Could Zack Polanski be any more of an obnoxious twat?

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Just seen him saying this:

'I am concerned about the rise in antisemitism and we know Jewish communities are saying they feel unsafe. There is a conversation to be had over whether it's a perception that they feel unsafe or whether they are actually unsafe.'

WTAF? Can you imagine if a politician said that to Muslims after a series of absolutely awful targeted attacks where people have died?

What is extreme zionism?

Do you believe that Israelis have a right to be in Israel and that Israel itself has a right to exist?

More to the point- do you believe that Jewish people in a completely different country who have no influence over the Government of an entirely different country should be allowed to live their lives in peace and without the threat of harm, and death?

What's your stance on other religious groups and their culpibility for the actions of foreign states?

🤣 is this a joke post?

You don't get whats wrong with him. Even he had to grovel an apology today over his latest blundering.

Have you not seen his candidates were arrested? Its not pretend antisemitism, it is antisemitism. When one of his candidates says October 7th, a huge terrorist attack, was 'revenge' you must realise there is a problem. People who post stuff like that aren't fit to represent the country with all its citizens.

Nothing wrong with criticism of Israel or the IDF. Encouragement of hatred here really doesn't help. Jewish people here are not responsible for Gaza, do you need reminding of that? PS His family have distanced themselves from him, its is possible to excuse or minimise antisemitism and also be Jewish. He's just a grifter. He doesn't appear to think before tweeting his thoughts, thankfully he realised what a twat he was and apologised for some of his nonsense today. He needs to look at the candidates proposing to stand for his party.

So why does he have so many antisemitic candidates?

Apparently 21 countries declare themselves to be Christian states. Including some who are in war right now (cough cough- the US).

Apparently 57 countries identify themselves as being Muslim states.

Is every Christian responsible for then actions of every Christian state? Or every Muslim?

There is ONE Jewish state. One. yet apparently every Jewish person in the world has to have a view, has to pass a Zionist purity test and is fair game for harm.

Critical thinking seems utterly absent. I'd honestly be embarrassed to be some of these posters.

Of course you can criticise Israel as you have done. Nothing awful will happen to you. People will correct some of the errors you have posted though.

Eg.... Israel haven't attacked every single one of their neighbours. That claim is rubbish. They have good relations with Egypt and Jordan. Neither of those countries want to help Palestinian refugees, Jordan previously did help and they were repaid by the Palestinians causing mayhem in Jordan. Dig deeper into history, get past the soundbites and actually learn about the history. Are you also not aware that hezbollah, based in Lebanon have been attacking Israel for years. The government of Lebanon cannot control the terrorist organisation within it's country. They did condemn Hezbollah for continuing attacks on Israel but cannot stop them. Like Hamas, Hezbollah are Iranian proxies, they do no good for anyone.

Well according to the International Court of Justice they are.

This is misinformation: the case being considered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hasn’t reached a conclusion yet and probably won’t for several years.

You are getting confused with the opinions of a United Nations commission of enquiry made up of 3 people.

The UN themselves acknowledge that they cannot make a legal determination as to whether a situation constitutes genocide under international law. It says a situation is referred to as genocide only after a competent national or international court has declared it as such.

When asked by journalists if he would consider using the word genocide to describe Israel’s actions in Gaza, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk said, “It’s for the court to decide whether it’s genocide or not, and we see the evidence mounting”.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is currently hearing a case bought by South Africa that accuses Israeli forces of genocide but it could take several years to reach a conclusion.

I would invite you to read the following about the Association of German National Jews who supported Hitler throughout the 20s and 30s, who thought Hitlers antisemitism was purely rhetoric. Polenski is in that position purely to confuse those with no knowledge of history and incapable of understanding the concept of paradox. Anyone capable of those two things will see straight through ZP. it’s like watching history repeat itself!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_German_National_Jews

Has anyone noticed how ZP’s supporters present either empty soundbites or complete misinformation they’re clearly parroting from social media and don’t appear capable of critical thinking, They seem to have no knowledge of world history or international politics which is why they’re incapable of actually debating the matter at hand.

it seems that many people are incapable of critical thinking, that their thinking is black and white. What has happened to people? This is a real problem with society, humans being programmed into binary thinking are easy to control! It’s dystopian

I think the poster was asking why people are not up in arms at Iran killing thousands of its own people for protesting the regime? Why are those people not worth supporting?

That is incorrect.
As of May 2026, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has not made a final ruling on whether Israel is committing genocide.

Because those same useful idiots have read on social media they must take to the streets to support Iran, because that’s what all the clever, righteous people do. Trump hates Iran so Iran must be great! There really are a lot of thick people out there clinging on to any hope of the appearance of not being stupid

We are seeing the term 'anti-Semitism' being weaponised all the time.

Are we really though? Or are people just repeating that claim, hoping it sticks?
What we are seeing are increasing attacks on Jewish people, businesses and institutions around the world. Real, physical attacks.
Would these constitute antisemitism in your opinion?

Polanski is apparently an 'honest politician' who huffed out of the Lib Dems when he didn't get pre-selected for something and jumped to the Greens because of his personal political ambitions.

He also claimed to have made a woman's breasts bigger via the power of hypnosis.

The former makes him as craven and self-interested as many politicians. The latter makes him a fruitcake.

And he didn’t seem to grasp he wasn’t preselected because he didn’t qualify for selection in the first place!

Within the Lib Dem’s he didn’t seem to have any political ideology, swaying from the left to the right of the party depending on his own agenda.

His MO is to try to be a big fish in a small pond, he’s willing to do anything to get power, he is Faustian to the core. He’s an actor playing the role of his life in a modern adaptation of Marlowe’s play, How fitting that wokery is seen by the most erudite of scholars as the new form of Puritanism!

Yup - it's not that anti-semitism is being weaponised all the time.

More that we see a rise in antisemitism in society including amongst the MN community so are forced to challenge that, unpleasant though it is.

Then some are very willing to be hired thugs for Iran and go out and firebomb ambulances.

You're right of course, Twiglets, but shouting into a void inhabited by various useful idiots who've seized on "genocide" as the latest fashionable word which, if repeated often enough, might just stick

It doesn't work among thinking people, but will no doubt go on being popular among the type who'd struggle to point out Palestine on a map - like a ranter of my acquaintance who put their finger on Tunisia

In the meantime somone sent me this from Brendan O'Neill, which I though summed it up rather well:

"The more that ‘respectable society’ writes off Jews as hyperbolic self-pitiers, as sly silencers of ‘criticism of Israel’, the more it incites their fanatical haters. You’re right, these ‘progressives’ essentially say to violent anti-Semites: Jews are an untrustworthy people whose chief aim is to muzzle your righteous criticism of Israel"

Typo

an honest politician

Did you read his interview in the Guardian in February where he claimed that his first gay kiss/snog was in a nightclub aged 14 with a young Muslim man called Jihad? What with his name-changing and the boob-growing incident I think he is a fantasist and a showman.

I agree. There are tons of secular Jews. Moreover there are so few Jews left that we really can't afford to make distinctions about who does and doesn't count on the basis of how religious you are.

I'm not practicing. I'm as Jew-ish as it gets. But what an insult it would be to my grandparents and my heritage if I denied who I am.

Does your friend tell you about paying municipal (local) tax on a low income? Like how most on low incomes here pay council tax? The difference between outcomes in the UK and Sweden is down to our varying models of welfare states, not because people in the UK are intrinsically lazy. "Conditioned to think they deserve to pay little to no tax" indeed - one of the more asinine comments I've read on MN. Apart from the fact that literally nobody pays no tax or that our starting rates for income tax are broadly similar to Sweden's, you're mirroring Polanski's comment most neatly! People on low incomes only perceive they don't have much money. 🤣
It's your so called "bleeding heart liberals" who are responsible for welfare states and therefore free at the point of use healthcare. Because despite your belittling language, those people are pragmatic and strategic.

I’m an atheist Jew and proud of being Jewish however nowadays I would be nervous of telling someone I don’t know that I’m Jewish. That feels like a pretty easy way to assess whether there’s been a rise in anti-semitism.

Absolutely and I’m appalled that Jewish people have been made to feel that way in the UK.

It's awful that you feel this way in 2026 in the UK. It really needs sorting out. People need to understand that Jewish people here are nothing to do with the recent conflict.