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Britain's Home Secretary conveyed dismay that pro-Palestinian demonstrations went ahead on Thursday following the terror attack that took two lives outside a Jewish place of worship in the city of Manchester.
Britain's top security official additionally called on demonstrators to "reconsider" from plans to hold protests in the coming days.
"In my view that proceeding in this fashion does feel contrary to British values, it feels wrong," she remarked about protests arranged for this week.
Demonstrators in central London protesting the Israeli navy intercepting a aid convoy transporting humanitarian assistance to Gaza clashed with police officers outside the Prime Minister's residence on Thursday night.
Numerous people carrying Palestinian flags and signs could be spotted on Whitehall into the evening.
London's police force stated that 40 people had been arrested. Six of those apprehended were charged with assaults on police officers.
"It's essential to make a distinction between events unfolding in the Middle Eastern region and situations developing at in our country," the home secretary stated during a breakfast show on Friday.
"I would advise to individuals who are planning to go on a demonstration is to reconsider briefly for a short while, and consider if you had suffered the loss of a loved one to a terror attack in this nation," she added.
There were "robust" authorities to defend the freedom to demonstrate, she mentioned, but they could be superseded on the advice of the law enforcement.
"I can take my lead from the police, if they were to inform me there was an insufficient resources to handle and to oversee the demonstrations, then there are legal measures that are available," she elaborated.
Community representatives voice apprehensions
Britain's senior rabbinical leader remarked that many members of the Jewish community wondered why protests in support of Palestinian causes had been authorized to proceed.
The group was outlawed as a terror group in the summer. At various demonstrations following the ban, numerous individuals have been detained for expressing solidarity for the group, which has won authorization to challenge the proscription.
"Some of them contain blatant antisemitism, clear backing for the militant group. Not all participants, however there is so much of such content, which undoubtedly represents risky to many within our community," the religious leader stated.
"There's no distinction between the speech on our streets, the actions of individuals in this way, and what inevitably results, which was yesterday's terror incident."
He also appealed to the administration "repeatedly", to "take control on these demonstrations, they are risky."
