Polanski and Corbyn join calls for Britons who served in Israeli army to be tracked

Green Party leader Zack Polanski and Your Party leader Jeremy Corbyn have joined calls for the British government to place British citizens who have served in the Israeli military under surveillance.

Polanski signed an open letter organised by Declassified UK and the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper urging them to “track the movements of Brits who have served in the IDF” and “subject them to secondary screening where necessary at ports of entry”.

The letter called for “robust war crimes investigations in line with domestic and international law”.

Around 2,000 British-Israeli dual nationals have served in the Israeli military during Israel’s war on Gaza, which a UN commission of inquiry found was a genocide last year.