Israeli deputy mayor of Jerusalem accused of stoking race riots in UK

The deputy mayor of Jerusalem, Arieh King, has been accused of attempting to stoke far-right riots and tensions in the UK after posting repeatedly about the violence in recent days.

On Sunday 4 August, as anti-Muslim and racist mob attacks wracked cities and towns across the UK, King posted a cartoon image showing a brown Muslim-looking man with a beard and skullcap embracing a white British police officer, who has his arms around the Muslim. 

“Together we will make this country yours,” the speech bubble from the policeman said.

“Thank you for being so weak,” the bubble for the Muslim read.

Lee Harpin, a journalist at Jewish News, denounced the post as “disgraceful”.

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