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|description=[[Tommy Robinson]]'s long relationship with the [[Zionist Movement]] needs further investigation as an issue of [[national security]].
 
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[[Tommy Robinson]] is the pseudonym of the leading figure in the [[English Defence League]]. According to the ''Guardian'', he is a 28-year-old carpenter from Luton.<ref>Robert Booth, Matthew Taylor and Paul Lewis, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/11/english-defence-league-chaotic-alliance English Defence League: chaotic alliance stirs up trouble on streets], The Guardian, 12 September 2007.</ref>
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'''Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon''', better known as [['Tommy Robinson']], is a [[British]] anti-[[Islam]] campaigner and one of the [[UK]]'s most prominent far-right activists. According to ''[[The Guardian]]'' of 12 September 2009, he is a 28-year-old carpenter from Luton.<ref>Robert Booth, Matthew Taylor and Paul Lewis, ''[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/11/english-defence-league-chaotic-alliance "English Defence League: chaotic alliance stirs up trouble on streets"]'', The Guardian, 12 September 2009.</ref>
  
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In its July 2010 edition, ''Searchlight'' magazine named Robinson as Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, a former BNP member from Bedford sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in 2005 for assaulting an off-duty police officer.<ref>Nick Lowles and Simon Cressy, [http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/The-BNP-past-of-EDL-leader The BNP past of the EDL leader], ''Searchlight'', July 2010.</ref> Yaxley-Lennon's name first surfaced in a comment accompanying an anonymously posted video purporting to show Robinson's face. According to a screenshot taken by ''Searchlight'', Robinson appeared to confirm his identity by commenting on Facebook: "hey at least people can see my hansome [sic] face now."<ref>Nick Lowles and Simon Cressy, [http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/The-BNP-past-of-EDL-leader The BNP past of the EDL leader], ''Searchlight'', July 2010.</ref> According to the ''One Million United'' blog, Robinson's Facebook page was deleted shortly after publication of the ''Searchlight'' story.<ref>[http://1millionunited.org/blogs/blog/2010/06/26/exclusive-edl-panics-as-exposed-leader-goes-into-hiding/ Exclusive: EDL Panics As Exposed Leader Goes Into Hiding], One Million United Official Blog, 26 June 2010.</ref>
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In its July 2010 edition, ''Searchlight'' magazine named Robinson as [[Stephen Yaxley-Lennon]], a former BNP member from Bedford sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in 2005 for assaulting an off-duty police officer.<ref>Nick Lowles and Simon Cressy, ''[http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/The-BNP-past-of-EDL-leader "The BNP past of the EDL leader"]'', ''Searchlight'', July 2010.</ref> Yaxley-Lennon's name first surfaced in a comment accompanying an anonymously posted video purporting to show Robinson's face. According to a screenshot taken by ''Searchlight'', Robinson appeared to confirm his identity by commenting on [[Facebook]]: "hey at least people can see my hansome [sic] face now." According to the ''One Million United'' blog, Robinson's [[Facebook]] page was deleted shortly after publication of the ''Searchlight'' story.<ref>''[http://1millionunited.org/blogs/blog/2010/06/26/exclusive-edl-panics-as-exposed-leader-goes-into-hiding/ "Exclusive: EDL Panics As Exposed Leader Goes Into Hiding"]'', One Million United Official Blog, 26 June 2010.</ref>
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==Leaving the country==
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On 29 July 2024, [[Tommy Robinson]] was reported to have left the [[UK]] prior to his scheduled appearance at the Royal Courts of Justice to answer a contempt of court case. Mr Justice Johnson issued a warrant for Robinson’s arrest but ordered that it not be carried out “until early October” to allow Robinson time to indicate that he would attend the next hearing voluntarily or to apply to “set aside” the warrant.<ref>''[https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/tommy-robinson-flees-country-misses-9443933 "Tommy Robinson flees country and misses High Court hearing"]''</ref>
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==Zionist links==
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On 4 August 2024, [[Lowkey]] posted on '''[[X]]''':{{QB|
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:[[Tommy Robinson]]'s long relationship with the [[Zionist Movement]] needs further investigation as an issue of [[national security]].
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:[[Tommy Robinson]] has previously stated he would "fight for [[Israel]] in a war."
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:This thread examines Robinson and [[EDL]]'s very clear material relationship with the [[Zionist Movement]] and considers the possibility that the [[racist]] attacks and pogroms in Britain are part of that fight.<ref>''[https://x.com/Lowkey0nline/status/1820188695099502783 "Tommy Robinson has previously stated he would 'fight for Israel in a war'."]''</ref>}}
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===Paul Ray===
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[[Tommy Robinson]]'s co-founder of the [[EDL]] was an individual called [[Paul Ray]].{{QB|
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:[[Paul Ray]] worked for [[Israeli intelligence]], infiltrating and spying on the pro-[[Palestinian]] [[International Solidarity Movement]] (ISM) of which [[Rachel Corrie]] was a member.
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:The information he gathered was submitted to multiple intelligence agencies. He went on to co-found the [[EDL]] with [[Tommy Robinson]].<ref>''[https://x.com/Lowkey0nline/status/1820188978802508149 "Tommy Robinson's co-founder of the EDL was an individual called Paul Ray"]''</ref>}}
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===Roberta Moore===
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:"We are exploiting them..."
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:The [[EDL]] English Defence League LTD was registered on the companies house by former [[Israeli]] soldier [[Roberta Moore]]. She was head of the [[EDL]]'s [[Jewish]] Unit, which had around 100 members. When asked whether the [[EDL]] was exploiting the [[Zionist Movement]], she retorted, "If anything, we are exploiting them."
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:[[Roberta Moore]] undergoing military training at an [[Israeli]] settlement.<ref>''[https://x.com/Lowkey0nline/status/1820189171174244813 "If anything, we are exploiting them (the EDL)"]''</ref>}}
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===Zionist Federation===
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{{QB|
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:In the early years, the [[EDL]] regularly partnered with the [[Zionist Federation]] to host demonstrations in support of the [[Israeli]] Embassy.
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:The head of the [[EDL]]'s [[Jewish]] Unit [[Roberta Moore]] is pictured here with [[Jonathan Hoffman]], the vice chair of the [[Zionist Federation]] at the time.<ref>''[https://x.com/Lowkey0nline/status/1820189449721872547 "The EDL regularly partnered with the Zionist Federation to host demonstrations"]''</ref>}}
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===Jewish Defence League===
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{{QB|
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:The head of the [[EDL]]'s [[Jewish]] Unit, [[Roberta Moore]], is pictured here alongside genocidal [[Israeli]] politician [[Moshe Feiglin]] and the head of the [[Canadian]] branch of the [[Jewish Defence League]] [[terrorist]] group.
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:On 28th of February 2013, [[Roberta Moore]] changed the name of the EDL on companies house to the Jewish Defence League UK.
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:The other time the English Defence League was registered on companies house was by Tommy Robinson's assistant Helen Gower.
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:Until 13th of June 2014, it seems to have been registered as the THE ENGLISH & JEWISH DEFENCE LEAGUE (EDL) LIMITED.
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:A reminder that the [[Jewish Defence League]] (JDL) is proscribed as a [[terrorist]] organisation in the [[United States]].
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:[[Tommy Robinson]]'s connections to the [[fascist]] [[Zionist]] terror group the [[JDL]] do not end there.
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:An early supporter of the [[EDL]] who spoke at their rallies outside the [[Israeli]] Embassy was former Israeli military trainer [[Rabbi Nachum Shifren]]. He was also the driver for infamous [[JDL]] founder [[Meir Kahane]].}}
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===Friends of the IDF===
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{{QB|
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:According to his former employee, Lucy Brown, [[Tommy Robinson]] received £10,000 monthly from [[Robert Shillman]], a board member of the [[Friends of the IDF]].
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:Shillman is filmed speaking here at the [[Zionist Organization of America]].}}
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===CAA and JNF===
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{{QB|
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:[[Tommy Robinson]] is pictured here with a steward provided by the [[Campaign Against Antisemitism]].
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:The [[CAA]]'s founder and director is simultaneously a director of the [[JNF]], the largest settlement building org in [[OPT|occupied Palestine]].
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:The [[Benjamin Netanyahu|Israeli PM]] and [[Isaac Herzog|President]] are patrons of the [[JNF]].}}
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===Board of Deputies===
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{{QB|
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:[[Tommy Robinson]] previously described a key figure on the [[Board of Deputies]], [[Robert Festenstein]], as his legal advisor.
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:The [[Board of Deputies]] states in its 2020 Trustees Report that it has a "close working relationship with the [[Israeli]] embassy and strengthened links to the [[IDF]]."}}
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===2024 racist attacks===
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{{QB|
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:Decades of propaganda have led to today's [[racist]] attacks, but one of the least examined aspects of this has been Robinson's own statements, which contextualise it as revenge for pro-[[Palestinian]] protests.
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:His long relationship with the [[Zionist Movement]] needs further investigation as an issue of [[national security]].<ref>''[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1820188695099502783.html "Tommy Robinson's long relationship with the Zionist Movement needs further investigation as an issue of national security"]''</ref>}} 
  
 
==External Resources==
 
==External Resources==
 
*Nick Lowles and Simon Cressy, [http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/The-BNP-past-of-EDL-leader The BNP past of the EDL leader], ''Searchlight'', July 2010.
 
*Nick Lowles and Simon Cressy, [http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/The-BNP-past-of-EDL-leader The BNP past of the EDL leader], ''Searchlight'', July 2010.
 
*Richard Bartholomew, [http://barthsnotes.wordpress.com/2010/06/26/searchlight-names-edl-leader-tommy-robinson-as-stephen-yaxley-lennon/ Searchlight Names EDL Leader “Tommy Robinson” as Stephen Yaxley-Lennon], ''Bartholomew's Notes on Religion, 26 June 2010.
 
*Richard Bartholomew, [http://barthsnotes.wordpress.com/2010/06/26/searchlight-names-edl-leader-tommy-robinson-as-stephen-yaxley-lennon/ Searchlight Names EDL Leader “Tommy Robinson” as Stephen Yaxley-Lennon], ''Bartholomew's Notes on Religion, 26 June 2010.
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==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 14:50, 5 August 2024

Person.png 'Tommy Robinson'  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Islamophobe, political activist)
Tommy Robinson.webp
Born27 November 1982
Founder ofEnglish Defence League
Tommy Robinson's long relationship with the Zionist Movement needs further investigation as an issue of national security.

Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, better known as 'Tommy Robinson', is a British anti-Islam campaigner and one of the UK's most prominent far-right activists. According to The Guardian of 12 September 2009, he is a 28-year-old carpenter from Luton.[1]

In its July 2010 edition, Searchlight magazine named Robinson as Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, a former BNP member from Bedford sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in 2005 for assaulting an off-duty police officer.[2] Yaxley-Lennon's name first surfaced in a comment accompanying an anonymously posted video purporting to show Robinson's face. According to a screenshot taken by Searchlight, Robinson appeared to confirm his identity by commenting on Facebook: "hey at least people can see my hansome [sic] face now." According to the One Million United blog, Robinson's Facebook page was deleted shortly after publication of the Searchlight story.[3]

Leaving the country

On 29 July 2024, Tommy Robinson was reported to have left the UK prior to his scheduled appearance at the Royal Courts of Justice to answer a contempt of court case. Mr Justice Johnson issued a warrant for Robinson’s arrest but ordered that it not be carried out “until early October” to allow Robinson time to indicate that he would attend the next hearing voluntarily or to apply to “set aside” the warrant.[4]

Zionist links

On 4 August 2024, Lowkey posted on X:

Tommy Robinson's long relationship with the Zionist Movement needs further investigation as an issue of national security.
Tommy Robinson has previously stated he would "fight for Israel in a war."
This thread examines Robinson and EDL's very clear material relationship with the Zionist Movement and considers the possibility that the racist attacks and pogroms in Britain are part of that fight.[5]

Paul Ray

Tommy Robinson's co-founder of the EDL was an individual called Paul Ray.

Paul Ray worked for Israeli intelligence, infiltrating and spying on the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement (ISM) of which Rachel Corrie was a member.
The information he gathered was submitted to multiple intelligence agencies. He went on to co-found the EDL with Tommy Robinson.[6]

Roberta Moore

"We are exploiting them..."
The EDL English Defence League LTD was registered on the companies house by former Israeli soldier Roberta Moore. She was head of the EDL's Jewish Unit, which had around 100 members. When asked whether the EDL was exploiting the Zionist Movement, she retorted, "If anything, we are exploiting them."
Roberta Moore undergoing military training at an Israeli settlement.[7]

Zionist Federation

In the early years, the EDL regularly partnered with the Zionist Federation to host demonstrations in support of the Israeli Embassy.
The head of the EDL's Jewish Unit Roberta Moore is pictured here with Jonathan Hoffman, the vice chair of the Zionist Federation at the time.[8]

Jewish Defence League

The head of the EDL's Jewish Unit, Roberta Moore, is pictured here alongside genocidal Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin and the head of the Canadian branch of the Jewish Defence League terrorist group.
On 28th of February 2013, Roberta Moore changed the name of the EDL on companies house to the Jewish Defence League UK.
The other time the English Defence League was registered on companies house was by Tommy Robinson's assistant Helen Gower.
Until 13th of June 2014, it seems to have been registered as the THE ENGLISH & JEWISH DEFENCE LEAGUE (EDL) LIMITED.
A reminder that the Jewish Defence League (JDL) is proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the United States.
Tommy Robinson's connections to the fascist Zionist terror group the JDL do not end there.
An early supporter of the EDL who spoke at their rallies outside the Israeli Embassy was former Israeli military trainer Rabbi Nachum Shifren. He was also the driver for infamous JDL founder Meir Kahane.

Friends of the IDF

According to his former employee, Lucy Brown, Tommy Robinson received £10,000 monthly from Robert Shillman, a board member of the Friends of the IDF.
Shillman is filmed speaking here at the Zionist Organization of America.

CAA and JNF

Tommy Robinson is pictured here with a steward provided by the Campaign Against Antisemitism.
The CAA's founder and director is simultaneously a director of the JNF, the largest settlement building org in occupied Palestine.
The Israeli PM and President are patrons of the JNF.

Board of Deputies

Tommy Robinson previously described a key figure on the Board of Deputies, Robert Festenstein, as his legal advisor.
The Board of Deputies states in its 2020 Trustees Report that it has a "close working relationship with the Israeli embassy and strengthened links to the IDF."

2024 racist attacks

Decades of propaganda have led to today's racist attacks, but one of the least examined aspects of this has been Robinson's own statements, which contextualise it as revenge for pro-Palestinian protests.
His long relationship with the Zionist Movement needs further investigation as an issue of national security.[9]

External Resources


 

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References

  1. ↑ Robert Booth, Matthew Taylor and Paul Lewis, "English Defence League: chaotic alliance stirs up trouble on streets", The Guardian, 12 September 2009.
  2. ↑ Nick Lowles and Simon Cressy, "The BNP past of the EDL leader", Searchlight, July 2010.
  3. ↑ "Exclusive: EDL Panics As Exposed Leader Goes Into Hiding", One Million United Official Blog, 26 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "Tommy Robinson flees country and misses High Court hearing"
  5. ↑ "Tommy Robinson has previously stated he would 'fight for Israel in a war'."
  6. ↑ "Tommy Robinson's co-founder of the EDL was an individual called Paul Ray"
  7. ↑ "If anything, we are exploiting them (the EDL)"
  8. ↑ "The EDL regularly partnered with the Zionist Federation to host demonstrations"
  9. ↑ "Tommy Robinson's long relationship with the Zionist Movement needs further investigation as an issue of national security"
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