Harry Fear is a self-styled “documentary maker and activist“.
What this means, in reality, is that he has filmed a number of interviews with anti-Israel activists, and on the subject of Islamophobia, and has uploaded the results to Youtube.
He also has a Facebook page, on which he publishes material on his two interests. As Gene notes below, he has mis-spelled “Trayvon” (Martin) as “Trayvorn”
Earlier this month, Harry Fear wrote the following letter to John Howell MP, who represents Henley on Thames.
To: John HOWELL <john.howell.mp@parliament.uk>
Subject: Recent attacks: Israel & Gaza
Date: 10 March 2012 17:24:11 GMTDear John Howell MP,
What is your position with regard to the recent military assaults on parts of the Gaza Strip (UN: Palestinian Territories) by the state of Israel (Hague: “important [UK] ally”)?
What actions are you taking to see that Israel halts the military actions that are taking place in defiance of international law and basic human decency?
Only a few hours ago Israel felt it necessary to inflict this destruction and death on the Strip:
I look forward to your reply.
Regards,
Harry Fear
Constituency resident, of XXXXX Road, XXXXX, OxfordshireP.S.: This is an open letter
This photograph dates from 2009, and is unrelated to the events of this month.
The MP replied as follows:
Date: 10 March 2012 21:51:12 GMT
And what is your position Harry on the 100 rockets which have landed in Israel over the weekend?
John Howell OBE MP
Member of Parliament for Henley
House of Commons
London, SW1A 0AA
Mr Fear objected to this answer. He therefore made a complaint to Parliament and also to the Conservative Party. He then urged his readers to write to the Member of Parliament:
Considering we are talking about the lives lost of innocent children and the possibility of further death and destruction, I was utterly flabbergasted to receive this inhumane reply from my constituency MP.
If you have time, please email John Howell MP, civilly expressing your discontent with his conduct.
Harry Fear’s friends followed his suggestion. This is what happened next:
A British MP says he fears for his life after receiving death threats for defending Israel in an exchange with a constituent.
The Conservative MP for Henley, John Howell, has been offered police protection for meetings with voters after an email exchange with the constituent was posted online.
He has also been forced to remove the details of his district offices from his website.
Constituents who want to meet him must now call a constituent hotline.
…
The Conservative MP said he received around 30 emails; some were “worrying.”
“There are a huge number of emails from pro-Palestinian and Arab fanatics, some from the UK and some clearly not, some equally threatening,” Howell said.
One email said: “You will suffer the consequences of this corruption and callousness.”
There was also a series of emails from some calling himself “Jihad Alshamie,” who told him: “It is people like you who deserve to die.”
“The last thing I want to appear as is a drama queen, but you have to take seriously a threat when it says, ‘I would like to see you dead,’” Howell said.
“It is not just a question of me, it is my family and my staff. All it takes is one person out there who is weird enough, with a distorted view of life, to make an attempt to carry this out.”
Time was, that you could have laughed off frightening threats from Islamist groups, and those obsessed by the Israel-Palestine conflict.
In the aftermath of Toulouse, and the stabbing of Stephen Timms MP by Roshonara Choudhry, he is wise to take these precautions.
UPDATE
If you want the measure of Harry Fear, have a look at the video that he posted on 23 March on his Facebook wall:
Princess Diana was going to start campaigning for Palestine, according to Annie Machon. Annie Machon is a former MI5 officer who blew the whistle on a false flag operation. She was involved in surveillance of Princess Diana and would obviously have unique insight into the methodology of the intelligence services. Her views are well worth listening to.
Annie Machon is the ex-girlfriend of David Shayler, formerly of MI5, and now the reincarnation of Jesus. She makes a living from this sort of stuff.
