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Tommy Robinson’s Israel trip has widened the far right rift

The British nationalist and racist bigot Tommy Robinson is a long-time supporter of Israel. In aid of this, he’s currently visiting Israeli allies as part of a much-publicised tour. While little Tommy himself is having the time of his life, the trip is going down very poorly with his far right compatriots:


Divide

Robinson has pushed antisemitic conspiracy theories despite his long history of supporting Israel, which constitutionally considers itself to be the ‘Jewish nation-state‘.

How, then, can we explain this alliance between Robinson and Israeli politicians?

Firstly, although Robinson is far right, so is the Israeli government:


As Mint Press conclude in the above tweet:

Robinson, invited by Israel’s government, is known for his anti-immigration activism and criminal convictions. His presence in the Knesset has sparked criticism from Jewish organizations in the UK, who say Israel’s invitation normalizes dangerous ideologies.

Their alliance signals a growing nexus between ultra-right politics in Europe and state-backed agendas in Israel — with immigration, nationalism, and the Palestinian question all wrapped together.

While the far right is always defined by hostility towards ‘out groups’ within the nation state, that doesn’t mean they can’t support their fellow fascists abroad. Most famously, the far-right governments of Germany, Italy, and Japan formed an ‘axis’ of support during WWII.

In its efforts to shore up international backing, Israel has infamously worked with antisemites who are willing to support the ‘Zionist’ project (i.e. the colonial ideology of maintaining and expanding a Jewish ethno-state in the Middle East).

Robinson is one of many international fascists who Israeli politicians have seen fit to work with. The problem for Robinson is that his far right countrymen are increasingly confused about why he’s working with Israel.

Far right, all wrong

The woman in the tweet at the top is Jayda Fransen, who used to be part of Britain First. She’s now part of the Christian Nationalist Party, and she’s part of a growing backlash to Robinson on the fractured far right.

You’ll notice that many of the comments from these people are brazenly antisemitic. Sadly, this is the sort of commentary which gets a pass on Elon Musk’s Twitter.

Steve Laws is part of ‘Remigration Now’:

‘Remigration’ is the policy of deporting everyone who isn’t part of the indigenous population. This would be difficult to achieve in England, of course, as the ‘indigenous population’ has been intermingling since at least the Roman Empire. At the same time, we’re sure Laws doesn’t care about the specifics; he just wants to banish non-whites.

Oh, and in case you’re thinking Laws is worse than Robinson, you should know that a group called ‘Generation Remigration’ spoke at Robinson’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally.

Saskia Teague is one of the female Gen Z influencers on Twitter who like to dabble in far-right rhetoric. Unlike some of her contemporaries, however, she’s progressed from Islamophobia to antisemitism:

As you can see, there’s clearly an audience for this sort of bigotry on Musk’s Twitter. This is what she had to say about Robinson:

James Goddard is an ‘orthodox nationalist’ who’s famous for looking like the son of Adolf Hitler and Rodney Trotter:


Goddard referenced the fact that Israel has been caught paying influencers $7,000 per post to praise Israel:

Gareth Icke, the son of notorious conspiracy theorist David Icke, said this:

The turn against Israel is also happening within the American far right. Chris Menahan runs Information Liberation, and has appeared on Info Wars and Zero Hedge:

This guy, meanwhile, is the author of White Identity:

Clownfall

While Robinson’s contemporaries have been frothing with rage, the left have been mocking him:


It’s pretty obvious that Robinson has done some significant damage to his reputation with this Israel trip. Now, every last one of his posts will be a feeding ground for piranha-like fascists who want to elevate their own standing. And although we’d like to say it couldn’t be happening to a worse guy, these people are all as bad as each other.

Featured image via YouTube

By Willem Moore

This post was originally published on Canary.