Green Party to investigate councilor who shouted 'Allahu Akbar' after election

Motin Ali defeated the Labor Party candidate in the Leeds Gipton and Harehills constituency and declared: «We will raise the voice of Gaza» ;

The Green Party is investigating a councilor who shouted «Allahu Akbar» after his election and said on the day of the October 7 attacks that Palestinians had the right to «fight back.»

Motin Ali won the constituency Gipton and Harehills in Leeds won more than 3,000 votes in Thursday's local elections and said it was a «victory for the people of Gaza».

Father Troy, 42, who works as an accountant and runs a gardening blog, previously described the Jewish chaplain at the University of Leeds, who was forced into hiding after threats from protesters, as a «scoundrel» and «kind of an animal».

After Mr Ali's landmark comments emerged, a Green Party spokesman said: “The Green Party is investigating the matters that have come to our attention in relation to Councilor Moteen Ali and cannot comment further. However, we make it clear that we never support anything that glorifies violence.»

The Telegraph understands that Mr Ali has not been suspended by the Greens and will continue to represent the party as an adviser during the investigation.

In videos posted on his social media channels after the Oct. 7 attacks, the adviser said Israel was «using the pretext of a retaliatory strike by Hamas militants or suspected Hamas militants this morning» to launch attacks on civilians.

The Gaza Challenge is «the largest concentration camp the world has ever seen,» he went on to urge viewers to «support the indigenous peoples' right to resist» and described Israel as a «settler, a colonialist, an occupier» who was trying to «erase the legitimacy of the indigenous population.» /p>

“They are not victims, they are occupiers, they are colonizers, they are European colonizers,” he said. “This is one of the last European colonies in the world, and that is why the Europeans do not want to let it go. They use the weapon of anti-Semitism so effectively that anyone who criticizes Israel is called an anti-Semite.Motin Ali shouted: “Allah Akbar!” after the victorious election results Photo: TWITTER

It also emerged that Mr Ali had criticized Rabbi Zechariah Deutsch, a chaplain at Leeds Hebrew University who went into hiding after receiving online threats from pro-Palestinian activists because he served in the Israel Defense Forces.

In a separate video, he said of Rabbi Deutsch: “This is Rabbi Zechariah Deutsch. This bastard, the only way I can politely describe him, is the one who went from Leeds to Israel to kill children, women and everyone else there.

During the election campaign, Ali posted a number of pro-Palestinian posts on his Facebook page, including videos and photos of himself wearing a beanie with a Palestinian flag.

The Green Party called for an «immediate end» to the violence in Gaza two days after the October 7 attacks, when he called on Israel to call for an “illegal occupation.”

In a separate statement last month, Carla Denyer, co-leader of the Greens, accused the British government of «complicity in the deadly attack on the Gaza Strip by the Israel Defense Forces.»

The Green Party and dozens of independent candidates appear to have , benefited from a pro-Palestinian stance in Thursday's election, while Labor's support among Muslim voters fell after Sir Keir Starmer initially refused to call for an immediate ceasefire last fall.

Sir Keir's party lost two councilors in Rochdale for the Workers' Party of Great Britain, George Galloway. Mr Galloway was elected MP for Lancashire at the end of February, campaigning for Gaza and against Labour.

Mr Ali has been approached for comment. He previously said: “I have received hundreds of death threats from the far right and supporters of what the Israeli government is doing, many of which have been reported to the police.

“I understand very well the emotional distress that threats of violence can cause, and I do not wish this on others… the video in question has absolutely nothing to do with violence.”