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.

  • brewery@feddit.ukEnglish
    6·
    6 days ago

    It is disgraceful. They rightly came down like a ton of bricks on anybody who went to ISIS but here are documented cases of citizens committing war crimes and they can’t be bothered.

    Justice is only justice when it is applied equally and fairly

      • Maeve@kbin.earth
        2·
        6 days ago

        You’re welcome! I find myself sometimes wording things in a way that don’t quite carry what I intend and can be understood in the least generous way. I blame my upbringing in ignorance and realize I have to work to create better wording that more approximates my intended meaning and replace habitual use. I’m not saying that is or isn’t what happened, just that it’s my own experience.

        Thank you for continuing to bring important news to our awareness!

    • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      92·
      7 days ago

      MET police will stick their nose into anyone so much as holding up a Palestine banner. This is very much their job as well.

      • HelloThere@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        12·
        6 days ago

        Yeah, that’s not how anything works.

        The Met are unbelievably useless and corrupt, that’s completely true, but investigation of potential war crimes is the job of the CTP. For once the Met not getting involved is a good thing because they can’t fuck it up.

        This level of journalism from Morning Star is no surprise, but I expected more from Webbe.