🔗 Share this article Palestinian-supporting protests described as 'not in keeping with British values' after Manchester synagogue attack, UK interior minister asserts News Source Britain's Home Secretary expressed dismay that pro-Palestinian demonstrations proceeded on Thursday evening after the terrorist incident that claimed the lives of two men near a Jewish place of worship in the city of Manchester. The home secretary also urged demonstrators to "pause" from intentions to hold marches in the days ahead. "I believe that carrying on in this fashion does feel un-British, it seems inappropriate," the minister commented regarding protests scheduled for this weekend. Demonstrators in central London protesting the Israel's naval forces stopping a aid convoy carrying humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip clashed with police officers outside the Prime Minister's residence on Thursday evening. Large crowds displaying flags of Palestine and signs could be observed on the government district throughout the evening. London's police force stated that fourty individuals had been arrested. A half-dozen of those detained were arrested for attacks against law enforcement personnel. "It is important to make a distinction between events unfolding in the Middle East and situations developing at home," the home secretary told a television interview on Friday. "I would advise to individuals who are intending to participate in a protest is to just take a step back for a short while, and think about if you had lost a close relative to a terrorist incident in this country," she continued. There were "strong" powers to defend the freedom to demonstrate, she mentioned, but they could be superseded on the guidance of the police. "I can take my lead from the law enforcement, if they were to tell me there was an lack of capacity to respond and to control the demonstrations, then there are powers that are accessible," she clarified. Jewish community leaders voice apprehensions Britain's senior rabbinical leader stated that many people of the Jewish community asked why marches in solidarity of Palestinian advocacy groups had been permitted to proceed. The group was banned as a prohibited organization in July. At numerous protests since then, hundreds have been arrested for expressing solidarity for the organization, which has obtained permission to contest the proscription. "Some of them contain blatant anti-Jewish sentiment, direct support for the militant group. Not every single person, however there is a significant amount of such content, which certainly is harmful to many within our society," the religious leader declared. "You cannot separate the speech on our streets, the behavior of people in this way, and what ultimately follows, which was the recent violent act." He also called on the government "once more", to "get a grip on these demonstrations, they are harmful."