By: Ariella Haviv

British activist and anti-illegal immigration campaigner Tommy Robinson met in Israel this week with renowned Israeli journalist and Arab affairs expert Tzvi Yechezkeli, whose groundbreaking undercover work more than a decade ago exposed the inner workings of Muslim Brotherhood networks across Europe. The meeting came during Robinson’s visit to Israel at the invitation of Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, underscoring the deepening dialogue between European critics of radical Islam and Israeli experts who have long warned of its political ambitions.

According to a report that appeared on Sunday at VIN News, the two met in Jerusalem to discuss what Yechezkeli described as “a slow and deliberate campaign” by Islamist movements to reshape European society from within. Drawing on his years of field reporting, Yechezkeli warned Robinson that much of Europe remains dangerously oblivious to the ideological depth of this movement, which, he said, often masks its radical objectives behind a façade of tolerance, multiculturalism, and charitable work.

“Islam is using the guise of friendliness and civility to strike deep roots in European countries,” Yechezkeli told Robinson, according to the VIN News report. “They are not merely preaching religion—they are preaching political Islam, an ideology that seeks to dominate, not coexist.”

The VIN News report noted that Robinson’s trip to Israel—his first in several years—was initiated by Minister Amichai Chikli, who has repeatedly stressed the need for Western nations to learn from Israel’s experience in confronting ideological extremism. Robinson, known for his vocal opposition to illegal immigration and Islamist radicalization in Britain, has long argued that Western democracies have failed to grasp the scale of the threat posed by political Islam.

His meeting with Yechezkeli—himself a respected voice on Arab and Islamist affairs—was described in the VIN News report as “an exchange of two minds deeply familiar with the ideological patterns of extremism.” The discussion reportedly focused on the Muslim Brotherhood’s penetration of European institutions, including local councils, NGOs, and educational systems, all under the pretext of cultural representation and humanitarian activity.

“What we see in Europe today is not a clash of civilizations—it’s a quiet takeover,” Yechezkeli said in remarks quoted in the VIN News report. “These groups are patient. They are methodical. They do not need to use violence when they can achieve their goals through infiltration and influence.”

As VIN News reminded readers, Yechezkeli rose to international prominence in 2011 when his Channel 10 investigative series sent him undercover into Muslim communities across Europe. Posing as a convert to Islam, he embedded himself in mosques, social centers, and Islamic charities in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden—countries he described as “sleepwalking into Islamization.”

His findings revealed that many organizations outwardly engaged in humanitarian or interfaith activities were, in reality, part of a coordinated network aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood, committed to spreading Islam’s political rule through nonviolent means.

The Brotherhood, founded in Egypt in 1928, has long maintained a dual strategy: preaching civic moderation while quietly advancing an ideological agenda that seeks the eventual replacement of secular governance with Islamic law. Yechezkeli’s documentation of their activities offered one of the first tangible proofs of how this strategy had taken root across Western Europe—long before the migrant crises and terror waves that would later destabilize the continent.

“Europe has been infiltrated not through armies, but through ideas,” Yechezkeli told Robinson, as reported by VIN News. “They come with a smile, but their textbooks, sermons, and internal meetings all point to one goal: transforming Europe from within.”

According to the information provided in the VIN News report, both Robinson and Yechezkeli discussed how the Brotherhood’s presence in Europe differs from that of more overtly militant groups like ISIS or Al-Qaeda. The Brotherhood, Yechezkeli explained, operates through a strategy of gradualism, promoting community influence, financial power, and political legitimacy in place of direct confrontation.

While many of its affiliated organizations run schools, mosques, and welfare programs, the ideological foundation remains the same: that Islam is not merely a religion but a comprehensive system meant to govern every aspect of life—including politics.

“They don’t need guns when they can win through democracy,” Yechezkeli remarked, according to the VIN News report. “They establish charities, they open dialogue centers, and slowly they dominate the local Muslim narrative—eventually controlling how entire communities vote and think.”

Robinson, who has long warned of what he calls “parallel societies” developing in the United Kingdom, reportedly expressed deep concern at how closely Yechezkeli’s findings mirror trends in British cities such as Birmingham, Luton, and Bradford.

“You have documented exactly what I have witnessed,” Robinson told Yechezkeli, as reported by VIN News. “The problem is that when we try to expose it in the West, we’re called racists or Islamophobes instead of being taken seriously.”

During their discussion, Yechezkeli emphasized that Europe’s current predicament is not irreversible—but only if political leaders act swiftly and decisively. He warned that the longer governments continue to confuse cultural tolerance with ideological appeasement, the harder it will be to preserve the continent’s democratic and national identities.

“Europe must wake up before it is too late,” Yechezkeli said, echoing what the VIN News report described as his enduring message to Western policymakers. “This is not about religion—it’s about ideology. It’s about the use of democratic freedoms to destroy democracy from within.”

He pointed to Israel as a model for balancing democratic governance with strong national defense against ideological subversion. In Israel, he noted, state authorities closely monitor foreign-funded religious and political organizations that may act as proxies for radical movements.

“Israel understands that defending its identity is not bigotry—it’s survival,” Yechezkeli explained, according to the report at VIN News. “Europe must learn to do the same.”

For Yechezkeli, Israel’s experience provides a laboratory of lessons for Europe. As the VIN News report observed, the Jewish state has spent decades navigating the delicate boundary between religious freedom and national security. In his view, Europe’s unwillingness to enforce similar boundaries has created a vacuum that Islamist ideologues are exploiting.

Meanwhile, Robinson, who has faced legal challenges and widespread criticism in the U.K. for his anti-immigration campaigns, appeared visibly moved by Yechezkeli’s insights. VIN News reported that he expressed admiration for Israel’s clarity in defending its borders, its identity, and its people.

“In Britain, the truth has been silenced by political correctness,” Robinson told VIN News. “But here in Israel, people speak openly about protecting their nation—and they do it unapologetically. That’s something we’ve lost in Europe.”

The meeting between Robinson and Yechezkeli was more than a conversation between two outspoken figures—it was a symbolic convergence of perspectives on a growing ideological crisis facing Western democracies. Both men share the belief that unchecked Islamist infiltration—whether violent or nonviolent—poses an existential threat to Europe’s future.

For Yechezkeli, the issue is not about religion, ethnicity, or migration, but about ideological subversion masked as cultural coexistence. For Robinson, it is about defending Western civilization’s core values before they are eroded beyond recognition.

As the VIN News report noted, their message to Europe is urgent and unmistakable: wake up now, or risk losing your identity forever.