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Britain's Home Secretary expressed dismay that pro-Palestinian demonstrations continued on Thursday after the terrorist incident that claimed two lives outside a Jewish place of worship in the city of Manchester.
Britain's top security official additionally urged protesters to "reconsider" from plans to stage marches in the days ahead.
"I believe that continuing in this fashion appears un-British, it seems misguided," she remarked about protests arranged for this week.
Demonstrators in downtown London protesting the Israeli navy stopping a flotilla carrying humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip confronted with law enforcement near Downing Street on Thursday evening.
Numerous people holding flags of Palestine and banners could be seen on the government district into the night.
The police force stated that fourty individuals had been detained. Six of those detained were charged with assaults on law enforcement personnel.
"It is important to establish separation between what is happening in the Middle East and situations developing at home," the minister remarked on a morning news program on Friday morning.
"My message would be to people who are intending to join a demonstration is to just take a step back for a minute, and think about if you had lost a close relative to a terror attack in this country," she continued.
There were "substantial" measures to protect the freedom to protest, she stated, but they could be set aside on the guidance of the police.
"I can follow guidance from the law enforcement, if they were to tell me there was an lack of capacity to handle and to control the demonstrations, then there are legal measures that are available," she clarified.
Community leaders express concerns
Britain's Chief Rabbi commented that many members of the Jewish community questioned why marches in support of Palestinian causes had been authorized to occur.
The group was outlawed as a terrorist organisation in July. At various protests since then, hundreds have been arrested for demonstrating backing for the group, which has obtained approval to dispute the restriction.
"Some of them include explicit anti-Jewish sentiment, outright backing for Hamas. Not every single person, however there is considerable of such content, which undoubtedly represents harmful to many within our community," the religious leader declared.
"It's impossible to disconnect the words on our streets, the behavior of people in this way, and what subsequently occurs, which was yesterday's terrorist attack."
Additionally, he appealed to the government "repeatedly", to "get a grip on these demonstrations, they are risky."
