Ismail Patel

Ismail Patel (born 1962)[1] is a British optician, and founder of Friends of Al-Aqsa, an NGO based in Leicester.

He writes commentary for The Guardian,[4] The Independent,[5] Aljazeera English[6] and Arabian Business.

[9][10] He flew back to London Heathrow, and gave a press conference with Alex Harrison and Daniel Machover.

[11][12] Patel states he witnessed at extremely close range the shooting of two of the ten killed by the Israel Defense Forces in their raid at sea on the MV Mavi Marmara.

[13] He is the brother of Shockat Adam, the pro-Palestine independent MP for Leicester South since the 2024 United Kingdom general election.