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Can Britain be saved from itself? The latest example of submission to Muslims took place in London, where a British lawyer wearing a Star of David necklace near a pro-Palestinian protest outside the Israeli Embassy was arrested for his provocative behavior. After all, the mere sight of that necklace could cause the mob to become angry, even violent, and instead of protecting the lawyer from possible violence by the mob, the Metropolitan Police arrested him. More on this absurdity can be found here: “London police detain Jew for wearing Star of David, ‘antagonizing’ pro-Palestine protesters,” Jerusalem Post, October 19, 2025:
Police officers from London’s Metropolitan Police arrested a Jewish lawyer for openly wearing a Star of David necklace, alleging that doing so “antagonized” pro-Palestinian protesters, and that the symbol could “cause offense,” British outlet The Telegraph reported on Saturday.
The lawyer claimed to the Telegraph that he was handcuffed and detained for almost 10 hours in an attempt to “criminalize the wearing of a Star of David.”
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He was arrested at 7 p.m. on August 29 at a pro-Palestine protest outside the Israeli embassy in London, and claims he was monitoring the event for unlawful behavior by the protesters, and to scrutinize the actions of the police officers at the scene.
The lawyer alleges that his hands were cuffed behind his back, before he was put in the back of a police vehicle, and held for questioning….
This Jewish lawyer, wearing his Star of David on a chain, was apparently deemed so dangerous by the police that they had to arrest him, and put handcuffs on him, before whisking him away in a police van. But it was not he from whom the police expected violence; it was the pro-Palestinian mob chanting outside the Israeli Embassy. The mere sight of his Star of David could provoke that mob into violence. Instead of protecting the peaceful lawyer who was doing nothing more than wearing his Star of David,the police chose to arrest him for wearing that symbol of his faith.
This is justice upside down.
The lawyer was peacefully recording on his iPhone what he described as the pro-Hamas protesters’ “incidents of criminal behavior.” Was it vandalism just outside the Embassy, destroying the grounds or graffiti on its walls? Or was it the mob’s cry that “From the river to the sea/Palestine shall be free,” which, properly understood, is a call for Israel to disappear, and to be replaced by a 23rd Arab state? Or was it “Death, death to the IDF” or “globalize the Intifada”? Or Oxford student Sam Williams’ latest contribution: “Gaza Gaza make us proud/Send the Zios under the ground.” Were these chants not incitement to violence against Israelis and Jews? Apparently, the police had no problem with such behavior, but the lawyer, who shouted nothing, threatened nothing, and simply caught on camera instances of the mob violating the law, was arrested for coming too close to the protesters, while wearing his Star of David necklace, the mere sight of which could provoke the mob to violence.
Was the lawyer’s wearing a Star of David neckless truly a provocation, as the police seem to believe, or a simple affirmation of his identity as a Jew at a time when antisemitism is running rampant? He was there not to provoke — after all, he could have been in real trouble from a maddened mob — but to record that mob’s behavior and what he believed were its violations of the law, including laws against hate crimes. Instead the police chose to arrest him, handcuff him, and hold him for ten hours, as they tried to figure out they could charge him with, but came up empty and had to let him go.
A mob’s yelling and screaming against Israel and Jews is apparently okay, according to the British police. A single man, wearing a Star of David neckless and silently recording that mob’s behavior, deserves to be arrested.
This is Britain today, where the police, who for years did nothing about the Pakistani grooming gangs that ruined the lives of tens of thousands of English girls, continue to protect Muslim-led mobs from such dangers as a lone lawyer wearing a Star of David, who was doing nothing more provocative than recording on his iPhone the behavior of that Muslim mob.
A mad world, my masters!
