Antisemitic hate preacher David Icke banned from entering several European countries

The antisemitic hate preacher and conspiracy theorist David Icke has been banned from entering several European countries.

The two-year ban came prior to a planned demonstration in Amsterdam, which was scheduled to have taken place this Sunday, after Dutch immigration authorities told Mr Icke that “there are concrete indications that your arrival in the Netherlands poses a threat to public order.”

Following his ban, the rally was reportedly cancelled by the organisers.

Mr Icke’s ban reportedly includes 25 other countries due to it also applying to the EU’s visa-free Schengen area.

Last month, the organisers of the demonstration were called upon by Amsterdam’s mayor, police and prosecutor’s office to disinvite Mr Icke due to his “antisemitic and hurtful statements”.

In a video response uploaded to his website, Mr Icke said that he was “demonised” by “ultra-Zionist organisations”.

Mr Icke uses social media, his books and his stage performances to incite hatred. His preaching is so absurd that since the 1990s he has been dismissed as a crank, but because he is dismissed, there has been no major opposition to him and he has built up a following of thousands upon thousands of disciples whom he has persuaded to adamantly believe that the world is in the grip of a conspiracy run by the “Rothschild Zionists”. His repertoire includes conspiracy myths and tropes classified as antisemitic according to the International Definition of Antisemitism, adopted by the British Government. Campaign Against Antisemitism has successfully persuaded some venues to pull out of hosting his events.

After years of pressure from Campaign Against Antisemitism, Mr Icke was banned from most social media platforms.