Disgraced MP Naz Shah’s friend, parliamentary aide and Labour Party Councillor, Mohammed Shabbir has been discovered by Campaign Against Antisemitism investigators to have repeatedly tweeted the antisemitic conspiracy theory that a conspiracy led by the Jewish state created ISIS. On 24th July 2014 he tweeted: “I find isis vile and repulsive as much as Zionism. Don’t forget baghdadi trained by mossad.” On 8th August, 2014, he tweeted: “Here is a question. Is #isis serving a purpose to create a pretext for Israel to invade Syria and Iraq. Has quest for greater Israel started”.
Shabbir routinely uses the antisemitic epithet “Zio” and accuses Jews of “playing the Holocaust card”. Political blog Guido Fawkes has also found a tweet in which he wrote: “Every Palestinian who survives the ongoing genocide in Gaza is a holocaust survivor”.
According to Shabbir, there might be a “Zionist lobby in the press”. He has even claimed that the BBC is run by a “BBC Hasbara Media Cartel”. Hasbara is a Hebrew word meaning “to explain” and in this context alleges a conspiracy to influence the media.
In addition to his role as Labour Councillor for Heaton Ward in Bradford, Shabbir is also Chief Executive of Sharing Voices, a mental health charity which Labour MP Naz Shah chaired. Shah yesterday stood down as private secretary to Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell after it was revealed she had been posting opinions and articles offensive to many Jewish people. Another Councillor accused of antisemitism also works for the charity.
Shabbir’s political stance is that Israel has no right to exist, which is antisemitic according to the EUMC definition of antisemitism. On 30th July 2014, he tweeted that “Zionism has usurped Judaism” and that “the Occupation started in 1948”. That is the year that Israeli statehood was recognised. He goes on to quote that “resistance is only there because of occupation”. This logic effectively justifies terrorism against the only Jewish State until it ceases to exist.
@Ralph_and_Wife @restoremerica @LionOfPalestine I find isis vile and repulsive as much as Zionism. Don't forget baghdadi trained by mossad
— Mohammad Shabbir (@Cllrshabbir) July 24, 2014
Here is a question. Is #isis serving a purpose to create a pretext for Israel to invade Syria and Iraq. Has quest for greater Israel started
— Mohammad Shabbir (@Cllrshabbir) August 8, 2014
Israel breaks truce by not lifting siege and collective punishment of Gaza #endoccupation Israel stop playing games #bbchasbara media cartel
— Mohammad Shabbir (@Cllrshabbir) August 19, 2014
http://t.co/o0rAAwkliW why is this not reported in the western media, do we have Zionist lobby in the press.
— Mohammad Shabbir (@Cllrshabbir) December 1, 2013
@freethetruth01 are you the truth or a zio hasbara troll paying paid by Likud who want Palestinians not to have stated?
— Mohammad Shabbir (@Cllrshabbir) August 12, 2014
PLAYING THE HOLOCAUST CARD – Norman Finkelstein (…: http://t.co/ESVp9TfIkT amazing response by someone who can. A Jewish man of peace. #gaza
— Mohammad Shabbir (@Cllrshabbir) July 23, 2014
#biblicalisrael is what Zionist want no Palestinians in Palestine. Zionism has usurped the religion of Judaism #Gaza pic.twitter.com/v8l0efptvG
— Mohammad Shabbir (@Cllrshabbir) July 30, 2014