From Nakba to fascist parades: How Britain's far right threatens Muslims and Jews

From Nakba to fascist parades: How Britain's far right threatens Muslims and Jews Submitted by David Hearst on Thu, 05/21/2026 - 09:26 Once Muslims start to leave, the Jews will not be far behind. Because they will surely be the next target of the white supremacist surge People carry signs to mark the 78th anniversary of the Nakba in London, Britain on 16 May 2026 (Reuters) On Each year on Nakba Day,  a British Palestinian couple I know go to the march to commemorate the mass displacement of  more than 700,000 Palestinians  during the creation of  Israel  in 1948. A funny thing happened to the couple on their way to the march this year. Opposite them in the tube were a couple who were evidently unhappy with what they saw.  My friend's wife had a bag with Palestinian embroidery and pins which said: "Free Palestine", "Stop Arming Israel" and "Israel out of Gaza". The couple opposite stared but kept silent. One of them tried to take a picture of the badges but failed. Two stations later they rose to get off, but not before one of them turned around and said: "You don't belong here. You should go back home!" There was much astonishment in the carriage after they left.  A debate started and it soon became clear the carriage was in sympathy with my Palestinian friends. They were doctors in the NHS who had arrived from Jordan three decades ago. Both were Palestinian whose families came from Yaffa and Jenin.  A  woman to their right said: "I am Irish. I know what you feel. We had this for 800 years and were considered subhuman by the Brits. They still look at us as foreigners." Two Black British men opposite them laughed. One of them...

Original source: Middle East Eye