Watch: 'Clueless' pro-Palestinian protesters 'not sure' Hamas invaded Israel
“Clueless” protesters have invited ridicule of pro-Palestine marches after admitting that they did not know whether Hamas attacked Israel.
Two young activists, who have not been identified, were interviewed about the terrorist assault on Israel on Oct 7 as they joined a demonstration in London last Saturday.
But they appeared to have little knowledge of what exactly they were protesting about, with one admitting they needed to be “more clued up”.
In a clip shared online, an interviewer from the Campaign Against Antisemitism asks the pair: “When Hamas invaded Israel on 7th October, what was your initial reaction to that?”
One replies: “I don’t believe they did, did they? Hamas?”
The other responds nervously: “I think so... honestly I think I need to be a bit more clued up on everything that’s going on, so I feel like I’m not really qualified to answer that too well.”
The first activist then adds: “I mean, I’m not sure if I’ve seen anything that shows that that’s actually happened or factually correct.”
She was holding a placard reading: “Rishi, Keir U must be invertebrates cause ur spineless!!!! Call 4 ceasefire.”
Some 1,400 Israelis were killed and 200 taken hostage when Hamas, a proscribed terror group, stormed the Jewish state and sparked a ground and air mission from Israel to eliminate the militants in Palestine.
It comes as 70,000 activists prepare to march on Armistice Day, the fifth mass pro-Palestine protest in London in as many weeks despite furious opposition from the Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who partly cited The Telegraph’s findings that half of the organisers have links to Hamas.
The clip has gone viral on social media with anti-Semitism campaigners saying it shows “willful idiocy”.
‘Clueless and dangerous’
The Campaign Against Antisemitism told The Telegraph that it “showcases the toxic combination of ignorance and support for terrorism that motivates too many of the protesters on these marches”.
A spokesman added: “These people are clueless and dangerous. Is it any surprise that opinions such as these, accompanied by genocidal chanting, anti-Semitic signage and calls for violence, are terrifying the Jewish community?
“London cannot continue to be a no-go zone for Jewish people week after week.”
A Community Security Trust spokesman said: “These two people are a stunning example of willful idiocy, ripe picking for whatever extremist ideology comes down the track, including anti-Semitism.”
At the London pro-Palestine march last weekend where the video was filmed, a total of 29 people were arrested on suspicion of public order offences, racially motivated crimes and assaulting a police officer. Six people have been charged.
The Metropolitan Police said fireworks were thrown at officers and a pamphlet reported to support Hamas was on sale.
