Three Unite the Kingdom Fascists Failed to Disrupt Our Picket of Barclay’s Bank in Brighton

Why does 5 Pillars Interview & Give Uncritical Publicity to Nick Griffin, Former Chair of the BNP Who Believes Islam is A ‘Vicious & Wicked’ Religion?

Brighton Picket of Barclays Bank & Fascist Counter-Protest Seen Off 17 January 2026

There is a nationwide campaign to Boycott Barclays Bank because Barclays now invests over £2 billion in, and provides financial services worth £6.1 billion to, companies arming Israel. 40 years ago Barclays was investing heavily in Apartheid in South Africa so nothing much has changed. Barclays is and always has been a racist bank.

Fascist Mother and Her 'Sweet' Zionist Princess

The Fash Minder with a Hitler Moustache

It is therefore not surprising that supporters of the openly White Supremacist Unite the Kingdom should seek to mount a counter-protest, albeit only 3 of them, to demonstrate their support for a ‘British’ bank.

I went along to the picket in North Street, Brighton and noticed after a while a Union Jack with 2 women on either end of it side by side with our own banners, so I thought it would be a friendly thing to go and talk to them.

I asked one of them why it is that fascists are such ardent supporters of Zionism and Genocide and why they were opposing our picket.  The woman I spoke to didn’t seem able to answer my question. Instead she insisted that I should get out of her private space which seemed to extend well beyond her rancid features.

She then pushed me in the chest so I pushed her at which point the other woman came and tried to attack me. I parried her flailing arms and then the male minder with a Hitler moustache joined in as did a load of protesters and the Police.

Picket of Barclays Bank – BHPSC (see their banner at the 30s mark)

They made a bogus complaint of assault but the Police could see it was a case of much ado about nothing and apart from taking my details weren’t inclined to do anything.  Meanwhile these creeps had lost their place on the wall besides other protestors and the police told them to go onto a side street out of the way which meant that no one could see their patriotic mugs.  Mission accomplished.

What is interesting about this is how British fascists now overtly support Zionism and Israel as integral as part of their political agenda thus giving the lie to the assertion that it is us who are anti-Semitic.

There was a time when British fascists used to disguise their anti-Semitism with a self-proclaimed opposition to Zionism when what they meant was Jews. Today their main targets are Muslims and they hide their anti-Semitism behind support for Zionism. Which is of course understandable since even the thickest Zionist now accepts that Zionism and Jewish Supremacim is a manifestation of White Supremacism.

Dilly Hussein Interviews British Neo-Nazi Nick Griffin - For the Second Time

 I mention this because the Islamic fundamentalist site 5 Pillars which is run by Dilly Hussein, doesn’t seem to understand that anti-Muslim racism/Islamophobia and Zionism are two sides of the same racist coin.

In December 2025 it interviewed Nick Griffin, the former Chair of the British National Party in a podcast Civil war, the American deep state and the Zionist lobby.

Griffin has been a longstanding feature of the British neo-Nazi Right. This was the second interview Dilly had with Griffin. The first Jews, Zionism, the far-right, and Islam in Europe was in November 2023.

5 Pillars, which claims to be the most popular Islamic site in Britain, seems to have a fondness for far-right Islamophobes and anti-Semites.

Dilly Hussein

In February 2024 it interviewed Mark Collett, who characterised Jews as ‘shapeshifters who purport to be “normal white” people but are not.’  Mark Collett is a British neo-Nazi who was chairman of the Young BNP. In 2019 he went on to form the fascist, white supremacist Patriotic Alternative.

In an interview later that year with BBC Radio Leicester Collett condemned the wearing of the veil by Muslim women, describing it as a “powerful statement against integration.”

5 Pillars is vehemently homophobic and anti-women's rights, going so far as to praise the Taliban’s exclusion of girls from education. It would seem that their reactionary position on social questions has led them to embrace the worst Islamophobes.

Later in 2024 IMPRESS, a press regulator, ruled that a podcast episode featuring Jayda Fransen, former deputy leader of Britain First, included unchallenged antisemitic conspiracy theories. Fransen is a Christian fascist and it would seem that support for a reactionary social agenda, anti-gay and anti-trans forms common ground between Dilly and Britain’s far-right.

Nick Griffin | Civil War in Britain, American Deep State & The Zionist Lobby

Before writing this I contacted 5 Pillars twice to ask why they were interviewing fascists but I got no response. I did this after having come across an interview by Dilly with one Nick Griffin, the former Chairman of the British National Party.

This is the same Nick Griffin who was acquitted of incitement to racial hatred in November 2006 for describing Islam as a ‘wicked, vicious’ faith.  Griffin today proclaims that he is opposed to Zionism when it is, or should be, obvious that Griffin’s opposition to Zionism is a thinly disguised anti-Semitism.

Griffin was charged after making a speech to BNP supporters at a pub in Keighley, West Yorkshire, in January 2004. During his speech he said that Muslims were turning Britain into a “multiracial hellhole”.

Griffin was acquitted alongside the BNP's head of publicity, Mark Collett. Collett had referred to asylum seekers as “cockroaches”, telling the gathering: “Let's show these ethnics the door in 2004”.

At the time of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 2006 the BNP was a fulsome supporter of Israel, so much so that Ruth Smeed, of the Board of Deputies of British Jews admitted that the BNP website

is now one of the most Zionist on the web – it goes further than any of the mainstream parties in its support of Israel.’ [‘BNP seeks to bury antisemitism and gain Jewish votes in Islamophobic campaign The Guardian, 10.4.08.]

In an article Nationalism and Israel on the BNP’s site Lee Barnes, their legal advisor wrote:

As a Nationalist I can say that I support Israel 100% in their dispute with Hezbollah. In fact, I hope they wipe Hezbollah off the Lebanese map and bomb them until they leave large greasy craters in the cities where their Islamic extremist cantons of terror once stood.

Now it might be that Nick Griffin has had a Damascene conversion to anti-racism and anti-imperialism but somehow I doubt it. In the little of the interview that I watched Griffin made it clear that he doesn’t want Muslims in Britain.

It is issues like homophobia that enable Muslim fundamentalists like Dilly Hussein and anti-Muslim racists like Nick Griffin to find common ground. This is one reason why anti-racists should never compromise on their opposition to homophobia and transphobia or be tempted to adopt a reactionary social agenda.

Tony Greenstein

 BNP leader cleared of race hate charges

NEWS QUICKIES: Katy Hopkins & Mark Regev Love-in at Zio Federation – Britain 1st Snakes Lose Their Head! Scottish Friends of Palestine statement

VICTORY -  Glyn Secker Reinstated – Sack Labour’s Racist Witchfinder General Sam Matthews – Support the Lobby of Labour’s NEC -  March 20^th

Glyn Secker

It’s been a strange day.  As expected the Labour Party has reinstated the Secretary of Jewish Voice for Labour.  In a curt letter, Sam Matthews announced that Glyn’s suspension was being lifted.  He gave no reason for why he had been suspended in the first place, still less any apology for the stress that had been cause.  His only ‘explanation’ was that his suspension had been linked to David Collier’s racist expose of the Facebook group Palestine Live.  As I have already posted Collier is one of a number of far-Right Zionists and he works closely with open fascists to discredit the Palestine solidarity movement.

A delightfully romantic liason - Mark is 4th on the list of suitable husbands - we think he should be promoted - a war criminal and a would be genocidalist - an ideal match 

Katy Hopkins

who says she doesn't have a heart?

Advocating a Final Solution to the Muslim 'Problem' - Could one think of a more appropriate guest to a Zionist Federation dinner?

The Zionist Federation's ideal dinner guest

Clearly the Zio Federation had gone to great lengths to find a topic suitable for Katy Hopkins - she must be delighted at Israel's proposed deportation of 40,000 African refugees

It was heartwarming to hear that Katy Hopkins, the person who described refugees as ‘cockroaches’ and who participated in a boat to the Mediterranean designed to prevent the rescue of drowning refugees (the boat ended up breaking down and needing help from the refugee boats!) was invited to the Zionist Federation Annual Dinner. 

Charming to a fault as usual

She must have felt at home there amongst all the other racist bigots.  Indeed the guest of honour was none other than Gideon Saar, a Minister in Netanyahu’s government, who proceeded to defend Israel’s deportation of refugees by denying there were any deportations!  He was heckled at this point by a Rabbi who was then escorted out of the room for her efforts.

Later on Katy had her picture taken with Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev, who according to Katy is 4^th on the list of eligible husbands.  My advice to her is to promote him to number one as quickly as possible.  This is clearly a marriage made in hell!

Britain First

The output from Britain First, now that their Fuhrer and his Deputy, Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen, are enjoying free accommodation at Her Majesty’s expense, is not up to the previous quality.  

Yesterday I had a perfunctory email headed This is unbelievable.  It then followed the usual routine of asking me to ‘chip in’ £10 to help out the ever busy legal teams that BF employ to no good effect.

Well of course it wasn’t a hard decision.  I could think of no better cause to donate to than the Free the Nazi Two campaign. When you think of all the good causes around – Homelessness, Refugees, Victims of War, Poverty – then it is obvious that Paul and Jayda should be the recipients of my largesse.

Lobby of the Labour Party NEC

In the wake of the reinstatement of Glyn Secker and the determination of Sam Matthews, Head of Disputes, to continue with Crooked McNicol’s witchhunt of socialists, it is more important than ever that people turn out next Tuesday to lobby  the National Executive Committee.

Support Labour Against the Witchhunt’s

Lobby of Labour’s National Executive Committee

Tuesday, March 20^th Southside 105 Victoria Street SW1E 6QT

End the Witchhunt

Drop the Charges Against Marc Wadsworth and Cyril Chilsom

Reinstate Tony Greenstein

Implement Chakrabarti – Close the Compliance Unit

Suspend Labour’s Witchfinder General – Sam Matthews

Statement from Scottish Friends of Palestine

I copy below a statement from Scottish Friends of Palestine on the situation surrounding the march of Stand Up to Racism this Saturday in Glasgow and the participation of supporters of the Israeli state in it.

Tony Greenstein

GOOD NEWS DAY – Jayda Fransen and Paul Golding, leaders of the neo-Nazi Britain First are gaoled for religiously aggravated harassment

Jonathan Hoffman, ex-Vice Chair of the Zionist Federation and his close friend Paul Besser, ex Intelligence Officer for Britain First are said to be distraught

It couldn't have happened to a nice bunch of folk!

It’s an ill wind that blows no good.  Just after news arrived about McNicol’s unilateral ‘administrative suspension’ of Glyn Secker, Secretary of Jewish Voice for Labour, from the Labour Party, news arrived that the leaders of Britain First, Golding and Fransen had been gaoled at Folkestone magistrates court for 18 and 36 weeks respectively.  Details of the case can be seen here and here.

It was real hard not to be moved by these desperate appeals at the last minute

I receive regular mailings from Britain First appealing to me, as a patriot, to give them financial support !  Indeed I receive regular mailings appealing to me to join them, also as a fellow patriot.  The latest offer was life membership of Britain First - a snip at £59.  Included was a signed photo by Jayda, a membership card, a Union Jack and a scroll.  All in all a wonderful bargain.

Paul Besser, a regular feature on the Zionist scene pictured with his hero Jayda Fransen

The last mailing was literally heart breaking.  Golding wrote that 'All Jayda did was turn up and knock on their doors’.  ‘Now we both face a long prison sentence for causing 'harassment, alarm and distress' to child rapists!’  It’s real hard not to feel sorry for them and reach for the cheque book.

And who could fail to be moved by the following appeal?  ‘I have been told by my legal team that Jayda's house in London that she has owned for over ten years will be taken from her if we lose this case. I am hoping that all of our supporters help Jayda and I fight the 'Halal Food Authority' to the bitter end! By this time in just two days time, we could be settling into our new prison cells.’ 

Besser (left) at the Zionist picket of Palestine Expo last summer - also (left to right) is Ambrosine Shitrit, Gemma Sheridan (of Jewish Nazi JDL) and Sharon Klaff

Jonathan Hoffman (left) and Britain First's Besser on a Zionist picket

For once Golding seems to have got it right. Both of them are at this very moment trying out their new accommodation.  Almost his last message to me was to tell me that:

'The thought of the throat-slitting Halal butchers seizing Jayda's home when she is rotting in a prison cell makes me extremely angry!’  I can well imagine how distressed Golding must feel at this moment.  No more mosque invasions, no more intimidation of Muslims or banging on peoples' doors with the camera rolling.

Besser with Paul Golding - what's a nice Jewish boy doing with a Christian group like this?

‘Britain First’ is what Thomas Mair, the killer of Jo Cox MP shouted before attacking her.  Darren Osborne, who tried to mow down worshippers at the Finsbury Park Mosque read Britain First posts before his attempted massacre.

Needless to say Britain First is, like most fascist and neo-Nazi groups these days a fervent supporter of the State of Israel and Zionism.  It sees in Zionism a fellow ethno-nationalist movement and Israel’s treatment of Muslims is something they deeply admire.  See Asa Winstanley in Electronic Intifada for more details.

Electronic Intifada article detailing the ties between Britain First and the Zionist movement

  Paul Besser, their erstwhile 'Intelligence' Officer is a particularly keen Zionist.  The transition (so he claims) from Britain First to the Zionists and Jonathan Hoffman appears to have been seamless.

EXCLUSIVE – Focus on Jonathan Hoffman’s Fascist Friends

The Question is why Jonathan Arkush tolerates Hoffman, the friend of neo-Nazis as a member of the Board of Deputies

‘Liar, liar’ former Zionist Vice-Chair Jonathan Hoffman tweets whenever I point to his links with his fascist friends Paul Besser included.  Now it seems that Besser is involved in Pegida UK, which Tommy Robinson helped found.  One wonders whether that is more kosher than Britain 1^st?  What is clear is that whatever his fascist links, they are still current and active.  The fact that Hoffman and his merry band of Zionists, who go around London trying to disrupt Palestinian events, work with an assortment of fascists throws new light on their claim to oppose ‘anti-Semitism’.

One such fascist is Dr.Brian of London who supports the EDL. Dr Brian hosted Tommy Robinson on his trip to Israel last year, as did KAY WILSON  who is also on the far-right. Wilson was the main speaker with the President of the Board of Deputies Jonathan Arkush at the Board’s and Zionist Federation’s Al Quds Day counter-demo in July this year.

what is that on the bottom right if not an anti-semitic cartoon from Dr Brian of London

Another Zionist fascist is Simon Harris who attended the LAST DAY OF SILENCE RALLY of UK Pegida on 23 Sept. 2017 in Whitehall.

Ann Marie Waters

Pic showa Waters speaking with Besser on far left. Also in pic Hoffman crony
Ambrosine Shitrit looking at camers.

Anne Marie Waters was the main speaker at the rally. Waters was a founder of PEGIDA-UK with Tommy Robinson in early 2017. Robinson apologised for his absence from the rally but he had to attend a wedding. Pegida-UK use "front"names for their demos. The other main speaker was Zionist SIMON HARRIS  who runs EDL -EEUROPEAN DEFENCE LEAGUE.   Here is a bit more about Harris.  Also in the frame is Hoffman crony Ambrosine Shitrit looking at camera.

Besser with Simon Harris at PEGIDA-UK front rally 23 Sept.2017

Ms Waters seems to have had quite a chequered political career.  She stood for Labour in a Lambeth borough council election in 2010 and in 2013 she was shortlisted as a Labour candidate in Brighton Pavilion!  She was recently the runner up in the UKIP leadership election.  Indeed she was tipped to win the election until Farrage, Banks and others threatened to resign.  She has now set up a far-Right party For Britain, which has the support of Tommy Robinson.

Tommy Robinson on tank

Here is Brian of London hosting Tommy Robinson in Israel-

You can hear Simon Harris and "Dr. Brian of London" - in their own words

Bessser with assorted fascists at their tiny demo on 23rd Sept - Simon Harris is sitting down besides him.  Thanks to the owner of the drone!

In this picture Besser is at top left of the picture with Simon Harris sitting down behind him. In got this picture through the use of a surveillance drone.  Unfortunately it was not possible to purchase one with hell fire missiles!

Besser is apparently crowing that Asa Winstanley "admitted" he is no longer with Britain First. However before Asa published his excellent article which I am copying below, Asa asked Besser and BF  to comment on his relationship to Britain First but they did not respond.  It seems though that Besser has gone from the Jayda Fransen/Paul Golding frying pan to Pegida and the Anne Marie Waters fire. 

Besser professes his Jewishness in touching tones: 

‘i am Jewish, born a Jew and brought up within the Jewish faith and i have never stepped away from my Jewish faith. Everything i have ever seen or researched leads me to one inevitable fact that the region now named the State of Israel, is the Jewish homeland.’ 

Here we see  the BF 'Intelligdence' Officer Besser on the far right in the second row marching behind a large cross - very Jewish!

Leaving aside the small fact that Israel is not a region it is noticeable that this doesn’t however stop him and Paul Golding from signing off to each other with OCS – Onward Christian Soldiers!  Britain First are a fascist group that hark back to the golden days of Christian anti-Semitism. As you will see in the pictures, both Fransen and Golding march with a large cross.

In Europe there were a number of regimes and groups, especially in Eastern Europe whose anti-Semitism was clothed in a Christian guise.

I am bemused that Besser signs off OCS - Onwards Christian Soldiers - that was the slogan that the Crusaders used when they slaughtered 1.5 million Jews before setting off in the 12th century

In Slovakia the Nazi puppet state from 1939-45 was led by a Catholic priest, Father Tiso.  Likewise the Ustashi in Croatia where there was the only extermination camp, Jasenovac not run by the Nazis.  In Romania the main fascist group the Archangel of St Michael or the Iron Guard was a viciously anti-Semitic group and the Arrow Cross in Hungary, which had the blood of at least 50,000 Jews on their hands was also Christian.  For Besser to ally with this group demonstrates the extent of his Jewishness.  And for Hoffman to keep company with this neo-Nazi demonstrates exactly what the extent of his opposition to ‘anti-Semitism’ amounts to.

Besser doesn’t seem to have enjoyed all the free publicity I have given him.  In Timothy Horgan ‘The Jew Stalker’and the left wing Nazi propaganda machine he bemoans the

‘goons from the political anti-Israel  left wing, (who) have led a coordinated smear campaign about myself. First of all, i am new to this but after certain events have unfolded i feel that i have had to give a written response. Never Again UK has allowed me a platform in which i can tell part of my story, so please do excuse the fact if this blog is not grammatically perfect.’

Of course we forgive his lack of good grammar but that is the only thing we forgive this most unintelligent former Intelligence Officer.

It's difficult to get to sleep knowing that Besser is threatening me with a libel suit

I have to say that I am most disappointed that Besser has resorted to personal attacks on me and my friends.  I really did think that he was better than that.  He writes:

‘Being politically active and sharing my love and support for the State of Israel, this is where people such as Timothy Horgan, Jacqueline Walker, Tony Greenstein, Asa Winstanley, etc. have decided to co ordinate an attack on my character and demonise me in order to hurt my fellow Jewish advocates for the State Of Israel.’

The Labour Party's attempts to expel me for 'anti-Semitism are approved by fascists and holocaust deniers!

Apart from the lack of, well, good grammar it would appear that he doesn’t appreciate my associating him with Jonathan Hoffman.  Or is it the other way around?  Who is the bigger liability these days?

It would seem that Besser is gathering evidence for a libel action against me.  Although I don’t usually provide free legal advice to fascists, on this occasion I will make an exception.  If you go to the libel courts you have to have a character to defend.  Besser’s is beyond repair.  It is noteworthy though that this fascist goon has picked up on my threatened expulsion from the Labour Party.  It’s a sad state of affairs when fascists and anti-Semites crow about the right-wing’s expulsion of socialists for ‘anti-Semitism’.  But maybe I should not be too surprised.  Besser signs off Am Yisrael Chai, Long live Israel, the chant of the Israeli settlers and also Tom Watson at the last Labour Friends of Israel reception.

Tony Greenstein

Virulently anti-Muslim Britain First, retweeted by Trump, also backs Israel

Asa Winstanley Lobby Watch 29 November 2017

Jayda Fransen, deputy leader of Britain First, in a still from one of the anti-Muslim hate group’s “Christian Patrol” videos. Behind her is Paul Besser, an anti-Palestinian activist who was Britain First’s “intelligence officer.”

President Donald Trump shared three tweets Wednesday from a far-right anti-Muslim party with ties to the UK’s Zionist movement.

Trump’s account retweeted deputy leader of Britain First Jayda Fransen, sharing three anti-Muslim videos she had posted.

Fransen responded by tweeting, “God bless you Trump! God bless America! OCS” – an acronym for Onward Christian Soldiers.

She also boasted that Trump’s tweets had led to new interviews with mainstream media outlets.
Fransen claimed in one of the tweets shared by Trump that a video portrayed a “Muslim migrant” attacking a disabled Dutch boy.

The Dutch embassy in Washington responded to the tweet, pointing out that the “perpetrator of the violent act in this video was born and raised in the Netherlands” and had served a sentence under Dutch law.

“Abhorrent” and “dangerous”
Prime Minister Theresa May said Trump was “wrong” to share the videos and said Britain First used “hateful narratives which peddle lies and stoke tensions.”

Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn urged the government to condemn Trump’s reposting of the tweets, calling them “abhorrent, dangerous and a threat to our society.”

Britain First’s aims include a total ban on Islam. The group was founded in 2011 by former British National Party activists.

In a BBC documentary in 2015, leader Paul Golding warned of “bloodshed” and “civil war” against Muslims.

One opposition Labour lawmaker has called for Britain First to be banned, after fellow MP Jo Cox was murdered by neo-Nazi Thomas Mair last year.

Platform for hate

Although Britain First is thought to have only a small number of active members, and its performance at the ballot box has been dismal, its Facebook page now has 1.9 million “likes.”

This gives it a large platform to spread its often factually questionable and stridently anti-Muslim message.

As previously reported by The Electronic Intifada, Britain First is pro-Israel and has links to the UK’s Zionist movement.

In July, Fransen appeared to endorse Israel’s violent suppression of what she labeled “Muslim riots.”

The video she posted appears to show Israeli occupation forces firing tear gas at Palestinian civilians.

Fransen has frequently posted tweets in support of Israel’s violent tactics against Palestinians. She has also called Palestinians “imbeciles” for protesting Trump.

Paul Besser, once a leading Britain First activist and the group’s “intelligence officer,” is a frequent part of London’s anti-Palestinian scene.

Although both he and the Zionist Federation did not reply to requests for comment at the time, months after The Electronic Intifada report on him was published Besser claimed to have left the group “up to 15 or 16 months ago.”

In a blog post earlier this month, he said that “why I joined and why I left [Britain First] are different stories to tell, for another time.”

Britain First videos – some racking up millions of views – often revolve around violent anti-Muslim provocations, such as the group’s “Christian patrols” and “invasions” of mosques and halal slaughterhouses.

A Britain First video from last year shows Besser was present at a provocative “Christian patrol” led by Fransen in Luton.

Such “invasions” are usually led by Fransen and leader Golding, and have often landed them in legal trouble.

Just days ago, Fransen was arrested and charged with allegedly using “threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior” at a Belfast rally in August.

In October, Fransen was arrested for allegedly breaching bail conditions. She also reportedly gave an interview to a neo-Nazi radio station during a tour of Europe.

In November 2016, Fransen was fined $2,500 for religiously aggravated harassment of a Muslim woman.

Blog linked to Israeli army calls for murder of Palestinian children

Ali Abunimah 5 August 2013

“Brian of London,” (center) with the Israeli army spokesperson Barak Raz (right) and the Jewish Agency’s Avi Mayer. (Source)

“I am pissed off that he’s being arrested by soldiers in the middle of the night for the umpteenth time. Because he should have been shot and killed already.”

This incitement to murder Muhammad Abu Hashem, a 17-year-old from the occupied West Bank village of Beit Ommar, appeared today on a prominent blog which has close ties to the Israeli army and functions as an outlet for its anti-Palestinian propaganda.

The incitement came in response to a New York Times article by Jodi Rudoren, which profiled boys in the village who throw stones at Israeli occupation forces and settlers who have forcibly taken much of the village’s land (the facts about Israel’s massive expropriations of Beit Ommar’s land are omitted from the article, which represents stone-throwing as a sort of Palestinian pathology).

The village of Beit Ommar and its people – especially children – are under constant violent assault from the Israeli army and settlers, as Mousa Abu Maria of the Palestine Solidarity Project told The Electronic Intifada in April.

Yet, Brian of London, who also uses the alias Brian John Thomas, added, “This kind of writing, humanising these damn savages with their rock throwing as if its some kind of noble endeavour, sickens me. The only reason they do this with rocks is they know we’d shoot them if they had guns.”

Brian of London had also posted similar incitement on Rudoren’s Facebook page, prompting Rudoren to comment publicly: “I asked Brian John Thomas to refrain from violent, threatening messages.”

Ties to Israeli army and “security” establishment

Brian of London wrote his demand that indigenous children living under occupation be killed in cold blood for the benefit of illegal colonial settlers on the blog Israellycool, whose publisher David Lange is invited to special briefings with Israeli “security sources.”

Lange, a settler from Australia, goes by the pen name “Aussie Dave.”

Among the propaganda services the Israellycool blog has provided to the occupation is advancing the baseless theory, fed to Lange by the army, that the 2010 death of Jawaher Abu Rahmeh, in the West Bank village of Bilin was due to a so-called “honor killing.” Abu Rahmeh, 36, died, according to witnesses, as a result of exposure to teargas that occupation forces fired at villagers protesting land confiscations.

Brian of London can be seen in the photo above, posted on Twitter by Israeli army spokesperson Barak Raz on 31 July, standing between Raz, who is on the right, and the Jewish Agency’s social media propagandist Avi Mayer. Thomas also tweeted a photo of himself with Raz and Mayer on the same day.

This appears to be more than just a fleeting meeting, as Mayer, himself a former Israeli army spokesperson, had tweeted about meeting with Brian of London in February as well.

Brian of London/Brian Thomas also writes for the Times of Israel website and has helped to promote the Israeli electric car company Better Place, an occupation profiteer which is illegally building infrastructure in the occupied West Bank.

According to his Times of Israel profile, Brian of London became a settler from the UK in 2009, and as recently as today, according to a check-in, traveled to the colony of Alon Shvut in the occupied West Bank.

With thanks to Benjamin Doherty and Andrew Kadi for additional research.