US EditionStarmer urges tougher action against Gaza protests in UK following antisemitic attacks
Starmer said repeated marches and chants have fuelled antisemitism and urged police and prosecutors to consider stronger powers.
- Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer suggested on Friday that authorities should ban certain pro-Palestine marches, citing 'instances' where preventing protests is appropriate to maintain a diverse and tolerant Britain.
- Following the Golders Green attack, the UK terror threat level rose to 'severe,' with authorities believing an attack is 'highly likely' in the next six months.
- Starmer demanded 'tougher action' against chants of 'globalise the Intifada,' challenging protesters to reflect on why they do not call out such rhetoric during marches.
- Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley called for 300 extra officers to tackle antisemitism, while Starmer branded Green Party leader Zack Polanski 'disgraceful' for criticizing the Golders Green arrest.
- Addressing the 'cumulative effect' of repeated protests on the Jewish community, Starmer advocated for a 'whole of society response' to antisemitism, emphasizing the need to preserve Britain's tolerant values.
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Independent EspañolLONDON (AP) — The UK Prime Minister warned on Saturday that tougher action was needed against those who chanted certain phrases in propalist protests, amid growing concern for the safety of British Jews after...
Anti-Semitic attacks have increased in Britain. Prime Minister Starmer combines the rise with Palestine demos and wants to take stronger action against them.
Starmer Floats Banning Pro-Palestine Protests
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in a BBC interview Saturday that some pro-Palestinian marches may need to be banned in the UK. While saying he strongly supports “the right of peaceful protest and freedom of speech,” Starmer, whose wife is Jewish, voiced his concerns about the effect of the frequent marches on the Jewish community. The government’s reviewer of terrorism legislation, Jonathan Hall, earlier this week called for a morato…
After the stabbing of two people in London, some residents blamed Keir Starmer for not putting in place the mechanisms to protect the Jewish community.
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