'A British MP says he fears for his life after receiving death threats for defending Israel in an exchange with a constituent.Life for supporters of Israel in the UK will not get any easier as the climate of public opinion is manipulated by the BBC more and more towards delegitimising Israel's very existence and as the influence & power of Islamists in the UK grows.
The Conservative MP for Henley, John Howell, has been offered police protection for meetings with voters after an email exchange with the constituent was posted online.
He has also been forced to remove the details of his district offices from his website.
Constituents who want to meet him must now call a constituent hotline.
Pro-Palestinian activist Harry Fear, from Watlington in Oxfordshire, sent Howell an email on March 10 asking what he was doing “to see that Israel halts the military actions that are taking place in defiance of international law and basic human decency.”
A photograph of a building exploding accompanied the email with a caption stating: “Only a few hours ago, Israel felt it necessary to inflict this destruction and death on the [Gaza] Strip.” The photo was in circulation back in 2009 and is completely unrelated to recent events in Gaza.
Responding to the email, Howell said: “And what is your position, Harry, on the 100 rockets which have landed in Israel over the weekend?” Fear posted the question, together with the MP’s reply, on his blog and Facebook page. He included the MP’s contact details and instructed people write to Howell “civilly, expressing discontent with his conduct.”
The Conservative MP said he received around 30 emails; some were “worrying.”
“There are a huge number of emails from pro-Palestinian and Arab fanatics, some from the UK and some clearly not, some equally threatening,” Howell said.
One email said: “You will suffer the consequences of this corruption and callousness.”
There was also a series of emails from some calling himself “Jihad Alshamie,” who told him: “It is people like you who deserve to die.”
“The last thing I want to appear as is a drama queen, but you have to take seriously a threat when it says, ‘I would like to see you dead,’” Howell said.
“It is not just a question of me, it is my family and my staff. All it takes is one person out there who is weird enough, with a distorted view of life, to make an attempt to carry this out.”
In 2010, Labor MP Stephen Timms was stabbed at a constituency meeting by Roshonara Choudhry, who was said to have been inspired by radical websites, for his support of the Iraq war. She was found guilty of attempted murder and jailed for life.
Last year, members of the Muslims Against Crusades group made death threats against Conservative MP Mike Freer for his support of Israel, when he visited constituents at a north London mosque.
“I have been helped by the House authorities in Parliament, who are assessing the level of risk, and also by Thames Valley Police, who have provided extremely good security advice. If I feel at all unsafe there can be a policeman with me at a surgery [district office],” Howell said.
Howell said that Fear was not responsible for the threats but questioned the way Fear interpreted his response. He said he only wanted to address the lack of balance in Fear’s email.
“My stated position on the Middle East is that in order to have peace we need a secure and universally recognized Israel alongside a sovereign and viable Palestinian state,” Howell said.
Continuing to pursue the issue, Fear said that the MP’s response was “deeply disturbing” and “latently abusive,” as Howell “did not extend me the professional practice (or even human courtesy) of writing a proper and serious reply.”
Fear has sent a complaint to Parliament and the Conservative Party. He has also sent the correspondence to The Guardian and The Independent.
The Zionist Federation of the UK has called for people to write letters expressing support for Howell.'
France: Two young Jews violently assaulted at Porte de BagnoletThanks to Vlad Tepes for this original translation by Bear of an article posted at Guysen.com
Two teenage Jews aged 16 were violently assaulted on their way out of a phys-ed course on the 12th March at 6:00 PM, while leaving the stadium of Porte de Bagnolet. They were provoked by two individuals who were then met by a group of youths, described as being of ‘Maghreb origin’, and from Africa; then they were kicked and punched. They were saved only by the arrival of two women, social workers who saw the scene from their car, and pulled them from the claws of their assailants, who then ran away.
One of the victims has stated to the BNVCA that the violence of the assailants was directed one of the young Jews while he was on the ground. One of them stepped on his head and smashed it against the concrete to the point where the youth lost consciousness. They were singled out because one was wearing a kippah.
"A drunk teenager smashed a tortoise to pieces with a baseball bat, a court heard.
Daniel Winspear smashed the defenceless creature in a sickening attack at a house party.
The 18-year-old was found in the conservatory still holding the bat, by the dismembered tortoise after party-goers heard noises in the early hours.
Tests proved the pet did not die straight away. "
"Winspear was warned he could face jail after admitting to causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal when he appeared before Hartlepool Magistrates' Court."does not inspire me with confidence. If he goes to jail it will be for only a very short time and he will no doubt be provided with a television, PS3, etc. etc. etc.
"ALMOST a third of British Muslim students believe killing in the name of Islam can be justified, according to a poll.
The study also found that two in five Muslims at university support the incorporation of Islamic sharia codes into British law.
The YouGov poll for the Centre for Social Cohesion (CSC) will raise concerns about the extent of campus radicalism. “Significant numbers appear to hold beliefs which contravene democratic values,” said Hannah Stuart, one of the report’s authors. “These results are deeply embarrassing for those who have said there is no extremism in British universities.”
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The researchers highlighted Queen Mary college, part of London University, as a campus where radical views were widely held. Last December, a speaker named Abu Mujahid encouraged Muslim students to condemn gays because “Allah hates” homosexuality. In November, Azzam Tamimi, a British-based supporter of Hamas, described Israel as the most “inhumane project in the modern history of humanity”.
James Brandon, deputy director at CSC , said: “Our researchers found a ghettoised mentality among Muslim students at Queen Mary. Also, we found the segregation between Muslim men and women at events more visible at Queen Mary.”
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In the report, 40% of Muslim students said it was unacceptable for Muslim men and women to associate freely. Homophobia was rife, with 25% saying they had little or no respect for gays. The figure was higher (32%) for male Muslim students. Among nonMuslims, the figure was only 4%.
The research found that a third of Muslim students supported the creation of a world-wide caliphate or Islamic state."
