Britain's 'woke left' have formed 'toxic alliance' with Hamas claims Israeli politician
Britain's 'woke left' form 'toxic alliance' with Hamas claims Israeli politician
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One of Israel's most senior British-born politicians said "woke" activists have formed a “toxic alliance” with Islamic fundamentalists to stoke antisemitism in the UK.
Deputy mayor of Jerusalem Fleur Hassan-Nahoum said that some of the UK demonstrators considered the attack on Israel as "legitimate resistance".
Hassan-Nahoum also branded the United Nations as “the worst” after its women’s group was accused of taking 57 days to condemn the “brutal attacks by Hamas” on Israel on October 7 including the rape of Israeli women.
The 50-year-old who was born in London and grew up in Gibraltar also warned that the war in Gaza would continue for up to six more months.
Protests have been taking place across the world
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Hassan-Nahoum, a mother of four, insisted that Israel was the only country in the region that upholds gay rights, despite recent concerns that hard-line conservative ministers will roll back LGBT+ rights.
She said: “Why can’t they see evil for what it is and call it out. What’s going on in the UK is an attack on western liberal values.
"I am not going to paint everybody with the same brush because there are people there [on the protests], especially Arab Muslims who have grown up with sympathy for the Palestinian cause.
"But I don’t understand how even those Muslims celebrate the beheadings of babies and the mass rape of women."
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Mrs Hassan-Nahoum said she found it “difficult to believe” Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu could continue in office
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She added she did not understand why the "woke leftists" and accused the demonstrators of being “brainwashed” and “ignorant”.
Hassan-Nahoum told The Telegraph: "I don’t understand is this toxic alliance between Islamic fundamentalism and western woke Leftism. Do they not understand what Hamas stands for or do they just hate Jews more?
"It’s a misconception that Jews are somehow a successful minority and it’s fine for them not to have human rights and it is fine to punch up. It is a mistaken new idea that the Jews can never be the oppressed.
"Antisemitism mutates into whatever the hatred of the day is. When it’s communism, Jews are communists. When it’s capitalism, Jews are capitalists. They can call it whatever they want but they are essentially anti-Semites. They have this obsession with Israel."
Despite being part of the same party as PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Hassan-Nahoum is highly critical of his premiership.
She said: "I find it difficult to believe Netanyahu can carry on. We are not dealing with this right now [the country’s leadership] because we are busy trying to fight the war.
"But when the war is over, everybody has to take responsibility for this terrible security failure on so many levels.
"So many things had to go wrong for Hamas to be this successful."