The decision follows concerns, reported by the JC, from leaders in the Jewish community over the pair’s history of controversial comments regarding Israel and the Middle East.
The Jewish Leadership Council warned that Piker's comments were "dangerous" at a time of growing hostility towards British Jews, and the Community Security Trust said the influencer's record of "promoting rhetoric that includes antisemitic themes, denial of well-documented atrocities and apparent support for extremist groups" was "entirely unacceptable".
Piker, who rose to prominence through online streaming platforms, has repeatedly refused to condemn Hamas and previously said he would "vote for Hamas over Israel".
He said he did not have "a single issue with Hezbollah", described Houthi attacks as a "just" form of "resistance", and agreed with a comparison between a pirate acting on behalf of the Yemeni militant group to Anne Frank.
He has also described Orthodox Jews as "inbreds", a comment which he later apologised for, claimed "America deserved 9/11", and referred to Zionism as a "mental illness".
In another livestream, he said any "f***ing Zionist tendency should be treated in the same way as being a f***ing rabid neo-Nazi".
Piker has also attracted controversy for comments about Russia's annexation of Crimea, which he described as "justifiable", arguing that the peninsula "is a part of Russia".
Despite these remarks, the leader of the Green Party claimed the ban showed "a Labour government doing everything possible to silence criticism of the Israeli government" and called on the home secretary to explain her "strange and worrying decision".
Green Party leader Zack Polanski gives a speech to party supporters at the Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Cardiff, Wales, May 2, 2026 (Credit: Jon Rowley/Getty Images)Getty Images
"People often talk about dangerous road we'd go down under a Reform government - this is another clear warning we're down there already," Polanski said.
The Green leader also retweeted a comment referring to the influencers as “relatively mainstream” and another that branded the decision “authoritarian and chilling”.
Piker, meanwhile, claimed his visa had been revoked "all at the behest of Israel,” adding: “The West is betraying 'liberal values' for a genocidal fascist foreign government. Soon we will all become Israel."
In a separate post, he called the decision "ironic", saying he had previously spoken about "the dangers of conflating Judaism and Zionism and how this foments antisemitism".
Uygur, founder of The Young Turks, also blamed Israel for the decision after discovering his travel authorisation had been blocked before a flight to London.
"I've been banned for criticising Israel," he wrote on X, adding: "Are we free anymore? This is oppression of Western citizens by our own governments on behalf of a different country!"
