Tommy Robinson and EDL are weaponising identity of British Jews – they’re as dangerous to us as leftie anti-semites

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AS a correspondent at The Sun, it is my privilege to report on the daily antics – and often chaos – of Westminster politics, live from the corridors of power.

My job is not to be an activist.

Right-wing extremist at Westminster on Saturday, we have obscured his vile gestureRex

Story Picture AgencyThe former EDL chief Tommy Robinson wrote on X: ‘Everyone should attend this and let British Jews know they are not alone’[/caption]

I’ve never been one and I never want to be one.

But for the past month it’s as though I’ve had no choice but to constantly battle against an army of bad-faith actors ­weaponising my identity and tearing into its core.

The devastating war in Israel has put my community, the British Jewish ­community, in the spotlight.

With that has come a tidal wave of ­racist hatred so ferocious I’ve had to try hard not to lose my mind.

On the Left, massive pro-Palestine rallies have been littered with some of the most dangerous people in the country.

They proudly shout “From the river to the sea” — a chant calling for Israel to be wiped off the map.

They don’t believe my community has any right to a homeland — a safe haven from genocide and the countless campaigns of persecution we have endured for centuries.

Protestors carry signs with swastikas slapped on to Stars of David.

And even children are wearing bandanas designed to make them look like young Hamas fighters.

Police say anti-Semitic hate crimes in London have shot up 1,350 per cent.

In the 35 days since the October 7 massacre, the Community Security Trust — a charity that protects Jews from anti-Semitism — has recorded at least 1,205 anti-Jewish racist attacks across the UK.

Community schools have been sprayed with red paint and some even temporarily shut out of fear for pupils’ safety.

Jewish people are removing any symbol of their identity to avoid physical harm and harassment.

There are many good and genuine protestors at the marches.

They want to see peace and an end to violence, death and destruction on all sides.

So do I.

Thugs tracking me down

What is so sad is that these young, hip lefties admirably wouldn’t be caught dead demonstrating alongside EDL thugs, but seem perfectly fine chanting about the destruction of Israel alongside terrorist sympathisers.

When I point out this contradiction on social media I’m met with a torrent of abuse.

Then we have the far-right.

Some of their extremist thugs pretend to sympathise with Jews in order to sow deeper divisions, inflame community tensions and further isolate us from other Britons.

They don’t mention it was their predecessors, the German Nazis, who slaughtered six million of our people.

This week a march against anti-Semitism has been organised in London.

The former EDL chief Tommy Robinson wrote on X: “Everyone should attend this and let British Jews know they are not alone.”

Let me be clear.

I want nothing to do with him.

I don’t want his fake support, I detest it.

And what’s worse is I know that far-left racists who hate Jews and hate Israel will use his post to cause us more grief.

Far-right websites that rally for the EDL are riddled with anti-Semitism, not to mention vile racism against all other minority communities.

As someone who has spoken passionately about young self-professed social justice activists not calling out Hamas sympathisers on pro-Palestine marches, I was absolutely ready to speak out against Robinson.

On Tuesday I told him on X to f*** off.

I slammed his views as vile and warned that the Jewish community want him nowhere near us.

The next day my boyfriend messaged me to check my address and phone number are sufficiently private.

He worried about violent thugs tracking me down.

I never wanted any of this.

I didn’t want to break down on a Saturday night in a Soho pub after seeing so many in my generation at best be completely blinded to the disturbing number of anti-Semites storming through London on the marches.

I didn’t want to worry the people I love that EDL thugs could come after me.

But that’s the situation I have found myself in.

As long as my community is attacked from bad-faith actors on both sides of politics, I WILL speak out.

TwitterTommy Robinson tweeted about a National Solidarity March against Antisemitism[/caption]

TwitterNoa Hoffman responded to Tommy’s Tweet[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]

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