Pro-Palestine protestor leads 'From the river to sea' chant during their demonstration on High Street Kensington.
The Met Police is deploying a sharper policing approach with facial recognitionScuffles broke out between protesters and police officers in central London on Saturday as thousands descended on the capital with 40 marches planned across the country in solidarity with Palestinians amid the Hamas-Israel conflict.
In Newcastle, several women were pictured holding bloody effigies of dead babies while one dressed in a white shroud covered in fake blood. Police officers move to detain a protester in London amid demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinian civilians The Met Police said its policing operation today involves officers from its emergency response and neighbourhoods teams, as well as volunteer special constabulary officers and those from Kent Police.
A speaker told those assembled: 'Victory to the Palestinian resistance, until there is a free Palestine from the river to the sea and zionism, the repressive, monstrous state of Israel is smashed and torn down, brick by brick, rule by rule. The force said: 'Officers are responding to a group of protestors who have sat down and blocked Oxford Circus. This behaviour clearly impacts on London's ability to function normally and we are working quickly to reopen the road.
Flags and placards reading 'Freedom for Palestine' and 'End the Genocide' were waved in the air by members of the Newcastle Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Newcastle Stop the War, who organised the event. The Metropolitan Police said it has imposed a condition under Section 14 of the Public Order Act to prevent demonstrators gathering near the country's embassy in Kensington, west London.
As many as several hundred people turned up with videos on social media showing protesters sitting on the station concourse chanting 'ceasefire now', 'free, free Palestine' and 'in our thousands, in our millions, we are all Palestinians'. British Transport Police said its officers told protesters about the notice and advised them to leave.Most protesters left 'without incident' by 7.15pm, the force added, and some then joined a demonstration outside the station.
'While initial arrests were necessary, the rest of the protesters then complied with the prohibition order and quickly left the station. 'This means protest activity at the station is classified as unlawful and anyone taking part will be subject to arrest. Commander Karen Findlay, who will oversee policing in London this weekend, said the pro-Palestine rallies come on top of a campaign of 'action' by Just Stop Oil as well as sporting fixtures and dozens of other events scheduled for Bonfire Night.
A total of 133 people have been arrested for crimes including racially aggravated public order offences, assaulting police and criminal damage since October 7. Israeli forces have been condemned for their response to the Hamas massacre, which has included bombing residential areas People search through buildings that were destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday
Advertisement More than 200 were reportedly taken after Hamas - the de facto governing authority in Gaza - swept into Southern Israel and attacked civilians and military personnel.Israel has responded with a devastating siege of Gaza and made repeated raids into the beleaguered territory. Ghebreyesus said he was 'utterly shocked by reports of attacks on ambulances evacuating patients close to Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, leading to deaths, injuries and damage'.
There are fears the march could disrupt the two-minute silence commemorating the war dead and the daytime and evening Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall, with the latter performance usually attended by royals. Ms Braverman and the immigration minister, Robert Jenrick, backed the Prime Minister's assessment, with the Home Secretary branding such a demonstration a 'hate march'.
Mr Jenrick wrote: 'Armistice Day is sacrosanct. These disrespectful and often hate-filled marches, routinely intimidating our fellow citizens, must not be permitted to demean our national moments of remembrance.'
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