(Jewish News) Jewish communal organisations have expressed frustration after two men who allegedly chanted an infamous slogan citing the massacre of Jews were found by a jury to be not guilty of intent to stir up racial hatred.
Video footage from an anti-Israel demonstration in May 2021 near Hyde Park showed a group of men, part of a wider anti-Israel protest, chanting “Khaybar Khaybar, ya yahud, Jaish Muhammad soufa yaʿoud.” The chant translates as “Jews, remember the battle of Khaybar, the army of Muhammad will return,” and cites a 628 CE battle where Jewish tribes in Arabia were exterminated by Muslims.
Khaldoun Ahmad El-Ali and Mohammad Jihad Al Safi were both charged by police in April 2023 with behaviour “likely to stir up racial hatred.”
