Mothin Ali has become shrouded in further controversy after comments from his TikTok account were unearthed from October 8.
The Green Party councillor who shouted 'Allahu Akbar' after being elected has been revealed today as an accountant father-of-three who runs a family gardening blog - while describing Gaza as 'the world's biggest concentration camp'.
The campaigner, who runs a gardening YouTube channel with his wife and children, suggested that Hamas' atrocities were justified because 'Palestinians have the right to resist occupying forces'. He urged viewers to 'support the right of indigenous people to fight back'.
Advertisement The new councillor said: 'Every single person, every single people have a right to fight back, every single people have a right to live free of occupiers. 'That is what they did with the Native Americans, that is how they dehumanised them, that is what they did with the aboriginals, that is how they dehumanised them, that is what they did with the Africans, that is why they were able to take them as slaves.'
The Green Party politician started his TikTok account just before the war in Gaza began and has since then has frequently posted his ramblings on the subject He said his mission is to keep alive the culture and traditional growing techniques that have been passed down to him. His campaign at the local elections focused on anti-social behaviour, housing and community welfare, and community equality - according to the Green Party website
In February he created a video that branded a Jewish Rabbi 'this creep,' calling him a 'kind of animal,' an 'absolute low-life,' 'absolutely disgusting' and 'shameful,' and falsely claiming that he had deliberately attempted to 'kill women and children' in Gaza. Mr Ali declined to comment today when approached by MailOnline. The Green Party has been contacted for comment.
She said in her victory speech: 'This is for Gaza, this is for Palestine. You showed that they cannot take your vote for granted.' The Labour leader has faced calls to change his policy on Gaza to win back Muslim support and it is understood members of his shadow Cabinet will raise the issue with him again in the coming days.
James Johnson, co-founder of JL Partners and a former Downing Street pollster, said the places of most Muslim voters tended to already be in safe Labour seats so the protest votes might not have a huge effect. He said that with 'so many innocent people being killed I'm not surprised people have strong feelings about that'.
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