(Jewish News) Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah is unlikely to face deportation from the UK, despite historic social media posts supporting violence against Zionists and derogatory remarks about British people.
Jewish News understands government officials believe that his actions do not meet the legal threshold required for revoking citizenship or initiating deportation proceedings.
Officials within the government appear to believe there are no grounds for removing Fattah’s citizenship, as case law has established this can only be done in cases of fraud, or against dangerous criminals and terrorists.
But Jewish News understands the Foreign Office is looking into issues raised by the handling of the case, which are believed to include the failure by civil servants to pick up on numerous inflammatory historic social media posts made by Fattah since 2010, including support for the killing of Zionists, and of police.
