Greens accused of picking candidates who call for more 'compassion' despite brazenly promoting Jewish slurs

By TOM KELLY, INVESTIGATIONS EDITOR and NATALIE LISBONA - MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENT Published: 22:26, 26 April 2026 | Updated: 22:26, 26 April 2026 The Greens were on Sunday accused of choosing local election candidates who boast of 'compassion' despite openly promoting 'abhorrent' anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. Prospective councillors selected to stand in next month's polls include those who have claimed Jews and Zionists were behind the 9/11 terror attacks, that they 'love genocide' and are 'cockroaches'. Ironically, some also boast in campaign leaflets about 'compassion in action' and 'safe and inclusive communities'. The shocking revelations come as the Greens are expected to make huge gains in council seats next month. Aziz Hakimi, a civil engineer and local businessman, was selected to stand for the Greens in Camden, north London, despite reposting content blaming 'Zionists' for the terror attacks on the World Trade Centre in 2001 and posting support for Hamas in 2018. He also shared a post claiming that arson attacks on four Jewish charity ambulances last month were a 'false flag'.  Richard Olszewski, Camden council's Labour leader, called Mr Hakimi's posts 'abhorrent' and was appalled he'd been selected by the Greens.  Raja Ateeq, standing in Walsall, talks in his election flyer of 'compassion'. But after the October 7 attacks, the travel company salesman posted: 'Finally Muslim countries are being united' and referred to 'Jewish cockroaches'. The Greens were on Sunday accused of choosing local election candidates who boast of 'compassion' despite openly promoting 'abhorrent' anti-Semitic conspiracy theories Pictured: Green Party leader Zack Polanski attended a campaign event at Gorton and Denton in February Raja Ateeq, standing in Walsall, (pictured) talks in his election flyer of 'compassion' After the October 7 attacks, the travel company salesman posted: 'Finally Muslim countries are being united' and referred to 'Jewish cockroaches' Feda Shahin, a candidate in Bournemouth, falsely claimed that in the Soviet Union 'the Zionists killed 20 million Christians' and that they 'love genocide'.  Green Party campaign literature describes how she 'cares deeply about social fairness' and 'a safe, inclusive community'. After being selected in Lambeth, south London, it emerged that charity boss Saiqa Ali had previously posted 'England has a government overrepresented with Zionists'. Another post from 2024 showed a snake with the Israeli flag printed on its skin wrapping itself around the globe. She wrote: 'It's time to cut the head of this snake. #FreePalestine.' A spokesman for the Campaign Against Antisemitism urged the Greens to 'expel those peddling dangerous conspiracies'.  Ms Ali has since quit as a Green candidate. She said: 'I unequivocally reject anti-Semitism in all its forms.' A Green Party spokesman said it was 'investigating' the comments which, in Mr Hakimi's case, it discovered after candidate nominations had closed, and that both his and Mr Ateeq's posts were being removed She added: 'These examples don't represent the views of the Green Party.'  Mr Hakimi was contacted for comment. No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.