Politics
Jewish Chronicle hack arrested for shoving woman
Gill Levy is a former Met Police custody sergeant who now writes for far-right libel factory the Jewish Chronicle. And today he was arrested, in glorious colour, after allegedly shoving a woman protesting peacefully against censorship of Palestine and Israel’s crimes against it. Levy is also one of a number of sinister, far-right ‘auditors’ who film and try to intimidate protesters.
Levy posts his footage along with openly Islamophobic — and often antisemitic — comments, describing support for the Palestinian people as mental illness and Jews who oppose Israel’s racism as ‘self-hating Jews‘:
The protest and the arrest have been ignored by the state and corporate media machine. But the Canary was on hand to film the arrest, as Levy tried to make light of it:
But Skwawkbox can reveal the fuller story — and activist photographer ‘BetterThanReal’ was on hand to photograph not just Levy, but the protest and Shalima, the resilient victim.
BetterThanReal told Skwawkbox:
Several hundred Palestine activists gathered Saturday February 21 from 2-4pm outside the British Museum in central London to protest what has been a prominent news topic this past week, the apparent bowing by the British Museum to demands from a pro-Israel lobby group, UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) to amend the wording around several displays and exhibits in the Levant section.
Despite the fact that ‘Palestine’ has been an accepted term for this region since at least the Bronze Age, Zionists are keen to continue their program of erasing Palestinian history and culture, and censoring references to ‘Palestine’ are part of this agenda. While the Museum has denied removing the term ‘Palestine’ as a direct result of UKLFI pressure, it does admit to altering the wording on several of its displays.
The demonstrators displayed placards and in several speeches demanded the Museum engage in dialogue to resolve the issue – dialogue which includes Palestinian representatives.
Throughout the proceedings two ‘auditors’ were filming and harassing the peaceful demonstrators. One, Gill Levy, an ex-policeman and currently a contributor to the Jewish Chronicle newspaper, was particularly blatant in how he used his camera right in people’s faces. At one point a woman I was speaking to lurched into me, then turned around and shouted at the man behind her. It was Gill Levy. When she turned back to face me the colour had drained from her face. I asked if he had shoved her and yes, he had.
The incident was duly reported and Gill Levy arrested, although he had been released by early evening. We are waiting to hear what consequences will follow from his assault, if any.
Apart from this aggression the entire demonstration passed off peacefully and there were no other arrests. The activists have made a strong case for Nicholas Cullinan, the museum’s director, to rethink his decision.
As usual, Jewish anti-genocide humanitarians were front and centre of the protest, exposing the Jewish Chronicle and Israel lobby’s antisemitic lie that support for Israel is intrinsic to Jewishness:
But Levy and a few other agitators were allowed to get in the faces of peaceful protesters, recording and provoking:
But after the alleged shove, Levy was handcuffed and removed — and didn’t look as happy about it as his performance on video tried to suggest:
Once again, the opponents of genocide showed their peaceful resolve, while the supporters of the genocidal colony — unsurprisingly — did not. But this is never mentioned by UK state-corporate media all too eager to demonise the lovers of peace and to cover for the racists who support slaughter and apartheid.
Skwawkbox contacted the Met for comment, but its press office was not staffed.
Featured image via the Canary