A police officer stands at the scene, after a man was arrested following a stabbing incident in the Golders Green area, which is home to a large Jewish population, in London, Britain, April 29, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Hannah McKay

British authorities have condemned an incendiary policy paper published by the official representative body for Muslim police officers in Britain that described Zionism as a form of anti-Muslim hatred and labeled the Israeli military a “Zionist terrorist group.”

After the document drew media attention recently and sparked outrage among Jewish leaders and political figures, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) issued a statement on Friday condemning the paper linked to the National Association of Muslim Police (NAMP), while distancing British policing from its contents and values.

“Some of the views described in that paper are deeply concerning and do not reflect the values, standards, or operational position of British policing. There is no question in my mind that some of the paper’s content is antisemitic and downplays extremist ideologies,” Assistant Chief Constable Jon McAdam said in a statement.

“Let us be clear: There is no place for antisemitism in policing or in wider society. Policing in the UK exists to protect all communities. We will continue to uphold that duty with fairness, integrity and respect,” he continued.

Titled “From Past Prejudices to Present Policies: Confronting Anti-Muslim Hatred and Promoting Human Rights,” the 39-page paper was authored by NAMP’s then-vice president, Khaldoun Kabbani, and published in July 2025 before being removed following the current controversy.

The document referred to Zionism as “a narrow, nationalist, and colonialist viewpoint that fosters anti-Muslim hatred, among other forms of xenophobia, distancing itself from the inclusive and compassionate teachings of Judaism.”

It also compared the war in Gaza to the Holocaust and dismissed reports about the Hamas-led invasion of and massacre across southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, as “unverified stories about acts of violence.”

Across the United Kingdom, NAMP maintains formal affiliations with 16 of the country’s 43 police departments, representing more than 20,000 officers.

The Board of Deputies of British Jews denounced the paper as “disturbing,” saying it was riddled with falsehoods about Jewish identity, Jewish history, and the nature of antisemitism.

“If this is being circulated among officers, it poses a direct challenge to the integrity of policing and it should be withdrawn immediately,” the statement read.

For its part, NAMP has sought to distance itself from the report and rejected accusations that the organization “supports Hamas.”

In a press release, NAMP said the document does not represent the association’s official position, noting that its author no longer serves in policing or has any involvement with the organization.

However, the report has heightened anxiety among British Jews already unsettled by a series of violent incidents and a rise in antisemitic hatred targeting Jewish communities.

According to recent polling by the charity Campaign Against Antisemitism, 83 percent of British Jews do not believe the police are doing enough to protect them.

“The people responsible for publishing this extremist screed on the official police.uk web domain are unfit to be police officers and must be immediately investigated by their respective forces’ professional standards departments and dismissed,” Steven Silverman, the group’s director of investigations and enforcement, said in a statement.

“This is not police acquiescence to Islamist extremism, it is evidence that a major national policing association has been infiltrated by or is controlled by Islamists,” he continued. “British Jews have long suffered two-tier policing that sees antisemitic crime go unpunished and faith in the police has dropped to its lowest level since our polling began.”