'Tommy Robinson'
 'Tommy Robinson'    (Islamophobe, political activist) | |
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| Born | 27 November 1982 |
| Founder of | English Defence League |
| Interest of | 2024 United Kingdom riots |
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]
Contents
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 (JDL) UK
- 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 Defense League terrorist group.
- On 28th of February 2013, Roberta Moore changed the name of the EDL on companies house to the Jewish Defence League (JDL) 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 Defense 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 riots
- Decades of propaganda have led to the 2024 United Kingdom riots, 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
- Nick Lowles and Simon Cressy, The BNP past of the EDL leader, Searchlight, July 2010.
- Richard Bartholomew, Searchlight Names EDL Leader “Tommy Robinson” as Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, Bartholomew's Notes on Religion, 26 June 2010.
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:The Health of Julian Assange: A Case of State-sponsored Neglect | Article | 25 February 2020 | Nina Cross | Professor Nils Melzer: “It was obvious that Mr Assange’s health has been seriously affected by the extremely hostile and arbitrary environment he has been exposed to for many years,” … “Most importantly, in addition to physical ailments, Mr Assange showed all symptoms typical for prolonged exposure to psychological torture, including extreme stress, chronic anxiety and intense psychological trauma." |
References
- ↑ Robert Booth, Matthew Taylor and Paul Lewis, "English Defence League: chaotic alliance stirs up trouble on streets", The Guardian, 12 September 2009.
- ↑ Nick Lowles and Simon Cressy, "The BNP past of the EDL leader", Searchlight, July 2010.
- ↑ "Exclusive: EDL Panics As Exposed Leader Goes Into Hiding", One Million United Official Blog, 26 June 2010.
- ↑ "Tommy Robinson flees country and misses High Court hearing"
- ↑ "Tommy Robinson has previously stated he would 'fight for Israel in a war'."
- ↑ "Tommy Robinson's co-founder of the EDL was an individual called Paul Ray"
- ↑ "If anything, we are exploiting them (the EDL)"
- ↑ "The EDL regularly partnered with the Zionist Federation to host demonstrations"
- ↑ "Tommy Robinson's long relationship with the Zionist Movement needs further investigation as an issue of national security"
