When President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Robert Garson, floated the idea of asylum for Britain’s Jews last month, saying “the UK is no longer a safe place for Jews,” a natural response was to focus on the likelihood of more terrorist attacks against Jews by radical Muslims. This concern is warranted, as we were reminded last week after theconvictionof two men for plotting to murder hundreds of Jews in an Islamic State-inspired attack in Manchester. Sky News contributor Sophie Elsworth, in a segment on the convictions, echoed Garson’s words, saying that the rise of antisemitism in the UK is“incredibly frightening.”
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Unfortunately, it’s not just ISIS and Al-Qaeda that British Jews need to fear. The populist left is engaging in its own form of Jew-hunting. Consider what happened to Jewish comedian Matt Lucas this month. He was harassed by a leftist activist while on an escalator at a Tube station. A man filming a video that he later posted on social media greeted him with the words: “Free Palestine. Free Palestine, Matt Lucas. Free Palestine.” Jewish Newsreportswhat happened next:
At the top of the escalator, Lucas says: “Hi, how are you,” to the person filming, “You don’t like what I’m wearing,” the person filming says, with theLittle BritainandGreat British Bake Offstar responding, “no, I have no comment about it either way.” The individual filming continues to follow Lucas, asking him: “You have a problem with Palestinians?” Lucas responds: “No”, before attempting to push the phone away from his face. The individual filming says “you can’t do that, you can’t touch my stuff,” before muttering “Zionist.”
The attempt at intimidation is evident in the video:
The man who posted the video, Islamic convert Thomas Abdullah Bourne, 39, uses the social media handle “White British Muslim.” It turns out he’s a big fan of Jeremy Corbyn, the former leader of the Labour Party andnotorious antisemite, as can be seen in aphotoof the two posted in a Daily Mail article. The Daily Mail also reports that Bourne, a fundraising consultant, has a history of showing up at pro-Palestinian rallies.
The paper further notes that Lucas has not been a loud voice on the Gaza war. His unforgivable crime? He signed the “No Hostage Left Behind” open letter in October 2023, celebrating the release of two American and two Israeli hostages — an unforgivable action to anti-Israel protesters like Bourne, who apparently prefers the phrase “Death to the IDF” over “No Hostage Left Behind.” Bourne attended a demonstration in support of the rapper Bob Vylan, who chanted that death call at a performance at Glastonbury.
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A spokesperson for Campaign Against Antisemitism commented on Bourne’s harassment of Lucas:
If you’re Jewish in Britain, there’s a good chance you may be harassed by pro-Palestine fanatics as they attempt to force you to denounce Israel – the world’s only Jewish state – in order to pass their perverse purity tests.
Source: SGT Report
