Tommy Robinson speaking at another English Defence League event recentlyTommy Robinson appeared by video link at a Jewish Defence League Canada rally in Toronto on Tuesday night. He told the audience of around 50 JDL supporters that Canadians must "wake up" to the "Islamisation" of their country. Mr Robinson said: "We're fighting for our children, we're fighting for our freedom. Islam stands fundamentally against everything we stand for."
It is thought Mr Robinson was first introduced to Meir Weinstein, national director of JDL Canada, by a mutual acquaintance and the pair have since spoken by telephone. Mr Weinstein is believed to have been attracted by the EDL's support for Israel. Last year the EDL launched a "Jewish division", encouraging members of the community to "lead the counter-Jihad fight in England".
An EDL pro-Israel rally outside the Israeli Embassy in London in October was supported by American rabbi Nachum Shifren.
But the Canadian Jewish Congress said the JDL invitation to Mr Robinson was "disappointing". Bernie Farber, CJC chief executive, said: "Islamic fundamentalism is a real threat. But fighting it with generalised hatred against Muslims, as does the EDL, is only a recipe for fuelling more conflict. We join with all the leading British Jewish organisations in condemning the intolerance and violence that the EDL represents."
The JDL has links with the extreme-right Kach movement, founded in New York by Rabbi Meir Kahane in the 1970s.
Last month 27-year-old Mr Robinson - whose real name is Steven Lennon - expressed his intentions to link the EDL with groups in Europe and North America. He has previously supported controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-Islam Freedom Party.
Promoting the event, JDL Canada said: "The outrageous intimidation of Tommy Robinson is nothing more than a politically motivated crime on the part of the British establishment. They don't like the truth that he speaks because it contradicts establishment policy. His treatment at the hands of the state shows that the people of Britain are already living in a tyranny. The EDL needs international support to help it support the values of freedom that Britain was once famous for. Now is the time to step forward and stop Political Islam. The British establishment is following the appeasement policies of Neville Chamberlain. We must revive the Winston Churchill policy of direct confrontation."
The Toronto-based Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid campaigned against Tuesday's event, with around 30 anti-Israel groups signing an open letter denouncing the rally. Outside the venue a number of protesters were arrested as police on horseback attempted to control the demonstrations.
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8 comments:
"We must revive the Winston Churchill policy of direct confrontation",
So the EDL will get as far as Dunkirk and then wait for the Russians and Yanks to bail them out. Not this time, methinks.
JDL and EDL
Both a bunch of bigotted thugs. A match made in heaven!
STEPEN YAXLEY-LENNON MYSTERIOUSLY ESCAPES POLICE ASSAULT CHARGES AND GETS OFF SCOT-FREE: -
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iChQvDctcvmTvmFYQwrNpCWJXUTQ?docId=B8041861294839786A0000
Special branch pulled their strings to ensure all charges against Tommmy Robinson were cancelled.
Tommy Robinson is most definately proetcted by the government and the state, for grassing up his fellow football hooligans.
Reminds me of how Nick Griffin always escaped charges that could have had him banged up for a long time.
TROUBLING MARRIAGE FOR TO'S JEWS:
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/2011/01/12/16865286.html
Did I dream it, or did the JDL once issue a statement condeming the EDL and expressing solidarity with Muslims aganst racist attacks?
Special branch pulled their strings to ensure all charges against Tommmy Robinson were cancelled.
Not usually one for conspiracy theories, but you are almost certainly right there.
For services rendered. Anybody who buys anything from EDL's merchandising arm would have their details handed over.
Speaking of Special Branch, one allegation made on Indymedia is that police spy Mark Stone was encouraging Anti-Fascists to attack EDL coaches in Bradford
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