Police say no additional motion will probably be taken in opposition to the spouse of the federal government’s nationwide safety adviser after she posted on social media referencing Palestine Motion.
Sarah Helm, who’s married to Jonathan Powell, wrote on X on Thursday: “God assist us authors who help Palestine and Palestine Motion.”
She was responding to a dialogue in regards to the creator Sally Rooney, whose novels is not going to be equipped to booksellers within the UK following her announcement that she intends to make use of her royalties to help the proscribed organisation.
On Saturday, the Metropolitan Police stated Helm’s publish was “assessed by specialist officers and it was decided that it didn’t meet the felony threshold”.
“No additional police motion will probably be taken,” the pressure added.
On Friday, the Met Police had stated it was “within the technique of being assessed to find out whether or not any additional police investigation could also be required” after it was “made conscious of an X publish on Thursday, 15 October referencing Palestine Motion”.
Palestine Motion was proscribed as a terrorist organisation in July 2025. Help of the group is a felony offence and punishable by as much as 14 years in jail.
Greatest-selling creator Rooney stated she would donate earnings from her books to the group, which has a acknowledged purpose of “ending world participation in Israel’s genocidal and apartheid regime”.
In consequence, Rooney’s writer, Faber, decided it couldn’t promote her novels, together with Regular Folks and Conversations with Buddies, within the UK.
