London police were called to a pro-Palestine demonstration on Saturday after a speaker issued a call to “normalise massacres”.
El-Kurd later responded to backlash about his statement regarding the normalization of massacres on X, writing that he “would never say that.”
“I was clearly saying we shouldn’t be complacent, we shouldn’t normalize massacres,” he wrote. “Willfully distorting my words is an indication of your own bankruptcy. I’m allowed to misspeak. Also: idagf. Call the police! Write a Yelp review".
“Officers are aware of the remarks, the commentary surrounding them, and the subsequent statements issued by the speaker,” Metropolitan Police said. “They are assessing the matter and as part of that assessment will be seeking to speak to the individual concerned.”
The police say they will update the public on this matter in due time.
Despite claiming that he misspoke in that one instance, videos posted online show el-Kurd’s speech also directly called for Zionism to be extinguished from the world.
“Zionism is apartheid, it’s genocide, it’s murder, it’s a racist ideology rooted in settler expansion and racial domination, and we must root it out of the world,” el-Kurd said.
He continued: “We must de-Zionise because Zionism is a death cult, Zionism is indefensible.”
The thing is even if you believe he misspoke there is all the Zionist stuff. That was hate speech 100%. He literally wants me kicked out of my job. He said that institutions should be de-zionised plus how does he suggest Zionism is rooted out? I mean he normally talks about resistance fighters and supporters violent acts.
Personally I think he just said the normalise massacres thing because that is what he actually thinks by mistake. So rather than an error it is more like he slipped up