Britain has granted asylum and citizenship to a man identified as an operative for the militant group Hamas, who was later arrested in Germany on suspicion of plotting an anti-Semitic attack, according to an investigation by The Sunday Times.
The individual, referred to as "Mr. X" for legal reasons, reportedly arrived in the UK over a decade ago. His father was a high-ranking Hamas official, and he himself had previously been arrested in Egypt for smuggling weapons into Gaza. Despite this background, British officials granted him asylum, citizenship, and social housing.
In November of the previous year, Mr. X was arrested in Germany. German authorities described him as an "essential" figure in a plot to carry out a massacre of Jews in Germany and Austria, an operation allegedly overseen by senior Hamas figures. A British judge subsequently granted Mr. X anonymity for 100 years in relation to separate criminal charges he faces in the UK, a move that The Sunday Times is challenging.
This case is not isolated, the report suggests. Muhammad Sawalha, described as a former Hamas leader in the West Bank, reportedly came to the UK in the 1990s and remains there. According to a U.S. indictment, Sawalha has continued to work for Hamas and participated in discussions about "revitalizing" terrorist acts against Israel.
The article also points to a recent incident where five individuals arrested near a Royal Air Force (RAF) airbase on suspicion of ties to Iran were released on bail within hours. Furthermore, Britain has reportedly granted asylum to members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The author contends that such policies endanger British Jews and women by allowing individuals with extremist ties into the country, a stance that has led to the UK being colloquially referred to as "Londonistan." The report suggests that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) now prohibits its young citizens from studying in the UK due to concerns about radicalization on campuses.
The piece concludes by stating that the primary duty of a state is to protect its citizens by fortifying borders and excluding dangerous ideologues, arguing that Britain has failed in this task by "suicidally" indulging Islamism, which the author identifies as a major threat to the West.