Scotland Yard Defends War Crimes Investigation and Deny It Impacts on Policing London

Published on January 5, 2024

The Metropolitan Police has hit back at criticism of its role in investigating war crimes in the Israel-Hamas conflict and has insisted it does not impact on its normal policing of crime in London. The former prime minister, Boris Johnson, told the Telegraph this week he was concerned about “the worrying politicisation” of Britain’s biggest police force after it emerged posters, written in Hebrew and Arabic, were put up at Heathrow airport urging people who had been in “Israel/Palestinian territories” and had witnessed “terrorism, war crimes or crimes against humanity” to report it to the Met. Mr. Johnson said, “This sounds like a worrying politicisation of the Met Police, especially after Met officers were seen tearing down posters of Israeli hostages in Gaza (in October).”...

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