The man who was filmed verbally abusing a Palestinian Al Jazeera journalist in North London is a serving Met Police special constable and apparent fan of “Tel Aviv Tommy” Robinson.
The Al Jazeera film crew were harassed while reporting on the burning of four community ambulances in Golders Green on 23 March. The destroyed vehicles belonged to the Jewish emergency volunteer service, Hatzola.
The authorities are treating the ambulance attack as an antisemitic hate crime.
Declassified UK have now revealed that the vocal member of the angry mob filmed haranguing the film crew is none other than Special Constable David Soffer.
SCOOP: Man filmed in Al Jazeera ‘intimidation’ mob is a serving Metropolitan Police officer@declassifiedUK has identified him as Special Constable David Soffer.
He was filmed calling a Palestinian journalist a “dog” and telling him to “go back to Qatar”. pic.twitter.com/RQeiFb52a8
— Martin Williams (@martinrw) March 26, 2026
Declassified reported that:
David Soffer – who also runs a reputation management firm according to records filed at Companies House – is seen making his way to the centre of the mob and insulting the cameraman.
A prolific user of X/Twitter, Soffer has publicly expressed his support for Israel.
The outlet said Soffer’s online footprint also suggests support for British fascist Tommy Robinson:
In 2024, the far-right activist Tommy Robinson posted an image on Twitter saying “Fuck Palestine”, adding: “The shithole is full of inbred Islamist parasites and terrorists.”
Soffer responded, saying that Robinson “is telling the truth” and that Israel will “justly finish” the war in Gaza.
Soffer verbally abuses the journalists in the footage. He calls one Palestinian journalist a “dog” and a “donkey” in Arabic and says “Go back to Qatar.”
The Met Police told Declassified UK:
We are aware that an off duty serving Met officer was involved in the altercation. The matter has been referred to the Department of Professional Standards for assessment.
Tommy fanboy cop
Journalist Matt Kennard said it’s easy to imagine the reaction if the roles were flipped:
Imagine if a Muslim off-duty police officer called a Jewish Chronicle reporter a “dog” and told them to “go back to Tel Aviv”
Would be front-page of every major newspaper. Starmer would have to make a statement. Let’s see if it’s even covered at all when it’s this way round… https://t.co/fCv7K4RpNd
— Matt Kennard (@kennardmatt) March 26, 2026
Other users have pointed to the Met police constable’s past appearances on white supremacist channel, GB News, which he also proudly advertises on his LinkedIn.
Seems like he’s also appeared on GB news pic.twitter.com/jCsaNjyi27
— mc (@mc8119551355572) March 26, 2026
The Met previously said of the altercation:
We’re aware of the footage showing the verbal altercation between local residents and journalists.
Freedom of the press is important and journalists must be able to do their job without being subject to intimidation or harassment.
Officers did intervene but we recognise that there was an extended period where the journalists were put in a difficult situation which led them to leave the area. Officers on duty in the area have been asked to be alert to any similar altercations in the coming days.
As the Canary wrote on 24 March, the British establishment quickly weaponised the ambulance attack against British Muslims—despite there being no evidence at the time of who carried it out:
With depressing predictability, politicians are using the antisemitic Golders Green arson as an excuse to roll out Islamophobic rhetoric. Never mind the fact that we have no idea who carried out the attack – the knee-jerk bigotry is already in full swing.
Now we know one of the most abusive members of the 23 March mob was a Tommy Robinson-supporting serving cop. The Met need to come down like a ton of bricks. We don’t hold our breath though.
Featured image via GB News, YouTube Channel
By Joe Glenton
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