Grinning Palestine supporters tear down posters of kidnapped Israeli women and children in London's Leicester Square. One man is seen smiling and giggling after he rips down several posters.
The Metropolitan Police today vowed to use 'all its powers' to stop pro-Palestine protesters disrupting Armistice Day commemorations - as senior Tories called on Sadiq Khan to get a grip on the 'tense' situation.
It comes amid broader concerns about the antisemitic slogans being used at pro-Palestine protests, with Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely saying 'jihad ideology' had left London feeling less safe for Jews than wartime Israel. Marches have been held in London every weekend since the Hamas terror attacks of October 7. Pictured are protesters on Westminster Bridge last SaturdayIsraeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely said the Jewish community felt fear due to 'jihad ideology' witnessed in the capital city
Tom Tugendhat told BBC Breakfast this morning: 'Let's be clear, the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign has said that they want to march on Remembrance Sunday, and that is a matter of great concern to me.' The Public Order Act 1986 allows Suella Braverman to ban protests from certain areas if the Met believes there is a disorder risk.
The high-profile Remembrance Sunday outdoor service at the Cenotaph is attended by royals, senior politicians and veterans each year, and is a poignant tribute to those who lost their lives in conflict. Ismail Patel, FOA spokesman, said: 'We definitely will not be at the Cenotaph. We understand the sensitivity of the date.'
Sir Mark Rowley said he is 'deeply concerned' about the effects of protests on day-to-day local policing and admitted he may have to look to other forces to help deal with the ongoing action. Protesters in London last Saturday holding a banner reading 'Palestine will be free - victory to the resistance'
'But when we think about the jihad calls that we heard in London, when we think about Isis as an organisation that was slaughtering Muslims, committing the same war crimes against Muslims, and I'm not speaking about Islam: I'm speaking about the radical jihadi movement that is secular and against Western civilisation. They kill like it's a duty for them to kill.'
'They feel like London is less safe during this war than Israel. They see the same jihadi ideology on the streets of London as in Gaza and they wonder what is going on.' Last year, Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely was branded 'Zionist scum' by protesters who tried to block her car as she attended a Cambridge Union debate.In 2021, she branded hard-Left activists 'shameful' after they tried to intimidate her following a lecture at the London School of Economics.
Speaking about Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7, Ms Hotovely said that the terrorist group 'tied children up and burned them together.'Ms Hotovely, the first woman to become Israel's ambassador to London, told the outlet: 'It's clear that nothing will be the same again. This is a watershed moment in our life.
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