Too Hot for the UK: Britain Bans Head of Jewish Leadership

Published: March 10, 2008, 9:14 pm

Tags: israel, news, politics, benjamin netanyahu, britain, england, jewish leadership, manhigut yehudit, menachem begin, moshe feiglin, zu artzeinu

Moshe Feiglin, president of the Manhigut Yehudit (Jewish Leadership) faction of the Israeli Likud Party, recently received a letter from Britain’s Home Secretary notifying him that he is banned from entering the UK. This came as a bit of a surprise to Mr. Feiglin, who apparently had no intention of visiting the UK in the first place! According to British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith’s office, Feiglin is barred from Britain because his presence would not be “conducive to the public good.” Why? The Secretary’s letter explains that Feiglin engaged in “unacceptable behaviour” by “propagat[ing] views which foment and provoke others to serious criminal acts and also foster hatred which might lead to inter-community violence in the UK.” Or, in other words, he published some articles a number of years ago advocating that harsh measures be taken against Arab terrorists and their supporters. Ironically, one of the four examples of

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