Overview
- The Green Party says it has launched an internal inquiry into reports that several local candidates shared antisemitic conspiracies and slurs.
- Party officials say they found some posts only after nominations closed and are removing content linked to Aziz Hakimi in Camden and Raja Ateeq in Walsall.
- Reported examples include Hakimi reposting a claim that 'Zionists' carried out 9/11 and praising Hamas in 2018, and Ateeq calling Jews 'cockroaches' after the October 7 attacks.
- In Bournemouth, Feda Shahin is accused of saying Zionists 'killed 20 million Christians,' claiming Jews seek 'to control the world,' and accusing Israel of 'sucking the blood of children,' drawing a call for swift action from local Labour leaders.
- Saiqa Ali quit after a past post about a government 'overrepresented with Zionists,' as the Campaign Against Antisemitism urged expulsions and rivals warned of political fallout before expected Green gains next month.