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Zack Polanski’s Jewish identity is being erased because his views are too leftwing | Owen Jones https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/06/zack-polanski-jewish-identity-leftwing-green-party-antisemitic-attacks-uk-press #ZackPolanski #GreenParty #Antisemitism #Politics #Palestine #TrevorPhillips #MelaniePhillips #Media #UkNews #WorldNews

Zack Polanski’s Jewish identity is being erased because he is leftwing

The leader of the Green party has faced antisemitic attacks, and yet his thoughts on the subject don’t count as far as the rightwing UK press is concerned, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian

PatternChaser May 4

"Lets remember that mass murderer Anders Breivik quoted #MelaniePhillips multiple times in his manifesto pic.twitter.com/jX1aIin3yb "

https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2026/05/03/polanski-is-inciting-hatred/

Genocide-denying Islamophobe says Polanski is 'inciting hatred'

In British media land, the government supporting a genocide is cool but Zack Polanski opposing it is 'inciting hatred'

Canary

Jonathan Emmesedi Dec 30

https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/alaa-abd-el-fattah-right-citizenship-v2035nq9j

>> At the heart of all this lies the issue of citizenship. In recent years, it’s come to be regarded as a right. But it’s not. It’s a privilege to be earned. <<

Melanie Phillips, commenting on the Alaa Abd el-Fattah case, does us the service of summarizing a core doctrine of the far right not just in the the UK but in the USA, France, Germany, and beyond.

Do I need to add this doctrine is hateful, smacking as it does of some of the worst regimes of the 20th century?

See also this post of mine: https://c.im/@jemmesedi/115804388079480934

#Citizenship #FarRight #RightWing #MelaniePhillips #AbdElFattah