Formal complaint made about Met chief over Nakba demonstration smears

JVL Introduction

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament wrote on 8th May:

With just a week to go until the crucial Nakba commemoration march in London on 16 May, the Palestine Coalition has made a formal complaint to the Mayor of London about Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley.

The legal letter (posted below) refers to recent antisemitic smears Rowley made in the media about our movement and the over 30 peaceful marches for Palestine rights we have organised since October 2023.

Rowley’s shameful overreach followed the three stabbings perpetrated by suspect Essa Sulieman last week, which included two Jewish men in Golders Green. These horrific attacks were quickly followed by attempts from some politicians and sections of the media to falsely characterise our movement and to call for our peaceful protests to be suppressed.

You can read the full letter which outlines Rowley’s claims and calls for him to fully retract and apologise for them. Please share!

RK

This article was originally published by Hodge Jones & Allen on Mon 6 Apr 2026. Read the original here.