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Green Party’s deputy leader instrumental in hate campaign

THE former student chaplain at Leeds University has claimed that the deputy leader of the Green Party was instrumental in an antisemitic hate campaign against him.

Rabbi Zecharia Deutsch was called up as a reservist for a tour of duty with the Israel Defence Forces after the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023.

His role was to guard for food and ammunition convoys entering Gaza.

But when he returned to Leeds in February 2024, there was a tide of hate against him.

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