Southbank Centre Chairman Misan Harriman Reposts Albanian Protest Image Criticising Trump-Kushner Resort Deal

Misan Harriman, chairman of the Southbank Centre, reposted an Instagram claim that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were selling the Albanian coastline to Jewish billionaires and an Israeli military project. 7889 and included a photograph of an Albanian protest with the caption stating that over 100,000 Albanians had shut down the capital.

U.S. President Donald Trump, are building high-end resorts in Albania with funding from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE. 7889 has previously posted antisemitic, pro-Russia, pro-Iran, and pro-China content. Danny Cohen, a former BBC director, told the Telegraph that the repost was another example of Harriman’s appalling lack of judgment.

Cohen stated it was deeply troubling that someone leading a publicly funded institution would share such a blatantly anti-Semitic conspiracy theory and called on the Southbank Centre’s governors to act or face government intervention. The new criticism follows an earlier backlash weeks ago when Harriman suggested there had been a media conspiracy to focus the Golders Green knife attack on its Jewish victims.

He argued that coverage had ignored a Muslim man allegedly stabbed by the same person earlier that day.

A letter signed by Cohen, Lord Roberts of Belgravia, former Southbank Centre trustee David Kershaw, and Neil Blair demanded Harriman’s resignation. The letter stated that Harriman was making daily interventions on social media pushing a divisive political agenda and that his comments breached commitments made by the Prime Minister and civil society groups after the Golders Green and Heaton Park attacks.

The signatories added that the controversy was damaging the Southbank Centre’s reputation at a time when the institution faces funding challenges to repair its crumbling concrete and outdated facilities.

They concluded that Harriman’s appointment was a misstep by an institution that requires serious leadership. GB News has contacted the Southbank Centre for comment.