The Met and Britain’s imperial double standard
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THE Metropolitan Police has said that it will not even investigate 10 British nationals accused of war crimes in Gaza. More than 2,000 British citizens travelled to Israel to join the occupation’s military during the Gaza genocide, according to data released by the IDF. Many have since returned to Britain.In April 2025, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and the Public Interest Law Centre delivered a detailed, 240-page legal dossier of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by 10 British citizens while fighting for the Israeli military in Gaza.

In April 2025, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and the Public Interest Law Centre delivered a detailed, 240-page legal dossier of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by 10 British citizens while fighting for the Israeli military in Gaza.

The dossier’s allegations include targeted killings of civilians and aid workers, indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas, attacks on hospitals and protected sites and the forced transfer and displacement of civilians.

More than 70 legal and human rights experts supported the referral. The Metropolitan Police has declined to do anything with it.

Imperial violence is rarely sustained by one perpetrator alone. It requires the soldier, the minister, the arms pipeline, the intelligence channel, the diplomatic cover and, at the end of the chain, the institution willing to say that no investigation will take place.