The Green Party has suspended a London council candidate who shared social media posts blaming Israel for the arson attacks on Jewish volunteer ambulances in March.
A repost on the social media profile of Aziz Rahman Hakimi, one of the Greens’ election candidates for Haverstock ward in Camden, provoked outrage in April as it suggested that the fiery destruction of Hatzola ambulances in Golders Green was in fact a “false flag” operation carried out by Israel.
A dossier of election candidates’ social media activity shared with the press revealed that Mr Hakimi’s account also reposted allegations that “Zionists” were responsible for 9/11. Labour and the Liberal Democrats at the time urged the Greens to drop him as a candidate for allegedly peddling “abhorrent and anti-Semitic” conspiracy theories.
The Green Party at the time told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) the comments “did not reflect the party’s views or values” and subsequently placed him under investigation. Now, the LDRS can confirm Mr Hakimi has been suspended by the party as a result of the probe triggered over two weeks ago, while the issue is investigated.
A civil engineer and local business owner, Mr Hakimi’s account posted directly in 2021 that Sir Keir Starmer was an “Israeli poppet” [sic]. His account also shared a post urging Muslims not to smoke because it helped the tobacco industry to “fund the Jews to kill our brothers”.
The candidate did not respond to a request for comment. Labour...
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