Father Mark Rowles admitted three counts of sending menacing or offensive messages using the Telegram app in May and June last year.

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Rowles was arrested during an investigation by counter-terror police into extreme right wing activity using social media apps.

Rowles wrote offensive messages about Muslims, including a message where he said “bomb mosques”.

In one expletive-filled message which included an extreme racial slur, he wrote, “they should all be strung up or shot”.

The court was told he described himself in an online profile as a 16-year-old skinhead neo-Nazi and a loner.

His profile photo was of a young white man wearing a face covering, there was a German flag and the words “right hand path always”.

An injured Palestinian child, Yousef Al-Bayouk, weeps over his brothers, Moath and Moataz, who were killed in Israeli strikes, at their funeral in the southern Gaza Strip on May 15, 2025. (Reuters photo)

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The specific protocol, known as the Israel Leahy Vetting Forum, involves higher-level US officials and a lengthier process aimed at reviewing incidents allegedly involving Israeli occupation forces.

Under regular circumstances, a single objection from an official is adequate to halt assistance, but the process for Israel requires consensus from a working group, which includes representatives from pro-Israel entities within the US government. This has created a system where, to date, no Israeli military unit has been denied US assistance despite evidence of human rights abuses.

The Biden administration has faced criticism for its decision not to suspend aid to Israeli units that have been linked to gross human rights violations, including a case involving the death of Omar Assad, a 78-year-old American citizen who died after being detained by Israeli forces. The Israeli military later described the incident as a “moral failure and poor decision-making” by the soldiers involved.