Activist politician living on the dole found guilty of assaulting Jewish man at London supermarket protest plans to vigorously appeal conviction.
| Hold on to your hats, guys -- this one's got it all! |
An anti-Israel activist has this week been found guilty of assaulting a Jewish man at a London supermarket protest calling for a ban of Israeli produce.
| Start with your basic anti-Zionist misbehavior... |
Last August, Carole Swords, chairwoman of the Respect Party in the East London borough of Tower Hamlets,
| And she's a political henchwoman of the very describable George Galloway... |
attacked counter-protester Harvey Garfield after he allegedly stood in the way of her damaging Israeli goods at a Tesco supermarket in central London.
| But his existence prevented her from expressing herself fully. |
Garfield claimed that he was at the store to defend Israeli products from potential vandalism by protesters. "On the day, I heard about the supermarket protest and went along in order to inform the store and help identify the activists," he said.
Swords was found guilty on a public order offense and was given a conditional discharge by the City of London Magistrate's Court after she assaulted Garfield, knocking his glasses off.
She was ordered to pay £250 costs, and she offered to pay £1 a week because she is receiving state benefits.
| Let her work it off in a job suitable for a person of her demonstrated abilities -- sweeping streets, perhaps, or stuffing envelopes...and withdraw the benefits. |
According to the Respect Party, Swords will be "vigorously" appealing the charge.
In court, Swords accused Garfield of harassment but the court reviewed CCTV footage from the supermarket which revealed that Swords had used "threatening and abusive behavior to cause harassment."
| Whoops. One hopes no one actually said, "Liar, liar, pants on fire," aloud. |
The incident occurred after a protest by anti-Israel activists at an Ahava store in Covent Garden, central London.
Garfield was part of a group of counter-demonstrators targeting Israeli goods.
Garfield said that Swords had approached the staff at the grocery store and demanded to know why it stocked Israeli products. She was told to address any complaints to Tesco's head office. At that point she left the store but then returned, and after seeing Garfield, she swore at him and assaulted him.
| Sensing the possibility for mayhem... |
"As I turned to follow she stopped and said don't you f-- -ing follow me. Before I had a chance to answer she struck me in the face causing my glasses to fall off," Garfield said.
He said he then found a police officer who locked away her, and she spent 10 hours in jug.
He was accused of punching Swords, spitting in her face and calling her a Nazi and Paleostinian terrorist. "I was asked if I had suggested that she was a supporter of terrorism to which I said no but that I had photo of her in Gazoo standing behind Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, [leader Mahmoud] Zahar stating that Hamas is a proscribed terrorist organization by her majesty's government," Garfield said.
Swords is also an organizer of the Viva Paleostina group set up by former MP and anti- Israel activist  George Galloway
... a Brit embarrassment, not particularly honest, more fond of dictators and faceless myrmidons than he is of his native countrymen except at the peak of the election cycle ...
. In 2010, she took part in a convoy Gazoo where she met with Hamas leaders.
According to the popular London-based blog Harry's Place, Swords recently linked to a video of a Holocaust denier who states in the clip that Christian support for Israel shows that there is no longer any Christianity, only "Holocaustianity." Previously Swords had written on Facebook that Zionists are "cockroaches" who "hide in the dark and try to create havoc where they lay their eggs."
She also claimed on another entry that Israel is in control of the US and, according to Harry's Place, has linked to stories by Louis Farrakhan and a David Duke supporter.
| Checking off every item on the list, we continue... |
The blog has also shown that Swords liked a "Free Mohammed Hamid" page on Facebook. Hamid, according to Harry's Place, is a recruiter of faceless myrmidons in the UK.
| Just the kind of person one wants set free to walk the streets of London, don't you agree? |
Last July she told a Jewish counter demonstrator at another anti-Israel protest at the Ahava store that he should "go back to Russia." |