Sir Keir StarmerStarmer expresses ‘regret’ at welcoming British-Egyptian activist who called for killing of ZionistsThe prime minister said Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s comments were ‘abhorrent’ and that his return to Britain was a ‘failing within the system’By Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
Alaa Abd El-FattahStarmer’s former director of strategy slams ‘Stakeholder State’ for prioritising release of activist who ‘called for killing of Zionists’Paul Ovenden claimed British-Egyptian Alaa Abd el-Fattah was ‘a cause célèbre beloved of Whitehall’s sturdy, clean-shirted diplomats and their scurrying auxiliaries’By Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
Anti-ZionismBritish-Egyptian activist shared claim of Zionist ‘campaign’ against him after backlash over ‘abhorrent’ postsThe Foreign Office has launched an investigation into how civil servants missed Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s ‘racist’ comments before securing his return from an Egyptian prisonBy Jamie Shapiro2 min read
Limmud 2025Antisemitism expert slams Starmer for welcoming activist who praised killing ZionistsFormer US antisemitism tsar Deborah Lipstadt tells Limmud that Britain’s embrace of Alaa Abd El-Fattah sends a dangerous signalBy Jane Prinsley5 min read
