Exhibition that shows 'Jews eating babies' deemed NOT abusive or insulting by police

Drawings at an art exhibition showing Israelis eating babies will no longer be investigated by detectives as it is not "directly abusive or insulting" to Jews. The exhibition, entitled "Drawings Against Genocide" led to a backlash from Jewish community groups who said the artwork at the gallery in Margate, Kent was "grotesque" and "not just sickening, but dangerous". The artist behind the exhibition, Matthew Collings, said the aim of the artwork was "raising consciousness about hell” and that "Israel is the pure encapsulation of it" through its ongoing offensive actions in Gaza. Now, Kent Police has said the exhibition has not reached the threshold to be considered either a hate crime or a non-crime hate incident. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say In a letter to the complainant, a spokesman for the force told The Telegraph: "The artwork is critical of the Israeli state and its actions but does not include content that is directly abusive or insulting toward Jewish people as a group. "There is also no indication of an intent by the artist to stir up racial or religious hatred, which is a specific requirement within the legislation." One of the pieces of artwork depicted two auctioneers at Sotheby’s, which is owned by French-Israeli businessman Patrick Drahi, eating babies. Mr Collings, 70, denied that it showed Jewish people, saying "nothing in the drawing says 'Jews' or claims Jews eat babies", adding the artwork makes a comment that the "owner of Sotheby’s is a Zionist" and "the message is that Zionism is a brutal ideology". Another artwork shows a soldier with an IDF helmet with a foot on top of a skull with the caption "New Order Forever Now". More to follow... LATEST DEVELOPMENTS Iran war: Watch moment massive clouds of smoke billow into sky after Israel blitzes ballistic missile storage site in Iran Donald Trump slaps down Israel for 'violently lashing out' with Iran gas field attack - then threatens to do it himself Joe Kent: Ex-US counter-terror chief reveals he was BLOCKED from investigating Charlie Kirk assassination Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

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