Jewish Chronicle footage of this year's "Al Quds Day" in, er, Londonistan.
My goodness, doesn't master of ceremonies Nazim Ali look dapper!
In that get-up, and given the merry chanting, a viewer could be forgiven for thinking that this is some sort of inebriated spoof on the Mad Hatter's Tea Party:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT6QxpMrT7g)
Then again, perhaps not.
Thanks to the lens of Alex Seymour aka Seymour Alexander, more footage of this event, with speeches from two veteran Israel-haters of the Jewish sort and that wily warrior Mick Napier, chieftain of the Scottish SPC:
Note the Hezbollah flag (not thesole representative of its kind carried by marchers) and Neturei Karta's Rabbi Aharon Cohen, like Sizer no stranger to conferences in Teheran.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUxYyfnPkAw
Our old mate the ex-vicar of Virginia Water has got around to putting his Al Quds Day in London 2018 remarks on his personal blog. He cynically evokes Dr Martin Luther King.
For a better insight into our old mate's chutzpah in evoking Dr King see here and here
Some of the vicar's relevant comments:
Oh yeah?:
For David Collier's searing account of the march the vicar extols see here
It comes complete with this video of a woman who baited pro-Israel counter-demonstrators:
Shocked at those taunts, Stephen Sizer?
A madwoman, some people might say. Uh-huh. But then Julius Streicher was a madman.
I wonder whether the CEO of theegregiously one-sided so-called Peacemaker Trust will be sporting this cool new look when he addresses the predictable band of anti-Israel fiends in London this coming Al Quds Day.
To quote from today's report by Lee Harpin in the Jewish Chronicle:
'... The Reverend ... will join notorious anti-Zionist Mick Napier, of the
Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, as a speaker at Sunday’s annual
demonstration.
Mr Sizer’s presence at the Al Quds Day event will
cause widespread anger among Jewish communal organisations and follows
last week’s announcement by the Metropolitan Police that they are
powerless to stop the flying of the flag of Iranian-led terror
organisation Hezbollah on the march.
In December 2015, the Church of England condemned Dr Sizer for sharing material which was “clearly antisemitic”.
Before
he became Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn had defended him saying Mr Sizer
was being victimised because he “dared to speak out against Zionism.”
Last
year, Mr Napier was found guilty of aggressive behaviour at a protest
outside an Israeli-owned cosmetics store in Glasgow during the 2014 Gaza
war.
Last week, the JC revealed the Met Police, in answer to a
letter from MP Louise Ellman, the vice-chair of the Labour Friends of
Israel, said that they had to allow the controversial flag to be raised
once again at Sunday’s parade because parliament had “consciously
chosen” to proscribe only the military wing of Hezbollah – but the
group’s flag is “shared across all elements of that organisation.”
Metropolitan
Police Commander Jane Conners said in her letter of reply that both she
and Commissioner Cressida Dick “share concerns” that the raising of the
Hezbollah flag on London’s streets “may be construed as belonging to a
terrorist organisation.”
At last year’s Al Quds Day march, the JC revealed
how Nazim Hussein Ali, an Islamic Human Rights Commission speaker, linked the Grenfell Tower tragedy to “Zionists” and calling for Israel’s
annihilation at this year’s Al Quds Day march.
Following
complaints about Mr Ali’s conduct – and the open display of Hezbollah
flags – the Metropolitan Police confirmed it was investigating
allegations of antisemitic comments made during the protest by Mr Ali.
But in December the Crown Prosecution Service had he would not face prosecution.'
I'm not so sure that
'Mr Sizer’s presence at the Al Quds Day event will
cause widespread anger among Jewish communal organisations'
The Jewish Chronicle seems somewhat ill-informed about Sizer (it turned down my screenshot of that notorious 9/11 post telling ms it was not interested, only to have its free London rival, the Jewish News, snap the proferred screenshot up), it seems ignorant of the vicar's proper designation, Dr, and it appears unaware that since he now has no pulpit, he is likely to make him less of a perceived thorn in Anglo-Jewry's side by the latter's communal leaders than if he was under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
Will he reprise this casual outfit, the one he wore when denouncing Israel at the Al Quds Day rally in London six years ago (that's Mr Ali in the background, incidentally)?
Or will he go for the full cassock, as favoured by his antipodean chum, Anglican priest Father Dave Smith, on an Al Quds Day Down Under more recently?
Meanwhile, quick off the mark, the vicar has posted this, put up today by the Amos Trust and other enemies of Israel:
Go here and we find more information about this event:
London Protest Tuesday 5th June
Free Palestine – Stop the Killing – Stop Arming Israel
5.30pm. Assemble Opposite Number 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, London – March to Old Palace Yard.
Organised by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al-Aqsa, Palestinian Forum in Britain, Muslim Association of Britain.
Supported by: Stop the War Coalition, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Europal Forum, Amos Trust, UNISON, Lib Dem Friends of Palestine, The Green Party.
Join us on this day of solidarity actions for the Great Return March in Palestine, with events around the country.
Please bring Keys with you to symbolise the Nakba and the Right of Return. With respect and in line with the decision of the organisers of the Great Return March in Palestine, to demonstrate full unity, we would like to ask everybody to bring Palestinian flags only.
[Emphasis added. In other words, leave the Hezbollah flags at home!]
What a nerve this cleric, who posted this excrescence
and regularly posts such items as this
should have the chutzpah to criticise people like Jonathan Arkush, the outgoing president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, for voicing concerns about antisemitism. (Mr Arkush said he was not suggesting the Archbishop “is not a strong and sincere friend of the Jewish people. “My
statement in the Telegraph interview was very specific, and referred
only to the EnoughIsEnough protest against the antisemitism in the
Labour Party.")
Does the vicar approve of these two sentiments, the first below the identical post on his Peacemaker Trust page, and the second by the commenter on her own page? Decidedly dodgy comments, eh?
To judge by what he allows commenters on his own page to get away with (I've given many examples over the years), it would seem that "the Church of England takes antisemitism very seriously" does not represent him, or the followers in question would surely long since have been defriended.)
While Jews seem to be fair game, "Islamophobia" is by contrast taken very seriously by our old friend.
He would seem to know his constituency, after all.
Strange bedfellows, Muslims and Christians, but of course politics breeds strange bedfellows. The role of Sizer's so-called Peacemaker Trust in
pushing Chrislam and Christian Palestinianism's agenda and weakening western support for Israel should not be underestimated.
By the same token, Christian
friends of Israel should be cherished and not be taken for granted.
First, before we look at the foolishness below, here is, in high resolution video, is British terror victim Kay Wilson's magbificently outstanding speech indicting the capitulation of the British political establishment (as seen in certain legislation) to the haters who have been permitted to hold the disgusting Al Quds Day march (see my previous post):
(Israelly Cool video, acknowledging footage by Rebel Media and Sussex Friends of Israel)
Boy, can London pharmacist and local Al Quds Day supremo Nazim Ali jump! He won't be putting on any calories all the time he inveighs against the Zionist Entity in this frenzied manner:
The above is a still from the Alex Seymour video below, in which, among other delights, we see a Jewish kid in a red cap being manhandled by marchers ("Arrest the fascist!" "Fucking bastard!"), and familiar anti-Israel warhorses Mick Napier, Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi and Sandra Watfa (the lady with the powerful lungs and beautiful hair) spewing their usual invective
Mrs Wimborne-Idrissi and the nuts from Neturei Karta were not the only Jews at the parade where the flag of the antisemitic terror group Hezbollah was flying high and in profusion; squint closely and who do we observe in this shot but (in the baseball cap) the little lady of "Jewish heritage" who frequents "Kick Israel Out of FIFA" demos.
Now, where have I seen this Neturei Karta nut, fist raised against the Zionist Entity, up close and personal with Nazir Ali?
Oh, yes, of course. At Tooting recently for an event involving an Iftar meal, "Free Palestine" badge in lapel.
And the owner of the back of that head? I'd know that straight spikey coiffure anywhere.
Yes, it belongs to this chap, one Stephen Sizer, pictured denouncing Israel at the (sparsely attended) event:
Careful not to bend the knee to Baal, sirrah!
Not a word of reproach regarding Islamic incitement to Jew-hatred, then, ex-vicar?
The smiling Israel-hater on the right of the picture at left, and in full Israel-denouncing flood below, is, well, you really don't need me to introduce you, do you?
You may, however, not be quite so well-acquainted with the Israel-hater standing next to Stephen Sizer.
He's Nazim Ali, a pharmacist and director of the so-called “Advocacy Group” of the UK Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC). He appears to be the master of ceremonies of choice at London's toxic Al Quds Day rallies, the Iran-sponsored hate fest which seems to be becoming ever more overtly antisemitic each year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYInkVkBjhI
Back in 2012 it fell to Mr Ali to welcome to the rostrum the following enthusiastic quartet of hardened Israel-demonisers to perform their rabble-rousing against the Zionist entity each in turn.
Unreconstructed old Trotskyite, now leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn:
Loquacious Irish anti-Israel agitator Sean Clinton:
Demagogic Scottish PSC chief Mick Napier, like Sizer a frequent guest on Iran's propaganda channel Press TV:
At this year's Al Quds day rally in London, Mr Ali's own intemperate demagoguery was in full decibel force.
Addled by the presence of a courageous group of men and women proudly holding Israeli flags, who slowed the hate parade as it snaked its evil way along Regent Street, Hezbollah flags flying as usual (despite a plea to London mayor Sadiq Khan and others in authority that flying the terrorist flag be banned) and even managed to halt it until coralled by Mr Plod, Mr Ali resorted to racism raw and rude inveighing
"Babykillers ... Occupation ... It's in their genes ... European alleged Jews ...
Zionists are not Jews ..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzKKZ_1at5A
As reported by the Jewish Chronicle, inter alia:
'.... Mr Ali whipped up the 1,000 anti-Israel fanatics attending the march with a series of chants blaming the Grenfell Tower tragedy on “Zionism”.
He also called for Israel’s annihilation, and accused the Israel Defence Force of being a “terrorist organisation that murdered Palestinians, Jews and British soldiers.” [Emphasis added, here and below]
Mr Ali stayed at the head of the marchers ... for the two hours it took for the parade to make its way through central London to Grosvenor Square, Using a loud-hailer to lead them in a stream of anti-Israel abuse. \
At one point he spotted pro-Israel counter-demonstrators carrying Israeli flags.
He ordered the march to halt, insisting it would not move on until the “Zionist flag” was removed. He said: “We are fed up of the Zionists. We are fed up of their rabbis. We are fed of their synagogues. We are fed up of their supporters.”
Screaming into the microphone, Mr Ali guided the crowd in a chant of: “Judaism – yes. Zionism – no. The state of Israel must go.”
It was just as the march was about to set off that Mr Ali walked towards a small group of pro-Israeli demonstrators and began singing: “Bye, bye Zionists.”
He then made his remarks linking the Grenfell Tower tragedy to Zionism, adding: “These people do not know what justice is because it’s their supporters who are supporting the Tory Party, that’s who they are. Zionists who give money to the Tory Party to kill people in high rise blocks."
Mr Ali turned to the large police presence and said: “I am requesting that the police watch those trouble-makers over there. They will try to incite. That’s what they are good at causing violence. Do not react to the killers of British soldiers.”
He also repeatedly drew attention to the presence of a handful of members of the Jewish anti-Israel Neturei Karta group, praising as being “true” Jews.
He added: “Because these rabbis don’t kill people, because these rabbis don’t murder people, they are told they are traitors. Because Zionism is a fascist, evil ideology. It is an evil ideology to its core – that’s what Zionism is. That is why they killed British soldiers in order to get their country.”
During the march Mr Ali also claimed “Zionists” were supporters of Isis.
He said: ”Isis are being treated in their hospitals. Isis are being supported in the occupied Golan. Everyone knows that Zionist Israel and Isis are the same. They are brothers in arms.“
The Jewish Chronicle notes that the IHRC
Anti-Israel activists rejoice
'has repeatedly called for the repeal of much UK terror legislation – including the government’s Prevent strategy.
The Community Security Trust yesterday condemned Mr Ali’s comments linking Zionism to the Grenfell Towers fire as “grotesque.”
Lord Polak CBE, Conservative Friends Of Israel’s Honorary President wrote to Home Secretary Amber Rudd to express concern over the Hezbollah flag at Sunday’s march and called on the Metropolitan Police to charge those found in “direct contravention” of Section 13 of the Terrorism Act (2000).
The UK currently proscribes Hezbollah’s so-called ‘military wing’, while the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, the Arab League, the Gulf Cooperation Council, and Israel proscribe the terrorist organisation in its entirety.
The Metropolitan Police and the Home Office have been asked for comment....'
Heroes and heroines:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOUlSX8Sz0A
Middle East analyst Jonathan Sacerdoti on the issue of the Hezbollah flag:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp-E4rpRobE
For more on this be sure to see the the splendid coverage (with photographs) by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) here
The CAA observes, inter alia:
'In the wake of the terrorist attacks in London and Manchester, just
as the government has promised a crackdown on extremism and terrorism,
the red carpet has been rolled out for hundreds of supporters of
Hizballah in central London today.
The brave volunteers of our
Demonstration and Event Monitoring Unit went into the thick of the
pro-Hizballah supporters to capture evidence, whilst police officers
looked on inertly.
Some of the people at a splendid counter-rally
Marchers draped themselves in Hizballah flags
bearing a dagger and a raised fist clenching an assault rifle, and
organisers handed out flags for those who had not brought their own. The
organising charity even distributed placards emblazoned with the
slogan: “We are all Hizballah”. As the marchers claimed that Zionists
were responsible for ISIS and even the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower,
the Metropolitan Police Service refused to make arrests or even accept
reports of hate crimes when approached by members of the public, with
one Inspector even claiming that Hizballah flags belong to a legitimate
“state” instead of a terrorist organisation. Terrifyingly, demonstrators
even attached Hizballah flags to children whilst police looked on.
However, supporters of Hizballah did not have the streets to
themselves. As they marched down iconic Regent Street, their path was
blocked by anti-terrorist protesters chanting “Terrorists” and playing
Jewish music (they had come prepared with a saxophonist). The police
however suddenly spurred into action, with vans of officers arriving
within seconds to start demanding that the anti-terrorist protesters
move out of the way, with reports of pushing and shoving.
The
brazen display of support for a genocidal antisemitic terrorist group
was met with inaction, but opposition by members of the public was
swiftly rounded upon.
Outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square,
marchers were addressed by figures including Mick Napier, Chair of the
Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, who was convicted in March of
aggravated trespass over allegations of intimidating bank staff at a
demonstration against investment by Barclays Bank in an Israeli company.
Campaign Against Antisemitism will analyse the excitable speeches....
Hizballah is clear that it seeks the
genocide of Jews worldwide, committing terrorist atrocities from Bangkok
to Buenos Aires to Burgas. As Britain mourns those we have so recently
lost to Islamist terrorism, the Metropolitan Police Service and Charity
Commission permitted Hizballah supporters to mount a show of force
through the heart of London. This is the reality of the supposed
crackdown on extremism and terrorism. Since the authorities intend to
take no action, it now falls to us to ensure that there are consequences
for those who organised a pro-terrorist show of strength through the
heart of London today. We will also be reviewing our legal options for
holding the authorities to account over their utterly despicable failure
to act.'
In response to yesterday's attack on a mosque at London's Finsbury Park, Theresa May has wasted no time in declaring:
"... It
is a reminder that terrorism, extremism and hatred take many forms and
our determination to tackle them must be the same, whoever is
responsible.
As I said here two weeks ago, there has been far
too much tolerance of extremism in our country over many years - and
that means extremism of any kind, including Islamophobia.
That
is why this government will act to stamp out extremist and hateful
ideology - both across society and on the internet, so it is denied a
safe space to grow.
It is why we will be reviewing our
counter-terrorism strategy and ensuring that police and security
services have the powers they need.
And it is why we will
establish a new Commission for Countering Extremism as a statutory body
to help fight hatred and extremism in the same way as we have fought
racism - because this extremism is every bit as insidious and
destructive to our values and our way of life and we will stop at
nothing to defeat it.
Today's attack falls at a difficult time in
the life of this city, following on from the attack on London Bridge
two weeks ago - and of course the unimaginable tragedy of Grenfell Tower
last week, on which I will chair another meeting of ministers and
officials later today.
But what we have seen throughout - whether
in the heroism of the ordinary citizens who fought off the attackers at
London Bridge, the unbreakable resolve of the residents in Kensington,
or this morning the spirit of the community that apprehended this
attacker - is that this is an extraordinary city of extraordinary
people.
It is home to a multitude of communities that together make London one of the greatest cities on earth.
Diverse, welcoming, vibrant, compassionate, confident and determined never to give in to hate.
These
are the values that define this city. These are the values that define
this country. These are the values that this government will uphold.
These are the values that will prevail."[Emphasis added]
Words that ring horribly hollow in the wake of Al Quds Day's incitement
to antisemitism and the tolerance of extremists glorying in the
hateful Hezbollah flag.
With this latest march the Al Quds Day organisers and their lily-livered enablers have descended into the very heart of darkness. Moseley's British Union of Fascists, when they marched through the Jewish East End during the Devil's Decade of the 1930s, had at least the excuse of not knowing the ultimate depths to which antisemitism can lead. Today's antisemites have no such excuse. Nor do the authorities who tolerate this grotesque Jew-baiting and turn a blind eye to it in the name of the Appeasement of our time.
'.... A parade which features explicit racial incitement and sectarian militarism raises challenging questions concerning the legal limits of free speech. Firstly, it is remarkable that anti-Semitic exhortation is given police protection through Oxford Street. Secondly, it highlights a hole in extant anti-terror legislation. While the military wing of Hezbollah is proscribed in the UK, those adorning Hezbollah garb conveniently stapled themselves with leaflets expressing their solidarity with the political wing. This technicality is surely falsified by reality.
As Karl Popper astutely argued, ‘Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.’
See exclusive photos at Breitbart by clicking here
".... Hezbollah T-Shirts, Nasrallah T-Shirts, Khomeini T-Shirts. These people marched proudly through the streets of London. Someone had a placard that read ‘ We are all Hezbollah’. ... Support for radical Islamic extremists. Maybe 350 people in total, maybe slightly more. The demographic was clearly one sided. Over 80% of them looked Middle Eastern themselves. Arabic was the language most spoken.
.... The drum beat ever present. The mob’s conductor leading the way with the usual chants. Right through Oxford Circus, Regent Street, Bond Street, the heart of London’s main shopping district. Hezbollah flags were waving all the way. I saw a boy, maybe 13 or 14, holding the terrorist flag.....
Image: SussexFriendsofIsrael
Such extremism. Such hatred. There will be no peace, there will be no progress, until this venom is extracted from the conflict. The irony that on this day in North London, left-wing Zionists had gathered at a Haaretz conference to discuss the issue of peace was not lost on me. With all the will in the world, theirs is a bubble that at the moment, simply does not exist.
You cannot negotiate with this. Nor will peace move forward whilst this mob is allowed to spread its poison. This is blind hatred. Self- chosen ignorance, bias, and yes, not a little antisemitism. Those few in the crowd that were not Islamic radicals fell into two distinct groups. Those on the very far left, and those on the very far right. An absurd political marriage enabled only by a mutual hatred of Jews...."
The words are the admirable David Collier's, and are taken from his firsthand account of Friday's Al Quds march in London (click herefor that must-read post with several instructive photos).
And see the many photos as well as videos on Sussex Friends of Israel's Facebook page here. (Happily, this year the Israel-haters did not have Al Quds Day all to themselves: pro-Israel forces featured a counter-rally, at which UNWatch's Hillel Neuer and Hendon MP Matthew Offord spoke.)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IAgNlt8h78)
Regarding the Hezbollah flags, be sure to see Edgar Davidson's totally-nails-it graphic here
Meanwhile, in Berlin, this modern form of the Old Hatred where Jackboots went before:
Also in Berlin, these pro-Israel protesters against the haters' march:
And, half a world away, the Old Hatred's manifestation close to Australia's shores:
On so-called Al Quds Day, a massive mob of Muslims march with their banners and slogans condemning Israel. At the head of the procession, a Neturei Karta nut is clearly visible, and later, amid the hijabbed hordes, a couple of western women are spotted ...
The chant "Glory, Glory, Palestine," adapted from Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic," provides a surreal touch ...
In this video by our old friend Alex Seymour, more westerners hove into view, and more chants assail the eardrums:
Oh, and if you can bear to watch, check it out for the German Israel-demoniser.
Yet more footage. Despicable chants and sentiments.
The final Friday of Ramadan: Al Quds Day around the world.
Here's footage of that day this year in the place where it all began, Teheran:
And here it is in Old London Town, where at around 1:12 a familiar figure hoves into view.
Yes, it's one of the Zionist cause's favourite poster boys, Iraqi-born Muslim "Orim Shimshon", stepping where angels fear to tread, and giving protesters a piece of his mind.
'Founded in 1997, the mission statement of the Islamic Human Rights
Commission on its Charity Commission web page claims that its aim is “To
promote human rights and equality and diversity (in particular good
race relations) throughout the world for the benefit of the public.“
The style and content of the IHRC’s annual ‘Al Quds Day’ events, along
with much of its additional campaigning, suggest that “good race
relations” are in fact far from being its true aim....' observed CiFWatch last year, in a comprehensive critque of the organisation, its incitement to violence, and its leaders. (Read it in all its compelling detail here)
Here's one of those featured in that critique, Massoud Shadjerah, chairman of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, addressing the faithful in fire and brimstone manner on Al Quds Day. Noting that large numbers of Muslims from the West have gone to wage Jihad in Syria, he laments that a similar occurrence has not taken place regarding "Palestine".
Drawing random cries of "Allahu Akhbar!", Ismail Sincere, described as "artist of the spoken world," takes a swipe at America, Britain, France, and, of course, Israel, before displaying his crowd-pleasing "art" outside the US Embassy in London on "Al Quds Day":
Iranian-born Sheikh Mohammed Saeed Bahmanpour, a UK-based Islamic writer and lecturer who apparently needed "no introduction" to the assemblage, attracts enthusiastic cries of"Allahu Akhbar!", "We are all Hezbollah!", and wild cheers:
"We are all Hezbollah!" "In our thousands, in our millions, we are all Palestinians" "From the River to the Sea ..." "...Israel is a terror state" "If you hate Zionism, shout Boo!" "If you think they're all fascists, dirty dirty fascists, clap your hands"
And other chants.
Well, how better to express appreciation for a beautiful summer's day when out and about in Old London Town?
The seemingly interminable procession seen in that linked video was wending its way from the BBC's headquarters in Portland Place, across Oxford Circus down Regent Street, and turning right near Liberty's and along Maddox Street and Grosvenor Street to its destination, the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square.
Dr Stephen Sizer is the Anglican vicar of Virginia Water in Surrey and an inveterate, seasoned campaigner against Christian Zionism. And not only against Christian Zionism. He's against the continuing existence of Israel itself, making common cause with some very dodgy allies, much to the chagrin of Jews and Christians such as this one alike.
A fervent advocate of the dissolution of the Zionist Entity and its replacement with a single state for Jews and Palestinian Arabs (we all know what that would portend, sooner or later, don't we, folks?) he recently escaped prosecution for alleged antisemitism, the Crown Prosecution Service deciding that he had no case to answer.
Dr Sizer's blogposts, and in particular his frequent posts on social media (which attract lots of avid followers, some making the most reprehensible remarks in response and on their own posts that leave little room for doubt regarding their judeophobia), are almost obsessively concerned with what he sees as the evils of Zionism and of Israel, and (this post is an example) he clearly abhors any hint that Israel (threatened though it is by a crazed regime on the brink of achieving nuclear capabability) might attack Iran.
A supercessionist, he seems as warm a friend of Islam as he is an enemy of special Jewish claims to Zion, and is not slow to denounce manifestations of alleged "Islamophobia". And indeed, although a professing clergyman of the Christian faith, he appears to have "gone native" (so to speak) in ending his "Al Quds Day"speech ("....[W]what kind of Al Quds do you envision? What kind of Jerusalem are you
marching for today? Is it for an open, inclusive city of faith? Or for
one as exclusive as the Zionists are trying to create?....") to the assembled crowd of Muslim Israel-haters, Hezbollah-lovers, and their non-Muslim cheerleaders in Londonistan (including the inevitable contingent from Neturei Karta) with the Arabic "Insha’Allāh".
(I hear, incidentally, that an unscheduled highlight of London's "Al Quds Day" this year came when a woman emptied a large bucket of water – well, we trust it was water and not something, er, more pungent – over some of the demonstrators!)
Below is footage of the marchers (warning: ear plug alert); more about the march, with very telling photos, can be found here:
On his blog, and notwithstanding the latest antisemitic rants of the odious Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Dr Sizer has posted a video from Press TV, organ of the atrocious Iranian regime, purveyor of antisemitism and terror around the globe, showing footage of "Al Quds Day" in London, and a brief interview that he gave its reporter regarding Israel's "war crime".
Meanwhile, also courtesy of Press TV here's footage of "Al Quds Day" in Sydney,which was pimped in this promotional video.
"It’s the first time in its 33-year history, that a rally for International Al-Quds Day was held in Australia," the Press TV report proclaims in part.
"The demonstrators accuse Israel of creating a humanitarian disaster in Palestine by denying essential supplies, as well as the Israeli Defence Force killing innocent Palestinians and creating an Apartheid system....
The protesters also slammed the Australian Government for supporting Israel, saying the administration is committing crimes against humanity and should be regarded as a terrorist regime.
They also rejected the U.S backed two-state solution, arguing that innocent Palestinians were forced off their land when Israel was declared in 1948, and they should have the right to return."
For some reason I saw that and thought of this:
But at least the London and Sydney demos, and this one roughly halfway between the two cities, in what used to be called Madras, weren't (quite) as raucous as this one in Bangalore...
Olympic spirit in the Olympic city, eh? Hardly. Some of London's iconic big red buses are looking as we've never seen them before, bearing ads for the city's annual Al Quds Day march, due to take place this month with Lauren Booth among the speakers.
The ads are sponsored by one of the Iranian regime's front groups in the UK, the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), and theannual Al Quds day march (in which representatives of Neturei Karta and other useful idiots can be found) features explicit calls for Israel's extirpation, pictures of the Ayatollah, Hamas and Hezbollah flags.
There are efforts taking place to have the ads removed, not least by asking London's largest bus workers' union to join the campaign since in Iran their fellow-unionists are treated appallingly.
Read all about it and what you can do here Update: see here
