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Mathilde Grandjean

Jewish protester charged with ‘racial harassment’ over anti-Hezbollah sign

General view of a Metropolitan Police sign on the side of a BMW London Metropolitan police motorcycle - (PA Archive)

A Jewish man was arrested and charged with “racially aggravated harassment” after holding a placard at a counter-demonstration depicting a Hezbollah leader.

The British man attended a Stop the Hate counter-protest against a pro-Palestine march in Swiss Cottage, north-west London, on September 20 last year when he held a placard featuring a drawing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah holding a pager to his face, with the words “beep, beep, beep”, the Telegraph reported.

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