NUS election candidate under fire after reposting antisemitic conspiracy thread
Student union president standing for NUS vice-president shared thread containing antisemitic conspiracy claims about Israel, Mossad and the Rothschild family
A candidate in the upcoming elections for the National Union of Students (NUS) has come under scrutiny after reposting a social media thread containing antisemitic conspiracy claims.
Nasir Mohammed, president of City St George’s Students’ Union, is standing as a candidate for vice-president for higher education in the NUS elections.
Screenshots circulating online show Mohammed reposting the opening message of a thread on X by another user.
The thread includes a series of claims alleging that Israel was responsible for major global events and promotes conspiracy theories involving the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and the Rothschild family.
One post in the thread states: “Iran didn’t kill JFK. Iran didn’t do 9/11. Iran didn’t employ Epstein. Iran didn’t attack the USS Liberty. Iran didn’t steal nukes from America. Iran didn’t tell Americans that Iraq had WMDs. Iran didn’t commit a genocide in Palestine. Israel did.”
Another post claims: “This is the power of Israeli Mossad’s Epstein Blackmail network & Rothschild’s desire to install their aligned central banking. Presidents are puppets!”
A further message in the thread alleges: “America is controlled by Zionist PDFs. They’re a t e & r a’ ed American kids… And now they’re telling you to support bombing Iran for Israeli interests.”
Mohammed shared the first post of the thread on his account.
Responding to the posts, Louis Danker, president of the Union of Jewish Students (UJS), said: “We think the candidates calling themselves the ‘Do Better NUS’ slate may need a little self-reflection.
“Nasir has reposted virulent antisemitism, and Jewish students have lost all confidence in his candidacy.”
Danker called on other candidates running alongside Mohammed to distance themselves from him and take action.
“We expect action from the other candidates running – publicly condemn the antisemitic post, distance yourself from Nasir’s candidacy, apologise to Jewish students and publicly commit to upholding the IHRA definition,” he said.
In a statement posted on Instagram, Mohammed said he had shared the first slide of the thread without reading the rest of the posts.
“Following the start of the imperialist war against Iran, in my disgust at the war crimes being committed by America and Israel, I hastily shared some other people’s posts on the story of this Instagram account,” he wrote.
“However, there was one post that I shared the first slide of without reading the rest of the slides. After reviewing the rest of the slides, I am distraught to see that they engaged in antisemitic tropes, conspiracy theories and libel that I do not in anyway agree with.”
Mohammed added: “Antisemitism is a scourge and I (am) committed to opposing it (where) it rears its ugly, shameful head.
“I apologise for any harm my sharing of these posts has caused, and for the current future, will only be focusing on posts from myself, SU elections and other NUS candidates on this Instagram so that I can be certain that there is no promotion of beliefs that I not only do not hold but am vehemently opposed to.
“Just as I want the NUS to Do Better. I will Do Better also.”
A spokesperson for NUS said “A complaint has been made and it is being investigated. We have robust policies around our candidate code of conduct and these will be followed. We take complaints seriously and are committed to ensuring all candidates uphold our code of conduct.”
The issue arises as the NUS continues efforts to rebuild relations with Jewish students following the independent Tuck report, which found serious problems with antisemitism within parts of the organisation.
Jewish News has contacted City St George’s Students’ Union for comment.
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