US EditionMet Police calls for protest against Palestine Action ban to be cancelled after Manchester synagogue attack
- Major protests organized by Defend Our Juries and others are set to go ahead this weekend in London and Manchester despite recent tensions.
- The protests follow a terror attack at a Manchester synagogue that killed two people and prompted police and politicians to urge reconsideration.
- Law enforcement agencies have increased their presence around Jewish sites, voiced worries about limited resources, and urged organisers to postpone or call off planned protests.
- The Prime Minister and Sir Keir Starmer publicly called on protesters to be mindful of the sorrow felt by British Jewish communities during this difficult time, warning that demonstrations might deepen their pain.
- Protesters maintain that halting peaceful demonstrations gives in to terrorism and emphasize the need to uphold democracy and protect fundamental rights, while police caution that ongoing protests could escalate community tensions.
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Evening Standard
Pro-Palestine marches to go ahead despite PM and police bosses’ calls to cancel
Events in Manchester and London will take place amid Sir Keir Starmer saying organisers and attendees should ‘respect the grief of British Jews’.
Starmer urges those attending pro-Palestine protests this weekend to 'respect the grief of British Jews'
The Prime Minister is the latest figure to tell activists to reconsider whether they should attend pro-Palestine protests, days after two people were killed and others were injured during a terror attack on a synagogue in Manchester.
Do not expect the latest incident of anti-Semitic violence to awaken the world from the incitement against Jews that has spread throughout the world over the past two years since October 7. The Yom Kippur attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester, England, which cost two Jews their lives, rightly provoked the convictions of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other UK politicians, as well as shocking headlines around the wo…
The Echo UK
PM urges protesters to ‘respect grief of British Jews’ ahead of weekend events
The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said pro-Palestine demonstrations in Manchester and London could ‘stoke tension and cause further pain’.
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