A campaign group run by the brother of a pro-Palestinian MP helped organise a march through London that was planned as the Oct 7 massacre was taking place, The Telegraph can reveal.

Ismail Patel, whose brother is Shockat Adam, an independent MP for Leicester South, is the founder and chairman of the Friends of al-Aqsa (FOA) organisation.

Mr Adam does not use his last name, Patel.

FOA’s logo featured on a poster promoting the march – which took place on Oct 14 2023.

The poster, which was shared online, also featured the logos of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and Stop the War.

Mr Patel, a Leicester-based optician, allegedly met Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’s former political leader, in Gaza in 2012 and was pictured with him.

On Monday Oct 9 the FOA were among other groups who organised a demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in central London – just 48 hours after Hamas had launched its attack on Israel.

Videos of the protest, shared by Sky News, showed a celebratory atmosphere where activists danced and climbed lamp-posts carrying Palestinian flags.