London Protesters 'Glorify Hamas Terror Attack on Israel'

Protesters wave a placard depicting a Hamas bulldozer crashing through a security fence
THE TELEGRAPH: Protesters were accused of glorifying the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel with placards depicting a Hamas bulldozer crashing through a security fence.

Demonstrators at a rally in central London also laid out pretend bloodied corpses signifying babies killed in airstrikes - but refused to accept that Israeli babies had been killed by Hamas terrorists in the massacre that sparked the month-long conflict.

On a day that marked yet more protests in London and in major cities around the UK, campaigners warned that the capital was becoming a “no-go zone” for Jews. They complained that police - despite promises to get tough - had watched on as crowds chanted antisemitic “genocidal” slogans and distributed “terrorist-supporting” pamphlets.

Scotland Yard said more than 1,300 officers were on duty for the rally at which “the vast majority” of people “demonstrated peacefully”.

Karen Findlay, Commander for the Metropolitan Police, said “It is disappointing that various splinter groups were again responsible for behaviour which has no place in London and we are determined to deal with this robustly”. » | Jamie Bullen; Robert Mendrick, Chief Reporter and Michael Murphy | Sunday, November 5, 2023

Pro-Palestine March in London: Police Make Terror Arrest at Piccadilly Circus

Nove 4, 2023 | Police have made their first arrests at a pro-Palestinian rally in central London on Saturday with one held under the Terrorism Act over a placard that could incite hatred.

Scotland Yard said it had made three arrests at Piccadilly Circus, where a sit-in protest was staged following previous demonstrations in Oxford Circus and outside Broadcasting House.

One was held after they were seen allegedly displaying a placard that could incite hated, while two others were arrested for public order offences. Tens of thousands of people have marched on Trafalgar Square in the latest of a series of large-scale demonstrations in the capital to demand an end to the bombardment of Gaza.

The Metropolitan Police has said there will be a “sharper focus” on using social media and face-recognition to detect criminal behaviour at protests this weekend. Police spotters will be out in force, filming the crowds for any activity that might be in breach of public order and terror laws.

Sunak Orders Police to Stop Pro-Palestinian Protest Disrupting Remembrance Events

THE TELEGRAPH: PM says there is ‘clear and present risk that the Cenotaph and other war memorials could be desecrated’ if march goes ahead

Rishi Sunak said the Nov 11 date of the planned march in central London was ‘provocative and disrespectful’ | CREDIT: Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA
Rishi Sunak has demanded that the Metropolitan Police makes “robust use” of all its powers to protect next weekend’s Remembrance events from being disrupted by a pro-Palestinian protest.

The Prime Minister wrote to Sir Mark Rowley, the Met Police commissioner, on Friday to argue that the force had “the powers necessary” to ensure that protests did not “disrupt or disturb” acts of Remembrance.

Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, has called for a planned march on Saturday Nov 11 to be stopped, saying it would be “entirely unacceptable to desecrate Armistice Day with a hate march through London”.

On Friday night, Mark Harper, the Transport Secretary, intervened to ban a sit-in for Gaza at King’s Cross station in London because of the risk to train services, but hundreds still attended.

Mr Sunak said there was a “clear and present risk that the Cenotaph and other war memorials could be desecrated” if the protest on Armistice Day went ahead. » | Daniel Martin, Deputy Political Editor; Robert Mendick, Chief Reporter and Will Bolton, Crime Correspondent | Friday, November 3, 2023

Police Report 65 Officers Injured at Unauthorized Pro-Palestinian Demonstrations | DW News

Oct 20, 2023 | At least 174 people were arrested and 65 police officers injured at unauthorized pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Berlin on Wednesday night, according to a police spokesperson. Authorities had banned such protests, which have been called in response to the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the militant group which killed around 1,400 Israelis in a terrorist attack two weeks ago. Clashes broke out in the district of Neukölln between police and protesters who did not comply with orders to disperse. Some attendees used pyrotechnics, set fire to barricades and pelted police with stones and bottles, law enforcement said.