A former High Sheriff of Bedfordshire claimed that allegations of anti-Jewish hatred are a “red herring” created by “Zionists” who shed “crocodile tears of antisemitism”.
Nazir Jessa, who served as Deputy Lieutenant of Bedfordshire between 2008 and 2016 and was High Sheriff in 2008 – a position appointed by the crown, posted on LinkedIn about Israel being an “apartheid racist state”.
In January, Jessa was appointed as a Liveryman in the City of London’s Historic Guilds, making him eligible to stand as Lord Mayor and vote in the election of the Lord Mayor and Sheriff of the city.
But the JC can reveal that Jessa sent an email to investigative outfit GnasherJew earlier this month, in which he wrote: “Stop shedding crocodile tears of antisemitism. People are tired of AS slogans. It's nothing but ‘red herring’ created by the Zionists.”
Jessa’s email address was subscribed to receive updates from GnasherJew. In response to an email from the group on March 8, he wrote, “Stop killing Palestinians. Stop expropriating their ancestral lands.”
An email from Jessa to GnasherJew[Missing Credit]
On social media, Jessa wrote: “Natanyahu’s [sic] regime will not last forever. Every colonial country had to eventually withdraw from their colonies and Israel will not be an exception. As a matter of fact by starving, killing and destroying Palestinians homes is generating animosity among the survivors that will last for generations.”
Jessa was the founding chair of the Hertfordshire Ethnic Minority Business Network and holds an honorary MBA from the University of Bedfordshire.
He has reshared several posts written by William Arnsson, a former investment advisor to the European Innovation Council (EIC) at the European Commission. GnasherJew exposed Arnsson’s posts on LinkedIn paralleling Nazi Germany with the Jewish state.
Arnsson wrote: “Gaza went from open-air prison to concentration camp to death camp.” He accused Israel of operating a “Hunger Games based system”.
Arnsson asked, “What do you call a politician that acts on behalf of a lobby instead of its people, and even worse, send its kids to die on behalf of that foreign lobby? Public opinion is essential for staying away from prison for treason. That is why media is so controlled, even in US.”
In one post he wrote, “Zionism and Judaism are contrary to each other.”
He posted, “Israel's army of words has many assets, people and bots. Even on Linkedin they promote hate and justify Israel's genocide.”
Following Gnasher Jew’s investigation, complaints were sent to the European Commission and Arnsson’s name was subsequently removed from a list of EIC jury members.
Jessa has been approached for comment.
