In the UK, a group of white supremacists is reportedly planning to "dismember" Israeli flags during a 4 July protest rally in London.
According to the 'Jewish Chronicle' newspaper, organizers of demonstration in Golders Green, a heavily Jewish part of the British capital, also urged supporters to attend a secret burning of the Talmud ahead of the event.
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, a white supremacist activist, wrote on his website on Monday that a “private ceremony” would be held to burn the religious texts “in recognition of its racist anti-white teachings”.
More protests are reportedly planned against Jewish communities in other parts of London later this summer, the JC reports.
The decision to destroy Israeli flags would be “in solidarity with those oppressed by the illegal state of Israel”, and “Activists are welcome to bring Israeli flags on July 4 as we will be destroying them in an act of opposition to Israel. This will be a show of solidarity by English people who recognize that Israel is a corrupt state which is responsible for horrific war crimes. To avoid prosecution we will not be burning flags, we will dismember them by hand,” Bonehill-Paine wrote on his website.
Jewish community representatives have repeatedly said they are not intimidated by the planned demonstration.
