A Inexperienced Get together candidate posted the vile slur on their social media.
Raja Ateeq posted on social media that Jewish folks had been (Picture: Fb)
A Inexperienced Get together candidate posted on social media referring to “Jewish cockroaches” in an unhinged rant about Gaza. Raja Ateeq, who’s standing within the Rushall-Shelfield ward in Walsall, posted a Professional-Palestine message in December 2023 evaluating folks of the Jewish religion to the insect.
His weird publish, which was shared simply two months after the October 7 terror assaults on Israel, claimed that “Jewish cockroaches” wouldn’t need to return to Gaza, including that “400K Jewish (sic) have flown out of Israel”. Mr Ateeq signed off his ramblings with the phrases “Palestine might be free”.
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Mr Ateeq’s Fb web page nonetheless exhibits him carrying the Inexperienced Get together banner in his profile image. His web page can be awash with pro-Palestine photographs and posts and he additionally shares his ardour for the Pakistani cricket crew.
The publish on Mr Ateeq’s social media (Picture: Fb)
When the publish was highlighted by the Jewish Information, a Inexperienced spokesman stated: “Mr Ateeq has eliminated the tweet and recognises that it was improper to have posted it.”
Nationally the Prime Minister has branded Inexperienced Get together chief Zack Polanski “disgraceful” and “not match to guide any political occasion” for reposting on-line criticism of the Met Cops finishing up an arrest of the Golders Inexperienced terror suspect.
The Inexperienced chief, who was additionally criticised by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley for his actions, has apologised for “sharing a tweet in haste”.
Sir Mark advised the Occasions that British Jews are going through their biggest ever risk within the wake of a latest spates of assaults on their neighborhood.
He additionally stated that Jews are on the centre of a “ghastly Venn diagram” of hate from all sides, and warned antisemitism is a rising risk to their security partly due to social media. Stephen Parkinson, Director of Public Prosecutions, in the meantime, stated there was a “deeply troubling rise in antisemitic incidents throughout the nation”.
Sir Mark additionally stated he’s “involved” in regards to the scale of upcoming protests within the capital, and stated police are what circumstances and powers must be utilized in respect of these occasions.
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