Being Jewish ‘never provocative’, says Home Office amid policing row

Being Jewish should never be a provocation, Home Office says - as Met Police apologises after threat to arrest antisemitism campaigner

Scotland Yard is twice forced to apologise after an officer used the term "openly Jewish" to describe an antisemitism activist, who was told his presence near a demonstration was "antagonising".

Being Jewish ‘should never be seen as provocative’, says Home Office

Statement comes after Met police apologised for calling antisemitism campaigner ‘openly Jewish’Being Jewish “should never be seen as provocative”, the government has said after a row over the policing of a pro-Palestine march.In a video released by Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), the charity’s chief executive, Gideon Falter, who was wearing a kippah skull cap, was told by a Met officer at a pro-Palestine march last Saturday: “You are quite …

Being Jewish 'never provocative', says Home Office amid police row

It comes after a Met Police officer threatened to arrest an antisemitism charity leader at a protest.

Being Jewish ‘never provocative’, says Home Office amid policing row

The Government said it welcomed the Met’s apology after an officer described an antisemitism campaigner as ‘openly Jewish’.

Being Jewish ‘never provocative’, says Home Office amid policing row

The Government said it welcomed the Met’s apology after an officer described an antisemitism campaigner as ‘openly Jewish’.