Israel Matzav

Likud politician banned from England but Hezbullah's okay

Moshe Feiglin, who finished second to Binyamin Netanyahu in the Likud primary with 23.5% of the vote, has been banned from entering the United Kingdom by the multi-culti politically correct Home Office. But Hezbullah's Ibrahim Mousawi and other Hezbullah leaders are welcome whenever they want to come.

A letter sent to Feiglin from the office of Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, and published in this week's Jewish Chronicle, says the minister has excluded him from the country, even though he had no plans to visit.

"I am writing to advise you that following the London bombings in July 2005, the home secretary announced a list of particular activities that would normally lead to a person being excluded or deported from the UK on the grounds that their presence in the country is not conducive to the public good," the letter reads.

The unacceptable activities listed in the two-page letter include "writing, producing, publishing or distributing material; public speaking including preaching; running a Web site and using a position of responsibility" to "foment or justify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs; seek to provoke others to terrorist acts; foment other serious criminal activity or seek to provoke others to serious criminal acts and foster hatred which might lead to inter-community violence in the UK."

The home secretary concluded that Feiglin should be "excluded" from the UK on the grounds that his presence "would not be conducive to the public good."

This is astounding stuff, especially the reference to 'terrorist violence' and 'terrorist acts.' As far as I am aware, Feiglin has never advocated any crime other than civil disobedience. Would England have banned Martin Luther King from entering the country as a 'terrorist?' But they claim to have the goods on Feiglin:

In an extract from an article posted on the Arutz Sheva Web site, Feiglin is quoted as saying: "In order to declare that we are right, we have to declare war. It's not the Arabs who are murdering mothers, but those merciful people who gave weapons to the murderers. It's not the Arabs who are burning babies, but the peaceniks who recognized the justice of the Arabs' cause. It's not the cruel people who are bombing us, but the merciful people who showed them mercy. War now! A holy war now."

In another extract, on the Israel Science and Technology homepage, Feiglin is quoted as saying: "The basis of Islam is not the quality of mercy, but of justice. If Christianity bridges the gap between sin and morals by automatic benevolence and absolution (that over long periods were sold by clergy), Islam does this in a far simpler way. It abolishes both benevolence and morals - their holy Muhammad is strong, cruel and deceitful."

These comments brought the leader of the Likud's dissident Jewish Leadership faction "within the scope of the list of unacceptable behaviors," the letter read.

"It is considered that you are seeking to provoke others to serious criminal acts and fostering hatred which might lead to inter-community violence in the UK," the letter added.

There is no right to appeal the ban, but such decisions are reviewed every three years.

And lest you think that the Home Office is suddenly concerned about terrorism:

Earlier this month, British authorities granted permission to Ibrahim Mousawi, chief foreign new editor for Hizbullah's Al-Manar television station in Lebanon, to enter the UK to participate in a number of political events.

Accused of anti-Semitism and incitement, and recently banned from entering Ireland, his television station aired a 29-part "documentary" in 2004 in which it depicted stereotypical Jews hatching a plot for Jewish world control and domination.

Following the 9/11 attacks, Al-Manar alleged that 4,000 Jewish employees did not turn up to work at the World Trade Center that day and that the attack was masterminded by Israel.

Anyone think the Home Office might be anti-Semitic? Nah, it couldn't be.

P.S. to Jacqui Smith: I'm changing planes in London on my way back to Israel. I hope that doesn't disturb your cultural sensibilities.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 3:29 AM