UK Jewish groups condemn Israeli minister’s invite to Tommy Robinson

Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, said he had accepted the invitation to visit Israel this month. Photograph: Lucy North/PA

Plans by an Israeli minister to host the British far-right activist Tommy Robinson have been condemned by Jewish bodies in the UK and others.

The Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council described Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, as “a thug” who represented the “very worst of Britain”.