Police say critique of non-Jewish Mirren’s politics ‘hate’ but ignore actual hate

The Met Police is investigating a clip of an anti-genocide protester criticising actor Helen Mirren’s Zionism as a hate crime. Mirren is a supporter of Israel and who wants it to last “for eternity”, but is not Jewish. Zionism is a political ideology – one that is intrinsically racist, ethno-supremacist and, as shown everywhere around Israel, murderous.

 

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Mirren is not ethnically Jewish and is on record describing herself as an atheist. Contrary to media and pro-Israel narratives, many Jews are not Zionist. In fact, within a few years a majority of UK Jews will belong to communities that vehemently reject it, even leaving aside the horrors of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Met Police: See no evil — but call good ‘hate’

Meanwhile, the Met Police continues to ignore hate crimes against Muslims and Palestinians and their supporters — and even actual war crimes by British supporters of Israel. The force actively “peddles falsehoods” about the anti-genocide movement while turning a blind eye to the foulest racism spouted by far-right hate-marchers. Met Commissioner Mark Rowley has still not withdrawn his outright lies about peace march organisers trying to march near synagogues.

In the UK under politicians, lobbyists and enforcers that adhere to racist ideologies, good and evil all too easily – in fact routinely – have become inverted. White, privileged actors suffer ‘hate’, while actual hate directed at oppressed and murdered minorities drifts by ignored. And those who try to turn reality the right way up again are demonised as the problem.

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