Storm in the UK: Keir Starmer did not know about the extreme posts of an Egyptian activist

The affair erupted after al-Fatah landed in Britain on Friday evening, following the lifting of a travel ban imposed on him in Cairo after heavy diplomatic pressure from British ministers. The Egyptian activist was imprisoned in his country in 2019 for “spreading false news” after he shared a post on Facebook about torture in the country.

Upon arrival, re-watch posts Al-Fatah wrote between 2010 and 2012. In these statements he called the British “dogs and monkeys”, called for the killing of Zionists including civilians, urged the burning of Downing Street and expressed hatred towards white people and police officers.

The Board of Community Emissaries of British Jews expressed deep concern about his “extreme and violent” statements, and warned that this was a threat to the Jewish community and the general public, while criticizing the lack of sufficient due diligence by the authorities before bringing him to the country.