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UK:UK police reviewing anti-Semitic abuse of Helen Mirren

UK police are "reviewing footage" showing Helen Mirren being called a "evil Zionist bitch" by a man in London.

The footage started circulating on social media showing the Oscar-winning actor walking along a street in Tower Hill with her husband, American film director Taylor Hackford.

The video, which was filmed last year, showed the 80-year-old smiling and greeting the man filming and asking if he was OK.

However, he can then be heard swearing at Mirren over her support for Israel.

In the footage, the man said: "And there is Helen Mirren the avowed Zionist. You said Israel should last forever because of the Holocaust. And she was very happy the Palestinians' houses were gone.

"You are an evil Zionist bitch. And you (Hackford) as well, f*** you as well."

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