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Antisemitism, Terror Support & General Nastiness At Palestine Expo, London

Yesterday, the Palestine Expo began in London. Organized by terror enablers Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA), this is the kind of thing to expect from it.

But you needn’t actually go inside and hear the speakers to see the antisemitism, hatred, terror support and ignorance on display.

The following is video I cut from footage taken by pro-Israel advocate Ambrosine Shitrit, who was protesting outside the event.

https://youtu.be/4vqO4f9gMUM

But it did not end there. A Jewish man named Jason, who had been attending speeches inside without incident, was evicted after donning a kippa. As you can see from the below video, the police sided with the antisemites doing the evicting – not the victim.

https://youtu.be/XwoLOcaQFvU

Occasional Israellycool contributor David Collier was also evicted. He writes about it here.

I was spotted by members of a local anti-Israel group ‘London Palestine Action’.  I saw an activist called ‘Andrew Nelis’ before he saw me. I then saw Jackie Walker enter the room and start talking to him. They began looking over in my direction. Then Tony Greenstein showed up. I am never confrontational, never impolite. I walked over to say yes ‘this is me’. If they sought engagement. I am always willing to talk. Greenstein didn’t seem to believe I was there for the food. So I went to sit back down.

Jackie Walker chose to come to the table I was sitting at.  Greenstein followed. Walker then began to tell the other two attendees already present at the table (see image) how I call events like this ‘hate fests’.  I was polite, on topic and suggested we meet up for coffee if she wanted a proper discussion. I responded nicely to everything was said. I was there with my family and what I wanted to do was to relax.

I wasn’t going to be allowed to though. A few months ago Walker shared an image of me online, telling people to report me when spotted. Such is the life of being an independent member of the press that these people do not like. A few minutes passed and Andrew Nelis returned. Security was with him. I am asked to leave.  I ask on what grounds – none given. “I want to know” I respond. “write a letter” is what I am told.

This was clearly wrong. I am sitting eating lunch at a cultural event in a public building, I have several activists who claim to be upholders of ‘free speech’ come to the table and I am evicted. I looked straight at Jackie Walker who said clearly “I don’t agree with this”. I think for a split second she understood it looked bad. Then, as I turned away to leave I suddenly I heard her shout ‘How dare you’ at me ‘and ‘Liar’. I am not sure whether she spied a camera, but the comment was entirely out of context with what had occurred. Did she really want to create an image of me being evicted after having said something unacceptable? A viral video for her to use? Jackie, I know you will read this – so let us be clear – you did yourself no favours, but the offer for coffee is always open. I am always willing to point out where you have gone so badly wrong.

I left in accordance with the requests of the security team. I told them I was a member of the press, who was being evicted on discriminatory grounds. They apologised, but insisted on politely doing the job they had been instructed to do. I behaved as I always do. I have no idea why I was evicted and I have no intention of accepting this type of discriminatory behaviour.

What a wretched hive of scum and villainy.

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David Lange

A law school graduate, David Lange transitioned from work in the oil and hi-tech industries into fulltime Israel advocacy. He is a respected commentator and Middle East analyst who has often been cited by the mainstream media
Picture of David Lange

David Lange

A law school graduate, David Lange transitioned from work in the oil and hi-tech industries into fulltime Israel advocacy. He is a respected commentator and Middle East analyst who has often been cited by the mainstream media
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