A London fundraiser for IDF-reservists from the Technion in Haifa was moved yesterday following employees of the Apollo Theater, where the fundraiser was set to take place, refusal to work. The employees willing to work the event were doxxed, with their private email addresses forwarded to a radical Muslim individual from outside the company who sent threatening messages.
JPost Staff that had been willing to work the event received threatening emails, leading to the decision to relocate the fundraiser.
The fundraiser, hosted by British author and prominent commentator on the Gaza war, Douglas Murray, was moved to St. John’s Wood Synagogue at 2 pm on the day of the event. Despite the last minute, Murray said that the event amassed an audience of almost 1,000 people.
Following the event, Murray posted on X: Wonderful event to a capacity audience in London. Shame on the Apollo Theatre for bowing to the mob. But London’s Jews will not be intimidated and neither will I.”
Alan Aziz, chief executive of Technion UK, told Jewish News that “The Apollo told us that they had struggled to put together enough staff to work in the evening, but that eventually, they did have a working crew.” The employees willing to work “received threatening emails and told the management that they no longer wanted to work,” Aziz told the source.
Despite the event’s last-minute move, Aziz said that “The Apollo were very understanding and apologised. They did everything possible to try to make it work.”
It was later revealed by Murray over X, while quoting a post by Britain’s Islamic media 5Pillars, that the event had been protested by a number of pro-Palestinian individuals. The protesters had apparently demonstrated outside the wrong theater, Murray claimed.
“Douglas Murray is using his platform to fundraise for the IDF who are nothing but baby killers!”
Protestors turned up outside Nimax Theatres in central London this evening where Douglas Murray was due to host an event to fundraise for the IDF.
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— 5Pillars (@5Pillarsuk) February 4, 2024
Despite attempts to damage the impact of the fundraiser, Murray shared an X post claiming that the event had been more successful thanks to the “free advertising space” provided by 5Pillars journalist Dilly Hussain. Hussain made headlines last year after claiming that “all Israelis should be pogromed in reaction to the scenes at Dagestan airport in October.”
In addition to calling for protests, Hussain denied Murray’s and Aziz’s claims that staff willing to work had been doxxed and threatened, instead claiming they all refused to work.
Daniel Erbstoesser says
The courage and determination that Doug showes here is what many should copy.