A man has been charged with an anti-Semitic hate crime (Image: UGC)
A MAN has been charged with an anti-Semitic hate crime over comments alleged to have been made during a speech at a pro-Palestine protest.
West Yorkshire Police said Hichem Ben-Abdallah, 65, of Moorland Avenue, Gildersome, was charged with racially/religiously aggravated harassment by words or writing in relation to a speech made during opposing protests outside Leeds Art Gallery on May 11 this year.
He was arrested on May 18 after West Yorkshire Police received complaints in relation to comments he was alleged to have made, said a force spokesperson.
Ben-Abdallah was charged today and is due to appear at Leeds Magistrates' Court on September 17.
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