QPR owner shared posts calling for Israel to be ‘dismantled’ and praising Hezbollah

The owner of Queens Park Rangers FC has said he regrets causing “distress” after re-sharing a litany of anti-Israel posts on his personal LinkedIn page. 

Ruben Gnanalingam, the majority stakeholder in QPR, reposted comments urging "armies" to "dismantle" Israel and compared the war in Gaza with the Holocaust.

Dozens of anti-Israel posts reshared by the Malaysian businessman include several that advocate for Israel’s eradication, praise the proscribed terror group Hezbollah as "resistance fighters," and promote conspiracy theories that Israel "owns" the United States.

One of his reposts suggests that Israel has a 'plan' to conquer Arab nations, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iraq (GnasherJew/LinkedIn)[Missing Credit]

The stream of posts on Gnanalingam’s profile – which boasts nearly 12,000 followers – have been unearthed by investigative group GnasherJew and shared exclusively with the JC. All are reposts of content from other LinkedIn accounts, with none written by Gnanalingam’s himself

One repost on the club owner’s feed reads: “The State of Israel must be dismantled.” Another features a protest placard that states: “Brave Muslims of the world, what are you waiting for? Crush Zionism once and for all.” A separate post calls for the "Zi0 entity" to be dismantled and urges "#ArmiesToAqsa."

A separate repost depicts “Greater Israel,” and claims that the Jewish State has a “plan to conquer the Arab World.”

A post reshared by Gnanalingam on LinkedIn compares the IDF to Hamas (Photo: GnasherJew/LinkedIn)[Missing Credit]

Another declares, “Arabs wake-up so this will not [be] the future of your kids !!!!! Sionists [sic] have plans for more genocides !!!!!! Arabs need to be back [in] power in the world as they used to be, to stop them!!”

A further repost refers to the mob violence against Israeli football fans in Amsterdam last November, saying: “A pogrom?? Go f*** yourself.” 

"I am proud to see the complete & total rejection of fascist Nazi Zionism in our streets. There's an *actual* Zionist holocaust against Palestine right now & per usual, Zionists are committed to playing the victim.”

Gnanalingam also reposted a comment from anti-Zionist MP George Galloway about the “#GazaHolocaust” and shared an image that juxtaposed the “Jewish Holocaust” with a photo labelled “The Palestinian Holocaust – 2024.”

Another post reshared by Gnanalingam demands that "Arabs wake-up" (Photo: GnasherJew/LinkedIn)[Missing Credit]

In a similar vein, he also shared a post showing Anne Frank beside Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Gaza, and superimposing Rajab onto the cover of The Diary of Anne Frank.

And the club owner also shared conspiracy claims that Israel exerts control over the United States, citing American sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein as supposed evidence. “The US is totally owned by Israel,” one post reads, alleging that the US “did not pursue the Epstein Network, destroyed the evidence, killed the chief detective.” The post includes an image of Jeffrey and Ghislaine Epstein over a map of America.

A post reshared on Gnanalingam's profile called for the "Zio entity" to be dismantled (Photo: GnasherJew/LinkedIn)[Missing Credit]

Further posts reshared by Gnanalingam praise Hezbollah, proscribed by the UK as a terrorist organisation, as a "resistance movement whether you like it or not.”

The post states: "No rational person can now claim Hezbollah are the ‘terrorists’ in this conflict” and alleges that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) "snipes women and children" while Palestinian terrorists do not. It also accuses the IDF – not Hamas – of "targeting journalists, torturing prisoners, and using mass starvation," despite Palestinian terrorists taking some 251 hostages on October 7, 2023.

In response to the JC’s enquiry, Gnanalingam said that he regretted “any unintended distress” caused by the posts, and committed to “thoroughly vetting content before sharing it in the future."

One post on his social media stated that Israel 'owned' America (GnasherJew/LinkedIn)[Missing Credit]

He serves as the chair and managing director of Malaysia’s Westports Holdings port operator, is the director of Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC), president of the Kuala Lumpur Business Club, and is a member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council. He also chairs QPR’s charitable arm and sits on the advisory board of the “Inclusion Initiative” at the London School of Economics (LSE).

At LSE, Gnanalingam’s online profile states that he has “key expertise” in areas of “Diversity and inclusion".

In a statement to the JC, Gnanalingam explained, "My intention behind the reposts on LinkedIn was to highlight the devastating impact of this conflict on innocent children and to bring attention to the humanitarian crisis. I deeply value tolerance, diversity, and respect for all people, as my colleagues, employees, and friends will attest.”

He added: "I regret any unintended distress caused by the reposts and, upon reflection, recognise my responsibility as a public figure to more thoroughly vet content before sharing it in the future."

LSE and QPR have been approached for comment.