Satvinder Juss promoted comments claiming that Zionism was originally a Christian movement and that “money and improper influence” had led to the “promotion of Israeli interests above our own”
April 29, 2025 16:37
A Labour candidate standing in a Jewish area reposted a series of controversial messages about Zionism, Israel and the West, the JC can reveal.
Labour’s candidate for the Watling ward in Radlett, Hertfordshire, in next week’s local elections Satvinder Juss promoted comments including claims that Zionism is a “white supremacist project”.
One post shared by Juss, who is also a professor of human rights law at King’s College London, stated: “Zionism began as a Christian (not Jewish), white supremacist, imperialist project and continues to function as such. An enemy can only be defeated if you know its origins and functions.”
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Another alleged that Israeli influence had affected British foreign policy, saying: “Money, improper influence + promotion of Israeli interests above our own contributed to the destruction of UK’s independent foreign policy, undermined UNRWA, the UN + international law. All at expense of innocent Palestinians.”
Juss also reposted a claim on X that Zionists bombed Iraq to frighten Iraqi Jews into fleeing to Israel. In a video he shared, anti-Israel academic Professor Avi Shlaim said: “Israel claims to speak for all Jews around the world, but Zionism is an Ashkenazi thing, nothing to do with us.”
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And in a fourth repost, Juss shared a view that “the collective West is psychologically unprepared for a world in which it is not dominant”.
On his Facebook profile, he shared a video and an image featuring a misleading map suggesting that Palestine was an independent state before the foundation of Israel.
Juss shared the posts over a number of years across his social media profile, but there is no suggestion that he created the posts or made such claims personally.
After the JC approached Juss about his social media activity, he altered his settings on X to private.
Neither Juss nor the Labour Party responded to the paper’s request for comment.
