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Pro-Palestinian interfaith coalition protests Christian Zionist summit

Pro-Palestinian interfaith coalition protests Christian Zionist summit

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Just two days after hundreds of members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front descended on Washington, D.C., on the Fourth of July, a diverse group of about 200 protesters sporting keffiyehs and kippahs, pushing strollers and walkers, crossed those same streets with a very different message. Marchers from a variety of religious backgrounds walked across Capitol Hill on Monday (July 6) as part of a demonstration organized by Interfaith Action for Palestine in protest of the Christians United for Israel national summit taking place at the same time. CUFI describes itself as “the largest pro-Israel organization in the United States” and boasts a membership of 10 million people, according to its website. Interfaith Action for Palestine is a coalition of 11 Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist organizations opposed to CUFI.  Denouncing what they called American support for “genocide in Gaza,” the marchers sought to offer an alternative vision of freedom and interfaith collaboration while demanding an end to U.S. support for the Israeli military. Protesters carried painted banners with slogans like …

Helen Mirren says she was ‘attacked by mistake’ after being called ‘Zionist b****’ in the street

Helen Mirren says she was ‘attacked by mistake’ after being called ‘Zionist b****’ in the street

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Helen Mirren has broken her silence on an incident last year in which she was harassed in the street by a man who called her an “evil Zionist b****”. The Metropolitan Police announced in May that they were investigating the incident, footage of which began circulating that month, as a possible hate crime. The clip showed Mirren and her husband, the filmmaker Taylor Hackford, being filmed as they walked the streets of London together in November 2025. After discussions with Mirren and Hackford, police closed the case without a formal investigation, according to The Jewish Chronicle. In the footage, Mirren could be seen asking the man filming her whether he is OK, before the man could be heard saying: “And there is Helen Mirren, the avowed Zionist. You said Israel should last forever because of the Holocaust. And she was very …