Prominent journalist and author Sarah Helm has spoken "common sense" on Palestine Action, according to Zack Polanski, the Green Party leader. Helm has remained defiant after pro-Israel groups urged the Metropolitan Police to investigate her over an X post backing Sally Rooney, the Irish author whose books are being withdrawn from the UK market over her support for Palestine Action. Helm is the wife of Jonathan Powell, who served as former prime minister Keir Starmer's adviser on national security, foreign policy,…
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Prominent journalist and author Sarah Helm has spoken "common sense" on Palestine Action,…: Prominent journalist and author Sarah Helm has spoken "common sense" on Palestine Action, according to Zack Polanski, the Green Party leader.
Helm has remained defiant after pro-Israel groups urged the Metropolitan Police to invest…: Helm has remained defiant after pro-Israel groups urged the Metropolitan Police to investigate her over an X post backing Sally Rooney, the Irish author whose books are being withdrawn from the UK market over her support for Palestine Actio
Helm is the wife of Jonathan Powell, who served as former prime minister Keir Starmer's a…: Helm is the wife of Jonathan Powell, who served as former prime minister Keir Starmer's adviser on national security, foreign policy, and intelligence, and remained in the role when Burnham became prime minister.
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Prominent journalist and author Sarah Helm has remained defiant after pro-Israel groups urged the Metropolitan Police to investigate her over an X post backing Sally Rooney, the Irish author whose books are being withdrawn from the UK market over her support of Palestine Action.
Helm is the wife of Jonathan Powell, who served as former prime minister Keir Starmer's adviser on national security, foreign policy and intelligence - and remained in the role when Burnham become prime minister.
Responding to the journalist Adam Boulton, who on Sky News on Thursday criticised Rooney and accused her of taking a "very strong pro-Palestine, and, I have to say, anti-Israel and anti-Jewish stance", Helm posted: "God help us authors who support Palestine and Palestine Action. Sounds like Adam would have all our books swept off the shelves in a jiffy."
Campaign Against Antisemitism, a group that has been accused of targeting critics of Israel, called on the police to investigate Helm and make her "face the full force of the law".
But Green Party leader Zack Polanski told Middle East Eye: "Sarah Helm is speaking absolute common sense and should be commended for her bravery.
A seriously ill British man living in Sweden has been forced into hiding amid fears he will be deported as a result of a government Brexit residency error. Mark Smith, 60, who has had heart attacks, strokes, severe headaches, and chronically high blood pressure, was told on the phone he should leave Sweden by October 17th as he was an "alien" without permission to stay. Terrified of deportation, Smith and his wife have moved out of their home in Falkenberg, in south-west Sweden, to a caravan park.
Katie Zacharia, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, was fired moments after agreeing to a private meeting with former NFL player and author JD Vance, sparking outrage over the ethics of high-level political appointments.
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