Organisers of anti-Jewish protest announce plans to 'dismember and destroy' Israeli flags and burn Jewish holy books

 
Joshua Bonehill: a self-proclaimed fascist and 'white rights advocate'
Tom Marshall17 June 2015

Racist extremists planning an anti-Jewish rally in north London have announced their intention to "destroy" Israeli flags and set fire to holy books.

Organisers of the far-right demonstration, scheduled to take place in July, say they will "dismember" Israeli flags during the event.

They plan to destroy them by hand in order to avoid prosecution for burning them, self-proclaimed fascist and "white rights advocate" Joshua Bonehill declared on his website.

A "private ceremony" will also be hosted at a secret location just before of the demonstration, where extremists will set fire to Jewish holy texts, Bonehill said.

The protest is due to take place in Golders Green, which has one of London's largest Jewish communities, on Saturday July 4.

Scotland Yard has said police have no power to prevent it from taking place if it remains a static rally.

Writing on his website on Monday, Bonehill said the protest was against Shomrim, a Jewish neighbourhood patrol group, and "the illegal state of Israel".

He added: "For the Israeli flags that are not destroyed by hand, we will use them to stand upon."

He also announced plans for further protests in other areas with large Jewish communities such as Finchley and Stamford Hill later in the year.

Mark Gardner, a spokesman for Community Security Trust (CST), a Jewish charity that monitors anti-Semitic hate crime, told Russia Today: "We're in a fairly constant dialogue with local police, council and the Jewish community concerning this demo.

"Our intention is that it should not damage the life of our community on the Sabbath."

A Shomrim spokesman told the Jewish Chronicle: "We are being used as an excuse for people to express their anti-semitic views. It's not because of the work of Shomrim."

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "Police do not have the legal power to ban a static protest. We have a duty to safeguard the right to protest, and cannot impose unreasonable restrictions upon that right, and carefully consider the use of any of our powers against the Human Rights Act.

"However, we also have a duty to balance the rights of all those impacted by the protest.

"Disorder, crime and incitement to hatred will not be tolerated, not just during protest but at any time in London and we will take the most appropriate action."

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