Buckinghamshire magistrate reprimanded over Facebook posts on Israel

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Oct, 11:02 · Archive

A Buckinghamshire magistrate has been reprimanded for serious misconduct over Facebook posts about Jewish people and Israel.

A Buckinghamshire magistrate, Ansar Gulzar, has been reprimanded for serious misconduct over Facebook posts concerning Jewish people and Israel. The Judicial Conduct Investigations Office investigated four posts published between June 2025 and January 2026, finding they expressed views on highly controversial political matters and had the potential to cause emotional harm and undermine public confidence in the judiciary.

Mr Gulzar stood as a Labour candidate in Aylesbury South West at the May 2025 Buckinghamshire Council elections, receiving 413 votes but failing to secure a seat. He was publicly backed during the campaign by Aylesbury MP Laura Kyrke-Smith, who described him as 'fantastic' in a Facebook post on 25 March 2025.

The disciplinary investigation followed a complaint by UK Lawyers for Israel, which raised concerns about posts it considered antisemitic and incompatible with the impartiality expected of a magistrate. Among the posts highlighted was one published on 2 October 2025, following a terrorist attack at a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur in which two Jewish people were killed. In it, Mr Gulzar wrote: 'My thoughts and prayers are with the victims of Manchester. Every life matters. Question bothering me is why there is always an attack on a Jewish person when Israel wants to divert media attention?' According to UKLFI, another post suggested Americans were slaves to Israel.

How it is being reported

• Magistrate who stood for Aylesbury seat at council election reprimanded for antisemitic Facebook postsA Buckinghamshire magistrate who stood for an Aylesbury seat during his campaign for election to the county council has been reprimanded for serious misconduct over Facebook posts concerning Jewish people and Israel.Bucks Herald · 15 Oct, 10:24
• Labour-backed Bucks magistrate reprimanded for serious misconduct over Facebook postsA Buckinghamshire magistrate backed by Labour MP Laura Kyrke-Smith has been reprimanded for serious misconduct over Facebook posts about Jewish people and Israel.Bucks Free Press · 14 Oct, 16:56

In this story: Ansar Gulzar · Laura Kyrke-Smith · UK Lawyers for Israel · Buckinghamshire · Aylesbury · Manchester

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