Zack Polanski, the Jewish, anti-Israel leader of Britain’s Green Party, has backed a call to monitor UK-Israeli nationals who have recently served in the Israel Defense Forces, British media reported Wednesday.

Polanski signed a letter organized last month by the far-left Declassified Britain publication and the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians, which urges tracking the entry of dual nationals as they come into the country as being “in the public interest” due to possible war crimes suspicions.

“Nobody wants to live next to a potential war criminal – not least members of the Palestinian community in the UK who have family or friends who have been subjected to war crimes,” it said.

The letter was sent to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper.

It said that signatories “believe the public interest is best served by monitoring the entry of British-Israeli dual national citizens into the UK and investigating potential links to war crimes, in cases where they have served in the Israel Defense Forces.”

It called for implementing a disclosure of service in the IDF and “subjecting travelers with Israeli travel documents or arriving from an origin of Tel Aviv airport” to potential secondary screening.

The letter also urged investigations “in compliance with the obligation to ensure accountability for the most serious crimes under........

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