Detention of a Palestinian leader:

Britain falls into Israeli regime’s trap

“An example of UK system’s obedience to racist policies”:

UK: The detention of a Palestinian leader in Britain marked yet another example of a rising tide of Islamophobia in Europe and the UK system’s obedience to racist policies of Israel.

Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, was arrested by British authorities in London on Tuesday, irrespective of the fact that there were no legal or legitimate reasons for him to be pursued, British media reported. He was invited by Labour Party legislators to a pro-Palestinian event at the British Parliament.

Salah, the three times elected mayor of the Palestinian town of Umm el-Fahm has been accused by the Zionist establishment and its supporters in the UK of antisemitism.

Failing to produce any legal evidence against Salah, the UK authorities are using the charge of antisemitism as a way of suppressing criticism of Zionist regime’s policies.

Salah has rebutted the fabricated allegations behind these claims and instructed his lawyers to begin legal action against those repeating them.

It appears that those states that boast of their democratic credentials are suppressing people for their political views. The British authorities cannot give one legal reason for Salah’s arrest since his statements against Israeli policies are no stronger than those made by many Israeli leftwingers and humanitarians.

However, it seems that the British government has bowed to pro-Zionist lobbies’ pressure even when it comes to its home affairs. Press TV