A SENIOR Israeli diplomat has been seen and photographed with zionist protesters defending a Manchester shop picketed by Palestine supporters, the Morning Star can reveal.
Israeli Ministry for Foreign Affairs adviser Ishmael Khaldi was recognised by an activist who had seen a video of him in Edinburgh, where students chased him from Edinburgh University campus, at which he had been due to speak.
Kedem in King Street, Manchester, sells cosmetics using minerals from the Dead Sea in Palestine and has been picketed daily for the last two weeks by protestors against Israel’s assault on Gaza.
“Khaldi was originally in the shop talking to the manager, then he came out and stayed for around 45 minutes,” said Terry Gallogly of York Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
“I told Ishmael I knew he was an Israeli diplomat. He asked how I had recognised him and I explained that I had seen the video of him being booted out of Edinburgh University.