UK “deserves to burn” for turning its back on Israel

Tommy Robinson (Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) — the far-right activist invited to Israel by Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli — was reportedly lectured during his visit by an attendee who told him the UK “deserves to burn” for turning its back on Israel, according to social media footage shared online.

Robinson’s presence in the Knesset and meetings with senior officials have already sparked condemnation from UK Jewish groups and rights advocates — and this kind of inflammatory rhetoric shows why. Calls for violence are dangerous and inflame tensions on both sides.

Robinson is a convicted extremist in the UK; his visit has been framed by critics as Israel normalizing and hosting a divisive figure